Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, 30 January 2026 \u2013 On 1 February 2026, Renate Prinz, joining from McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, will become an Equity Partner at Annerton Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Together with Sebastian Glaab, she will lead Annerton\u2019s Frankfurt office. \u201cI am very much
\nlooking forward to helping shape Annerton\u2019s future as an Equity Partner, further strengthening our standing in the market, and expanding our range of advisory services in the banking and financial sector,\u201d Prinz explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very proud to have been able to attract a top-tier banking regulatory expert like Renate Prinz to our boutique,\u201d emphasizes Frank M\u00fcller, LL.M., founding partner and managing director of Annerton. \u201cWith her extensive leadership experience, she will help us further expand our office in
\nthe financial hub of Frankfurt. In addition, her international network complements ours extremely well and will further increase our visibility in the Anglo-American market,\u201d M\u00fcller adds. Equity Partner Renate Prinz is an expert in banking supervisory law, corporate law and M&A, compliance, as well as all areas of financial and financial services regulation, including the supervision
\nof investment firms. Prior to joining Annerton, she spent many years at the international law firms Linklaters LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP in the areas of Corporate, M&A and Financial Regulatory. There, she advised banks, financial services providers and other regulated companies on
\ncomplex transformation projects, M&A transactions, licensing and qualifying holdings procedures, Brexit, deposit guarantee schemes, and fundamental regulatory matters. Clients value her ability to view regulatory requirements not merely as compliance obligations, but as a flexible element of their
\nbusiness strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith its clear focus on financial regulatory law, Annerton is by far the most exciting law firm in the market for me. Particularly in the area of financial market regulation, experience and industry knowledge are essential. This is where I see Annerton as especially well positioned,\u201d Prinz explains,
\nadding: \u201cAnnerton is also highly agile, modern and flexible. I believe it is crucial not only to keep pace with digital and technological developments, but to continue growing with them. Annerton has the greatest potential for this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renate Prinz regularly publishes in professional journals on regulatory and corporate law topics. She is also an author in the Crypto-Assets Commentary (Kalss \/ Kr\u00f6nke \/ V\u00f6lkel) published by C.H. Beck, contributing on the licensing procedure for crypto-asset service providers (MiCA regulation).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-54628","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/54628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}