Latham & Watkins LLP

Axel Schiemann is a financial regulatory partner who advises German and global clients on a full spectrum of domestic and cross-border regulatory issues and transactions in the financial sector. He is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group.

Axel regularly advises on:

• Prudential supervision of banks and investment firms (including CRR/CRDIV)
• Securities related compliance (including MAR, MiFID/MiFID II)
• Mergers and acquisitions in the financial industry
• Issuance of regulatory capital instruments
• Litigation in the financial sector
• Regulatory enforcement and investigations
• Bank recovery and resolution
• Corporate governance and remuneration systems
• IT/Outsourcing
• Fintech and ICOs
• Brexit-related issues

Prior to joining Latham, Axel served in different in-house roles in the financial industry.

Axel frequently writes and speaks on financial regulatory issues. For example, he is co-author of a commentary on Securities Compliance (Wertpapier-Compliance in der Praxis) and a commentary on the German Supervisory Act on Payment Services (ZAG - Kommentar zum Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz).