Prof Dr Frank Schäfer > SERNETZ • SCHÄFER > Dusseldorf, Germany > Lawyer Profile

SERNETZ • SCHÄFER‘s regulatory expertise is frequently called upon in the litigation context, whereas the team also assists with transactions, the development of new financial products, including digital products, as well as payment services supervison and money laundering law matters. The practice is regularly instructed by companies, private equity companies as well as large and regional banks. Practice head Frank Schäfer is experienced in banking, capital markets and financial regulatory law; he is supported by Jörg Mimberg (fintech and payment services supervision law) and Thomas Eckhold (banking, capital markets and financial regulatory law).

SERNETZ • SCHÄFER advises family business owners and wealthy private individuals on asset structuring and corporate succession, including the establishment of foundations, executing wills and inheritance disputes. In the non-profit sector, the team also assists church-related organisations and research foundations with foundation and corporate law issues, including cross-border disputes. Susanne Zwirlein-Forschner (inheritance and corporate law, litigation) and Frank Schäfer (asset succession, inheritance law, execution of wills, arbitration) jointly lead the team, which also includes Wolf-Dieter von Gronau, who is experienced in matters pertaining to ​​artists’ estates.