EU law governing public access to information on beneficial owners of companies is valid, according to Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzzella in his opinion of Thursday 20 January (cases C-37 and 601/20).
For the purposes of combating and preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, Directive 2015/849 requires Member States to keep a register containing information on beneficial owners who control companies and other legal entities incorporated on their territory.
In 2018, some of...