The financial experts at Allen & Overy LLP are experienced in representing banks, financial services providers, auditing firms, funds and insurers and often cooperate across practices and locations in contentious matters. The group is a sought-after partner for the enforcement and defence against claims and damages claims, as well as for matters relating to financial products and issues touching on tax and criminal law. Key contacts include banking and finance law expert Jan Erik Windthorst, associate Anja Schelling, who focuses on litigation in capital markets-related corporate matters, and practice head Wolf Bussian, who has a wealth of experience in the cum-ex and cum-cum issues.

Hengeler Mueller combines expertise in banking, finance and capital markets law with extensive experience in contentious proceedings pertaining to share deals around the dividend closing date as well as KapMuG proceedings; the group is instructed by banks, insurers and financial services providers. Practice head Markus Meier is well versed in capital markets law and has additional IT expertise, while Maximilian Bülau frequently assists with matters relating to securities regulation and commercial and financing agreements; Antonia Hösch oversees bank liability issues and insurance law disputes.

Linklaters is a renowned player in the financial disputes sphere and represents banks and other financial services providers in national and international disputes. The practice demonstrates special expertise in cum-ex and cum-cum issues as well as in KapMug proceedings and cooperates synergistically with the firm's banking and banking regulatory experts. Insolvency law disputes are the focus of team leader Alexandros Chatzinerantzis and associate Martin Bär. Other integral team members are Kirstin Schwedt, who is well versed in D&O liability, as well as Christian Schmitt, whose advice offering includes prospectus liability and capital market disputes.

Banks, funds, private equity houses and other financial services providers rely on Gleiss Lutz' experience. On one hand, the group has accumulated particularly deep expertise in civil law aspects of cum-ex issues and on the other, in insolvency-related matters, which is underlined by its assistance to the insolvency administrator of Wirecard AG. The team is headed by Stefan Rützel and also includes key contact Eric Wagner, who is experienced in liability law as well as Andrea Leufgen and Florian Wagner, who are both experienced in transaction-related financial disputes.

Noerr's dispute resolution team advises German and international banks on various contentious issues in the banking and finance sphere which includes cross-border client support, especially with regard to the US and UK. The team is led by litigator Christine Volohonsky, who has particular experience in advising on insolvency-related disputes, while Hans Christian Kirchner focuses on banking and securities law issues and frequently represents credit institutions before state courts and arbitration tribunals. Kolja Dörrscheidt (class actions as well as high-volume individual disputes) and the two associated partners Christian Dolff (national and international litigation) and Dieter Hettenbach (focus on investor model proceedings according to KapMuG and model declaratory judgment actions) are other key contacts. In July 2021, criminal lawyer Volker Rosengarten joined from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP.