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Renewing LEIs & Transferring LEIs

How do I renew my LEI?

Renewing a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) ensures your entity’s identifier remains active, valid and recognised in regulatory and financial systems....

Renew an LEI for multiple years

When you renew a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), you can choose to extend its validity for more than a single...

How soon before my LEI code expires can I renew?

LEIs can be renewed up to 60 days before they expire. If you use RapidLEI as your LEI Issuer, log...

Transfer your LEI number to RapidLEI

An LEI transfer moves management responsibility for a Legal Entity Identifier from one LEI Issuer to another. You might want...

Lapsed LEI? How to Reactivate a lapsed LEI

Your Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) must be renewed annually to remain ACTIVE. Failure to renew it will put the LEI...

Transferring lapsed LEIs

If your lapsed LEI is under the management of another GLEIF LOU, it must first be transferred to RapidLEI management....

Renewing Legal Entity Identifiers purchased through RapidLEI Partners

Please contact your Partner directly to process the LEI renewal before it lapses.

Reactivating lapsed LEIs purchased through RapidLEI Partners

Please contact your Partner directly to process the LEI reactivation. RA Partners work very closely with RapidLEI to reactivate lapsed...

GMEI Utility Shut Down: Find Your New LEI Issuer and What to Do Next

GMEI Utility, one of the world’s largest LEI issuers, shut down in August 2023. All Legal Entity Identifiers it managed...

What happens when a fund LEI lapses?

A lapsed LEI doesn’t just create a compliance gap. It can block trades, halt reporting, and leave AUM sitting idle...

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