Waldeck Rechtsanwälte PartmbB‘s regulatory expertise is frequently called upon in the fintech and crypto-related context, including licensing procedures and cooperation agreements, while other mainstays include transaction support, securities trading matters and compliance as well as AML compliance. The client roster is equally diverse and consists of payment services providers, asset managers, stock exchanges, securities firms, banks and companies. The team is jointly led by Jan Liepe (banking, stock exchange and capital markets law) and Hendrik Pielka (focus on stock exchange and financial sector).
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'Very responsive, very technically adept, practical with immediately usable results.'
'Understandable solutions even for complex issues.'
'Jan Liepe: Pragmatic, knowledgeable, well connected, unbureaucratic.'
'Hendrik Pielka: knowledgeable, helpful, unbureaucratic.'
'Jan Liepe and Hendrik Pielka: Two partners who complement each other perfectly and cover practically the entire range of regulatory issues for investment firms/institutions.'
'High level of commitment, fast delivery of qualified answers, high level of industry expertise.'
'In our view, the combination of technical expertise and company-specific solution orientation is a huge advantage in working with the Waldeck law firm.'
'Jan Liepe is a strategist. In other words, he thinks long-term and not just short-sightedly. Hendrik Pielka is a skilled regulatory lawyer with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of procedural law.'
Key clients
- Athelios Vermögensatelier SE
- Banca Profilo SPA
- Bankhaus Scheich AG Wertpapierspezialist
- BCA AG
- BfV Bank für Vermögen AG
- BOA Euroservices S.A.
- Boerse Stuttgart GmbH
- Development Company for Israel (Europe) GmbH
- DLT Custody GmbH
- DLT Finance Holding AG
- DLT Securities GmbH
- EUWAX Aktiengesellschaft
- Gameforge AG
- ICF Bank AG
- Impact Labs GmbH
- ING
- Infront Financial Technology GmbH
- İşbank AG
- Kumo Labs GmbH
- Lang & Schwarz AG
- lemon.markets GmbH
- mediserv Bank GmbH
- mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG
- NatWest Bank Europe GmbH
- Odörfer & Brandner Vermögensmanagement KG
- Otto M Schröder Bank AG
- Particula GmbH
- Renell Wertpapierhandelsbank AG
- Salm-Salm & Partner GmbH
- Santander Bank
- SIX Financial Information
- Sparda-Bank Berlin eG
- Tradias GmbH
- Ucambio Exchange & Money Transfer GmbH
- UmweltBank AG
- Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH
- Vickii GmbH
- vwd TransactionSolutions AG
- ZeroEx GmbH
Work highlights
- Advice and representation of DLT Finance Holding AG and its subsidiaries DLT Securities GmbH and DLT Custody GmbH in the establishment and implementation of a cooperation between the subsidiaries DLT Securities GmbH and DLT Custody GmbH and the operator of the crypto trading platform Kraken.com (Payward, Inc.) for the provision of services in the trading of crypto assets to German customers.
- Advising and representing DLT Finance Holding AG and its subsidiaries DLT Securities GmbH and DLT Custody GmbH in a cooperation for trading in CO2 tokens with NeutralX and the establishment of a first regulated secondary trading platform specifically for this type of product in Germany.
- Advising Umwelt Bank AG on various outsourcing and IT contracts of the bank, in particular on the bank’s core banking system.