A&O Shearman is led by Alexander Behrens and comprehensively covers regulatory law and product-specific topics for financial institutions and financial services providers. The mainstays include regulatory support in M&A transactions, joint ventures and restructuring in the financial sector, with most recent instructions pertaining to the review of booking models and special audits by supervisory authorities. The team is also experienced in digitisation issues, the use of AI as well as ESG and compliance matters. The competencies at the interface between digitisation and regulatory law were strengthened in January 2024 with the addition of Joachim Wuermeling as of counsel; he was previously on the executive board of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
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Key clients
- ING Bank
- BlockFi
- Nomura
- SMBC Bank
- SMBC Nikko Capital Markets
- Volkswagen AG
- Volkswagen Financial Services and Bank
- Bitpanda
- SBI-Group
Work highlights
- Advising various banks and financial institutions in connection with ESG regulation.
- Advising various banks and financial institutions on market entry in Germany.
- Advising SBI Group, a leading Japanese financial services group, on its investment in Solaris SE, a CRR credit institution and Europe's pioneer in embedded finance, as part of its Series F3 financing round.
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Niklas Germayer