Financial services: regulatory

White & Case LLP

Client Satisfaction

White & Case LLP‘s regulatory know-how across the financial services sector includes transaction support, owner control procedures as well as BaFin licensing procedures, securities regulation and regulatory disputes before the European courts, including various annulment proceedings before the European Court against the European Union’s Single Resolution Board (SRB). Another focus is on new technologies, such as crypto custody and digital securities transactions. Practice head Henning Berger combines expertise in German and European regulatory law with capacities in administrative, European and constitutional law and is supported by Woldemar Häring, who comprehensively covers regulatory issues.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'One of their greatest strengths lies in the combination of in-depth industry knowledge in the FinTech and digital asset space with legal expertise, which gives them an outstanding market position in the area of digital asset backed products and tokenization.'
'Particularly noteworthy is their use of state-of-the-art LegalTech tools, which increases the efficiency and effectiveness in handling mandates. This technological pioneering, combined with a diverse team that includes both gender and cultural background, sets new standards in legal practice.'
'Woldemar Häring brings impressive clarity and strategic foresight to his work, particularly in M&A transactions and banking regulatory matters.'
'Their combined expertise enables our company to act innovatively and in compliance with current financial market regulations. Their proactive and solution-oriented approach has made them key figures in our advisory network.'
'High level of technical expertise, innovative legal support, high level of commitment, adherence to deadlines and time limits, high level of resilience even under high time and deadline pressure.'
'Fast, efficient, reliable, very good expertise, practice-oriented advice.'
'Very good team.'
'Sebastian Pitz is very experienced and has excellent knowledge in the field.'

Key clients

Bitpanda Asset Management
DZ Bank
Deutsche Bank
Entschädigungseinrichtung deutscher Banken GmbH
FERI Trust AG
Nomura Financial Products Europe GmbH
Pollen Street Capital
RBC Capital Markets

Work highlights

Advising the European digital bank N26 on meeting regulatory requirements and the lifting of growth restrictions by BaFin as of June 1, 2024.
Advising the Free State of Bavaria on a change to the Free State's silent participation in the Bayerische Landesbank, an institution under public law, as requested by the European Central Bank, which is based on the special-purpose assets for public housing promotion transferred by the Free State of Bavaria to BayernLB.
Representation of leading German institutes as well as Nordea in currently around 45 annulment proceedings before the European Court against the Single Resolution Board (SRB) with regard to decisions on the calculation of ex-ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF).