About

Michael was STOXX’s first in-house lawyer when he came on board ten years ago and since then he has built a small legal department of four people. This team continues to support a global sales force with licensing and IP-related advice. His work includes merging the compliance with certain industry specific regulations and helping lobby law makers and regulatory bodies. In addition to the work related to his team, he has successfully achieved legal protection for financial indices through a combination of intellectual property and contractual provisions. He ensures a consistent and comprehensive licensing framework across three licensors based in Switzerland and Germany. Internally, he is working on a new compliance structure for STOXX, which he says ensures the integrity of his benchmarks. When asked what he enjoys the most he about his role Michael says, ‘working with the management and interdisciplinary teams to find adequate responses to challenges prompted by changing laws and regulations’.