Information on company ownership may be kept confidential. This is according to a new ruling from the European Court of Justice. It is thus unlawful to grant the public general access to information on the beneficial owners of companies. The European Court of Justice thereby overturns a recent amendment to the EU’s anti-money laundering rules, which stipulates that information on the actual ownership of companies must in all cases be accessible to any member of the public.
Read attorney Hans Sønderby Christensen’s article published on Tuesday, February 18, 2023, on Jyllands-Posten’s website here or download it as a PDF here.
