MONACO Trends and Developments Contributed by: Rémi Delforge, Vincent de Bonnafos, Ambre Bernat, Mariam Hakobian and Nicolas Paredes, DL Corporate & Regulatory
efforts are also continuing in its AML practices, reflect - ing Monaco’s commitment to maintain a transparent and secure financial environment attractive to M&A activity, in particular for cross-border business. The placement of Monaco on the Financial Action Task Force’s “grey list” did not reduce M&A activity in 2025. Our firm was active in 2024–2025 on sales and acquisitions in the automotive, IT, leisure and cruise, events and hospitality as well as asset management and fintech sectors. With its recent law on tokens, Monaco is gearing up to regulate cryptocurrencies. A legal framework is in place, and implementing texts are awaited to start envisaging M&A transactions settled in crypto-assets such as bitcoin.
Monaco is constantly striving to find a balance between aligning with European standards to facilitate economic flows and preserving its unique fiscal and regulatory characteristics, which make it a privileged and attractive location. While maintaining its commit - ment to international co-operation and transparency, Monaco is seeking to ensure that its distinctive advan - tages, such as its favourable tax regime and tailored regulatory framework, continue to attract businesses and investors. Maintaining this delicate equilibrium will allow Mona - co to remain a competitive and desirable destination, providing greater M&A opportunities for both local and international companies engaged in cross-border trade and investment.
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