Greenberg Traurig Germany acts integrated into the international fintech practice and boasts expertise in licensing, product development, digital payment services and their structuring, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, including cross-border matters; these competencies are regularly drawn on by European and US companies as well as fintechs. Practice head Carsten Kociok was recently appointed co-chair of the international fintech practice and focuses on e-money, payment regulation, crypto, data protection and digital investments. The practice also covers regulatory aspects of market expansions and transactions, here, Viola Bensinger is a key contact.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Carsten Kociok: A very competent and client-oriented technology lawyer.'

  • 'Highly professional, practical and proactive, very responsive and efficient.'

  • 'Carsten Kociok: Very pleasant to work with and very service-oriented. Very responsive and very professional. Even when it comes to advice that affects multiple jurisdictions and involves complex legal issues, he manages to provide it in a timely manner and in an easily accessible form and format.'

  • 'Carsten Kociok: An outstanding legal partner and insightful business partner. He is extremely familiar with the global FinTech ecosystem and has provided us with first-class advice on a wide range of novel legal issues as we sought to change the payments market and grapple with standard payment licensing and compliance regimes. He is extremely thoughtful, diligent and astute in his legal commentary, and practically oriented to real-world business applications. We have benefited infinitely from his guidance and highly recommended him to other partners and colleagues from other fields .'

Key clients

  • PayPal (Europe)
  • GoDaddy
  • Jump Trading
  • Papaya Global
  • Linus Digital Finance
  • oneZero
  • Tebex
  • FAP Group
  • PAR Capital Advisors
  • Enpal
  • Lendis
  • Share GmbH

Work highlights

  • Ongoing advice to the e-payment FinTech Paypal, including general regulatory and contractual issues as well as a wide range of legal issues pertaining to regulatory law, financial services law, payment services law and consumer credit law.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Carsten Kociok

Other key lawyers

Viola Bensinger