Diploma Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: Sehr Gut (1), Vienna University of Economics and Business (Europäisches und Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht), language: English, abstract: This diploma thesis focuses on the legal aspects and consequences of the financial meltdown that started in 2007. Although its main emphasis is on assets relief measures and bank restructuring, it also touches the issues of state guarantees and recapitalizations of banking institutes.