Europe - Germany • Banking and finance
Noerr
Noerr‘s multidisciplinary approach focuses on cross-practice cooperation, such as the advice on remuneration matters at the employment law interface, topics pertaining to IT security, data-driven business models and banking secrecy at the IT and data protection intersection as well as M&A transactions. Among the client roster are banks, payment services providers, asset managers, investors and companies, which regularly instruct the team on compliance matters, including MiFID and MiFID II in the securities area, AML matters as well as cooperation agreements and BaFin procedures and issues pertaining to payment services law. The team is led by insurance supervisory law experts Thomas Heitzer and Jens Kunz, who comprehensively cover financial regulatory, investment and money laundering law. The regulatory expertise in transactions was strengthened with the partner appointment of Dominik Kloka in January 2024.
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Testimonials
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'Excellent expertise, extremely quick response and top analytical skills.'
'Karl-Alexander Neumann, in particular, stood out in our project because of his broad specialist knowledge and high performance.'
'Very technically experienced and customer-oriented team in banking supervisory law.'
'Jens Kunz has many years of expertise and is extremely familiar with new regulatory developments and the clients' needs.'
'Very friendly and courteous staff who strive to implement customer wishes in the best possible way. '
'Jens Kunz is a pragmatic, experienced and solution-oriented lawyer who keeps an eye on current issues. Targeted advice that is not aimed at generating new mandates.'
Key clients
- Baader Bank AG
- FlatexDEGIRO Bank AG
- Frankfurter Volksbank eG
- Inflexion
- Lunis Vermögensmanagement AG
- Summit Partners
- VTB Bank (Europe) SE
- Wirecard AG (Insolvenzverwalter)
- Deutsche Börse
Work highlights
- Advising Summit Partners on a buy-and-build strategy to acquire independent asset managers in the DACH region; Structuring an innovative PE acquisition structure under the newly enacted Securities Institutions Act (WpIG).
- Advising VTB Bank (Europe) SE on the repatriation of business activities.
- Advising a leading German bank on a BaFin procedure with regard to AML compliance, including an expert opinion.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jens Kunz, Thomas Heitzer