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    AIFMD Decoded: European Fund Regulation for US Lawyers

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    18 feb 2026
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    US funds lawyer Lena gets a crash course in Europe's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive from expert Miles, exploring how AIFMD II creates a complex regulatory ecosystem that's vastly different from American fund regulation.

    AIFMD Decoded: European Fund Regulation for US Lawyers

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    The EU is definitely using financial regulation as a way to project its values and standards globally. If you want access to EU capital markets, you play by EU rules, regardless of where you're actually based.

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    Teach me about aifmd and how the law works around it. I’m a us funds lawyer so it’s new to me

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    AIFMD Decoded for US Lawyers

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    The Passport System's Hidden Complexity

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    Delegation Rules and the Host AIFM Model

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    The Loan Origination Revolution

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    Practical Playbook for US Managers

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    The Future of Transatlantic Fund Regulation

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