Important notice: from 13th April 2021 LEI is mandatory for non-EU (third country) issuers under SFTR regulation

News – January 2026

Transferring an LEI code to American LEI

Companies apply for an LEI through a service provider, like American LEI. They need to do this because companies can’t apply for or update details within the LEI database, which is managed by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation – GLEIF. Instead, a service provider (LOU – Local Operating Unit) is assigned to each LEI … Continued