Security Rights over Real Property

Round Table: Security Rights over Real Property in Europe

CLC is a founding member of the Round Table on Security Rights over Real Property at the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp) which aims to contribute to transparency of the law of security rights over real property in Europe, inter alia, by means of country-specific publications.

For this purpose not only country-specific publications are being prepared, but also cross-border information is being provided, which enables a comparison and assessment of the legal situation in specific countries.

Declared experts in security rights over real property from as many as 37 countries meet twice a year for workshops and have developed diagrams which provide quick access to diverse information and legal facts on registration, usability and exploitation of security rights over real property.

Folder: vdp - Round Table Security Rights over Real Property (in German)
vdp - Round Table Security Rights over Real Property
 

vdp Legal Monitoring

The limited liability company vdpExpertise GmbH, a subsidiary of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp), in cooperation with CLC prepares country reports twice a year for continuous observation of the legal development of land charges in national jurisdictions.

This legal monitoring, which is based on the results of the Round Table on Security Rights over Real Property gathered so far, aims to provide monitoring of the legal development of security rights over real property that meets the requirements of Regulation No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (CRR).

Currently 35 countries, including most of the EU Member States, are included in this legal monitoring. A special focus is put on the reports on Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, England and Wales, Scotland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary and New York, which are of particular importance to the business segments of the member banks of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp).

The country reports are prepared in cooperation with declared property law experts in the relevant jurisdiction on the basis of the results of the Round Table on Security Rights over Real Property which is held twice a year, regarding the statutory framework conditions and supreme court decisions on security rights over real property in selected countries.

Folder: vdp Legal Monitoring (in German)

 

vdp - Legal Monitoring

vdp Country Seminars on Real Property Financing

Country seminars of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (vdp), which are mostly held in Berlin for one day, provide compact and well-founded information on the current market situation in foreign target markets that are of interest for German mortgage banks and property investors.

The country seminars provide an overview of innovations in property financing and real property law in the respective countries. The lectures are held by experts from vdp member banks as well as by external specialists with many years of practical experience in the relevant target market.

CLC supports vdpExpertise GmbH in organising and holding those country seminars.

Country seminars in 2025:
Länderseminar Immobilienfinanzierung Polen, 20. Februar 2025, Berlin
Länderseminar Immobilienfinanzierung England & Wales, 14. Mai 2025, Berlin
Länderseminar Immobilienfinanzierung Spanien, 16. September 2025, Berlin
Länderseminar Immobilienfinanzierung New York, 25. November 2025, Frankfurt

In 2024 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
England & Wales, France, Restructuring France, Belgium and Luxemburg, The Netherlands

In 2023 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
Czech Republic, Commercial Real Estate Markets in selected US-States, Austria, Spain, Special Purpose Vehicles in Luxemburg, Sweden, New York

In 2022 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
Poland, Commercial Real Estate Markets in selected US-States, Italy, Luxemburg, France, Belgium

In 2021 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
New York, the Netherlands, England and Wales, France

In 2020 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
Poland, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain

In 2019 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
France, Belgium, Property markets Central Europe, New York, Austria

In 2018 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Sweden, England and Wales

In 2017 country seminars were held regarding the following countries:
Italy, Switzerland, Scotland, the Netherlands.