Banking Law, Financial Supervision and Capital Markets Law

Banking Law, Financial Supervision and Capital Markets Law

We have long had a reputation as one of the leading German law firms in the field of banking and capital markets law. Numerous credit institutes rely on us for banking and supervisory law advice, as well as banking litigation issues.

We advise German and foreign banks, stock markets and financial service providers in all areas of banking law, capital markets law, financial supervision and stock exchange law. Many large German and foreign business banks, cooperative banks, state banks and savings banks, as well as capital investment companies, rely on our established reputation in this area.   

Advising Credit Institutes and Financial Service Providers

Advising Credit Institutes and Financial Service Providers

In all supervisory law matters, our clients not only benefit from our profound legal expertise in this sector, but also from our close contacts to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

The areas of banking and financial supervisory law are extremely dynamic. We closely follow all ongoing developments as legal experts and representatives on relevant committees. Several of our partners have professorships in the area of banking law.

Advising Credit Institutes and Financial Service Providers

Our lawyers specialised in the area of litigation and arbitration are hugely experienced in the strategic and tactical planning of banking law disputes. This applies both to complex individual proceedings as well as to the defending of class actions. Over the last few years we have successfully dealt with numerous class actions with hundreds and thousands of cases, and thus have unusually comprehensive know-how in the management of class claims and model actions.

Capital Markets Law

We advise German and foreign issuers and issuing banks in connection with IPOs, share capital measures and bond issues. Our advice includes guidance on complying with the ongoing obligations under capital markets law, such as the prohibition of insider trading, the ad hoc disclosure requirements and the notification duties of shareholders, as well as advice regarding the numerous statutory amendments under capital markets law and the regulatory and compliance issues affecting corporations.