Transaction Banking
RESPECT AND OBJECTIVITY, NOT BICKERING AND POSTURING / UNDERSTANDING CLIENT AND OPPONENT / A GOOD TRANSACTION LEAVES ONLY WINNERS / FOCUS ON THE ESSENTIALS / NO FEAR OF FIGURES / CALMNESS / INDEPENDENT THINKING / NOT IMPEDING, BUT MAKING POSSIBLE / CLEAR LANGUAGE / TAKING A POSITION
Asset Management
Investment Law aspects of Transactions
Banking / Payments
Banking Regulatory Compliance in Transactions
Third Party Payment Services
Capital Markets
Capital Market Law aspects of Transactions
Securities Offerings (Traditional)
Corporate / M&A
Alternative Financing (Profit Participation Instruments, Silent Partnership)
Cross Border Transactions
Shareholder Agreements
Real Estate Transactions
Joint Ventures
state/government-owned enterprise (SOE/GOE)
Post-M&A- and Post-Exit-Litigation
Private Equity
Employment Law aspects of Transactions
Corporate Reorganizations (Mergers, Spin-offs, Split-offs, Changes of Legal Form)
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
Acquisition Financing (LMA and local documentation)
Amend and Extend and Standstill Negotiations
Asset Based Lending
Commodity Trade Financing
Debt-to-Equity Swap
Factoring Financing
Forfaitierung
Hedging Contracts (ISDA and German Master Agreement)
Real Estate Financing
Loan-/ Bond-Collateralisation
Debt Sales and Purchases (LMA and local)
Credit Restructuring outside and through Insolvency Proceedings
Sale und Lease Back Financing
Promissory Note (Schuldschein) Loans
Syndicated Corporate Debt
Unitranche und Private Debt
Venture Debt Financing
Crypto / DLT
Data Protection and AML for Crypto Offerings
Real Estate Token
Security Token Offerings
Stablecoins
Data / Media / IT
IP and Data Protection aspects of Transactions
Outsourcing and IT Migration
Dispute Resolution
Public Law
Public Law aspects of Transactions
Real Estate
Leasehold Agreements
Forward Deals, Property Developer Contracts
Real Estate Financing
Real Estate Transactions
Brokerage Agreements
Project Development
Tax
Equity/Debt Token Tax
International Tax (Cross-Border Investements and Equity/Mezzanine Finance)
M&A Tax (in particular, PE/VC/Real Estate)
Restructuring (in particular, Restructuring Tax Law)
Reorganization (Reorganization Tax Law)
Litigation Banking
NOT AVOIDING EVERY CONFLICT / KNOWING WHEN IT’S WORTH FIGHTING / RECOGNIZING EXISTENTIAL SITUATIONS / SEPARATING THE IMPORTANT FROM THE UNIMPORTANT / GIVING THE STORY A SPIN / STICKING TO THE TRUTH / EXPLAINING THE COMPLEX IN SIMPLE TERMS / MAINTAINING AN OVERVIEW / UNDERSTANDING OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP / THINKING LONG TERM
Asset Management
Investment Law Litigation
Banking / Payments
Defense against Investor Claims (Investment Advice and Brokerage, Prospectus Liability, Ratings)
Litigation against BaFin/ECB/ESA Measures
Capital Markets
Corporate / M&A
Corporate Litigation
Directors’ and Officers’ Liability (D&O)
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
Insolvency Litigation and Claw Back Litigation
Debt Recovery Litigation
Security Enforcement or Defence
Pre-insolvency Shareholder and/or Manager Liability
Crypto / DLT
Crypto/Blockchain Litigation
Data / Media / IT
Litigation against Data Protection Authorities
Technology Litigation
Dispute Resolution
Consumer Litigation Defense
Employment Law Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Insolvency Disputes
Collective Redress and Class Action Litigation
Credit Agreement Disputes and Collateral Disputes
Post-M&A- and Post-Exit-Litigation
Arbitration
Sports Law Litigation
Copyright Litigation
German Act against Unfair Competition (UWG)/IP and Injunctive Relief
Tax Litigation (Cum-ex, Cum-Cum, Tax Advisor Liability)
Public Law
Information Claims against Authorities (German Environmental Information Act (UIG) and German Freedom of Information Act [IFG])
Regulatory Litigation
Real Estate
Real Estate Litigation
Tax
Financial Proceedings and Company Audits
Regulation Banking
WHAT IS (STILL) POSSIBLE AND WHAT IS NOT POSSIBLE (ANYMORE) / LEADERSHIP FUNCTION / REDUCING COMPLEXITY / PROMOTING ACCEPTANCE / TO THE POINT / OUTSIDE THE BOX / NETWORKING / KNOWING THE SUPERVISOR
Asset Management
AIF Structures
Crypto Custody
German Investment Code (KAGB) Compliance for KVG/Custodians
Banking / Payments
AML Compliance
Bank Resolution and Restructuring/Deposit Insurance
Clearing & Settlement
Consumer Law Compliance
Cross-Border Payments
Digital Payments und Open Banking
German Banking Act (KWG) Authorization Procedures (including Ownership Control Procedures)
Platform Banking
Regulation of OTC Derivative Transactions (EMIR)
Solvency Supervision (CRR/CRD)
MAR and MaRisk Complinace
Capital Markets
Market Conduct Law (MAR, Benchmark Regulation, CRA Regulation, Short Selling Regulation)
Regulation of Market Infrastructure (Exchanges, MTF, OTF, incl. Crypto/Security Token trade)
Corporate / M&A
Capital Market Communications (Ad Hoc, Regular Publicity, Prospectuses)
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
Corporate Derivatives / Hedging Activities
Regulatory Requirements for Commercial Lending Business, Loan Agency and Collateral Trustee
Capital Markets Compliance
Lending-related Fund Regulation
Lending-related Banking Supervisory Law
Crypto / DLT
Cash on Ledger
Crypto Trading Systems
Crypto Custody
Data Protection and AML for Crypto Offerings
Data / Media / IT
Employee Data Protection
Data Processing
GDPR Compliance of Business Models and External/Internal Processes
Electronic Trust Services (eIDAS, German Trust Services Act (VDG))
International Data Transfers
Dispute Resolution
Health Law Litigation (in particular, Legal Protection against Measures of the Public Prosecutor General (GBA))
Public Law
Employment Law for State-owned Companies (Civil Service Law)
Public law aspects of ESG Compliance (Taxonomy, EU Ecolabel)
Healthcare
Public Contracts and Orders (including Public Procurement Law)
Public Grants and Subsidies (including State Aid Law)
Regulatory Litigation
Remediation of Environmental Damage/Raw Materials Production and Storage
Savings Bank Law
State-owned Enterprises (Constitutional, Municipal and Budgetary Law)
Environmental and Climate Protection Compliance
Fines and Sanctions under EU Law
Real Estate
Green Buildings/Taxonomy (Sustainable Finance)
Real Estate AIF
Real Estate Tax
Public Construction- , Planning- and Environmental Law
Tax
Investmend Funds and Investement Tax (incl. Lux-AIF), Bonds and other
Innovation Banking
TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY / BEING AGILE / DELIVERING THE GOODS / TODAY IS TOMORROW’S YESTERDAY
Asset Management
Crypto AIF
Crypto Custody
ESG-Compliance (SFDR, Taxonomy, Risk)
Banking / Payments
Cross-Border Payments
Crypto Custody (Banks)
Digital Banking Solutions
Digital Payments und Open Banking
Capital Markets
Regulation of Market Infrastructure (Exchanges, MTF, OTF, incl. Crypto/Security Token trade)
Securities Offerings (Digital and DLT)
Corporate / M&A
Sustainable Corporate Governance (CSR and ESG)
Corporate Finance / Restructuring
ESG Rating
Green Finance and ESG Financing
Crypto / DLT
Cash on Ledger
Crypto Trading Systems
Crypto Custody
Data Protection and AML for Crypto Offerings
Decentralized Finance
Payment- and Utility-Token
Real Estate Token
Security Token Offerings
Stablecoins
Data / Media / IT
Cloud Solutions
CRM and Scoring/Tracking (ePrivacy)
Complex Big Data Projects, Machine Learning and Smart Data
Freedom of Speach, Opinion and Artistic Expression in Digital Media
Online Sales and Digital Content
Open Data
Software Development and Agile Projects
Software Licensing and Open Source
Dispute Resolution
Protection, Exploitation and Defense of Innovation
Public Law
Climate Change Litigation
Government Big Data Projects
Government Data Usage
Real Estate
Green Buildings/Taxonomy (Sustainable Finance)
Tax
Equity/Debt Token Tax
Tax Tech (WebApp Products)
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