Dr Dietmar Helms > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
Große Gallusstraße 18
60312 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
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Work Department

Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Regarded by Legal 500 “as the expert in auto loan securitisations in Germany”, Dietmar Helms has strong cross-border knowledge throughout Europe and also in China. Before most lawyers discovered the potential of the upcoming fintech industry, Dietmar advised on several benchmark transactions and helped clients to raise debt capital through bespoke structured finance transactions. Dietmar is a core team member of the Hogan Lovells Automotive Industry Sector group.

Languages

English, French, German

Education

Second State Exam in Law, Heidelberg University, 1999

Dr. iur., Heidelberg University, 1998

First State Exam in Law, Heidelberg University, 1996

Magister Artium, Goethe University Frankfurt, 1992

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Capital markets > Structured finance and securitisation

Hogan Lovells International LLP focuses on the retail, financial services and automotive sectors, with the latter being particularly reflected in the group’s advice on car loan securitisations. The team also assists with various regulatory aspects, for instance related to the distribution of structured products, the use of cryptocurrencies as underlying assets of structured products as well as with ESG securitisation transactions, Fintech securitisations and asset-based lending. Sven Brandt (ABS transactions and derivatives across all asset classes) heads the capital markets group. Fintech-related transactions and car loan securitisations are part of Dietmar Helms‘ advisory portfolio, while clients turn to Jochen Seitz for advice across the entire range of securitised derivatives and structured products.