Noerr‘s expertise in the financial regulatory fields encompasses internal bank restructurings, digitalisation processes and BaFin investigations, and the team is also called upon by clients requiring assistance across a range of European regulations, from MiFID to MiCAR and DORA. Jens Kunz, who heads the team, is well versed in bank supervisory law, investment regulations and also tackles the regulatory aspects of financial services sector mergers. Karl-Alexander Neumann joined the partnership in January 2025, advising on digital products and matters pertaining to payment systems.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The collaboration with the Noerr team is very efficient, pragmatic and responsive, covering all clients’ needs from a banking regulatory perspective. Noerr applies its vast experience with complex and cross-border projects and transfers it into helpful solutions.’
- ‘Karl-Alexander Neumann is a smart and strategic adviser. He belongs to the lawyers of his generation with a deep understanding of the financial regulatory framework. He is a strong communicator who understands the interests of his clients well. In negotiations he applies a problem-solving attitude and stays focused in complex situations.’
- ‘The team possesses in-depth expertise in specialised banking regulation and provides advice that is highly practical, fast, and innovative.’
- ‘Jens Kunz has extensive expertise in the financial sector, provides reliable and prompt advice, consistently meets deadlines, and his calm and professional demeanour is very helpful in negotiations.’
- ‘Over the last 15 years, Noerr has secured itself a firm place among the law firms in banking & finance in Germany and today it is hard to imagine legal advice to banks without it. The quality of the advice, the class of the partners combined with a more attractive cost framework than that offered by the Anglo-Saxon firms have made Noerr an important player in banking & finance.’
- 'Jens Kunz is characterised by his very high level of professional competence and his ability to present complex issues in a simple way.’
Key clients
- APS AVIA Payment Services GmbH
- Baader Bank AG
- Frankfurter Volksbank eG
- HRK Lunis AG
- IK Partners
- J.C. Flowers
- OWH SE i.L
- Volkswagen Financial Services AG
- Wendel Group
Work highlights
Advising J.C. Flowers on the sale of its portfolio company HRK LUNIS AG to Seven2.
Advised Baader Bank on restructuring its financial holding group, addressing CRR compliance and regulatory clearances, and supported the adjustment of a crypto-assets business model to align with MiCAR requirements.
Advising the Wendel Group on acquiring a majority stake in IK Partners, including FDI and regulatory reviews of German portfolio companies, BaFin ownership control procedures, and coordinating approval processes with financial regulators in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Practice head
Jens Kunz
Other key lawyers
Karl-Alexander Neumann; Klaudyna Lichnowska