Capital market / banking law and finance

In both capital market law as well as banking regulation there is an unprecedented thicket of regulations consisting of various levels of Union law and national law. Legal development in this field is dynamic with regular changes being the order of the day. In such an environment, professional legal advice based on in-depth know-how and experience is indispensable. We support our clients on questions of insider and securities compliance, regularly advise on stock exchange legislation, the Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Supervision Act. And, of course, we also defend you vis-à-vis the FMA in administrative (criminal) proceedings for alleged infringements of the law or vis-à-vis clients/investors.

Our core competences also include advising companies, banks and insurance companies on all financing issues. Our advisory spectrum begins with classic capital market transactions such as IPOs, capital increases and corporate bonds. The latter, in particular, is experiencing an ever increasing importance of sustainable financing in our advisory practice, such as green bonds, ESG-rated bonds and social bonds. We also support our clients on growth financing (venture capital, private equity) and advise on crowd investing and crypto. And we also assist our clients with loan financing and the provision of loan collateral.

Further focus areas of our expertise include advising listed companies, banks and insurance companies on stock corporation law, such as share buybacks, re-sales of own shares, general meetings, corporate governance issues including questions of directors’ liability and much more. And this is where one of our particular assets comes to light: working at the interface between capital markets and corporate law.