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Lawyers for banking & finance

The Banking & Finance team at CMS provides comprehensive advice in this field. Specifically, our services extend from banking law and regulation, finance, fund advice and capital markets law to restructuring existing debt.

Clients of our Banking & Finance practice include banks, financial services providers, private equity investors and arrangers – from SMEs to international corporations. Due to our structure and broad-based team, we are the perfect choice for legal advice on projects of any size and complexity.

In Germany, our banking & finance lawyers primarily work out of our Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Stuttgart offices. A key strength is our ability to provide advice internationally in conjunction with experienced banking & finance lawyers in many different countries. CMS Germany has access to the global CMS network when serving clients, which enables us to assemble an international team tailored to your exact needs and led by one of the firm’s banking & finance partners.

Looking for in-depth banking & finance expertise in connection with a specific project or for ongoing support? Please see below for a list with the contact details of our lawyers who specialise in banking & finance. Feel free to contact us at any time.

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Jan Friese
Jan Friese
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Cologne
Jan Friese’s practice focuses on banking and insolvency law. He is particularly assigned with structuring transactions, negotiating and drafting finance and security documents as well as preparing legal...
Andreas Grunert
Dr. Andreas Grunert
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Born in Stuttgart in 1983. Studied law with focus on corporate and employment law at the Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen (2003-2008). Following doctorate on a topic of trademark law and law against...
Annett Kenk
Dr. Annett Kenk
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwältin, Tax Adviser | Fachberater für Internationales Steuerrecht (Certified tax adviser for international tax law)
Germany, Frankfurt
Legal advising in tax law and corporate law issues in connection with international and domestic acquisitions and restructuring, structured financing and real estate transactions. Support during tax audits...
Georg Lauster
Dr. Georg Lauster
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Georg Lauster advises German and international private equity funds and strategic investors on M&A transactions, acting on the buyers' as well as sellers' side. He also advises companies on establishing...
Uta Sophie Richter
Dr. Uta Sophie Richter, LL.M. (University of Sydney)
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht (Certified lawyer for banking and capital markets law)
Germany, Frankfurt
Uta Richter specialises in consumer financing and digitisation projects. She advises on leasing, loan and sales financing (wholesale/retail) and represents her clients before German state courts. Uta’s...
Julia Runge
Dr. Julia Runge
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Hamburg
Julia Runge advises German and international banks, leasing companies and investors on a broad range of financing transactions. Her practice includes general corporate finance, acquisition finance, real...
Carl Werner
Carl Werner, Solicitor (England & Wales)
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
Carl Werner advises lenders and borrowers on cross-border structured finance transactions, principally in the area of asset, project, acquisition and corporate finance. Carl also advises regularly on...
Hatice Akyel
Hatice Akyel
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Frankfurt
Hatice Akyel’s practice covers real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate loans as well as asset finance. She mainly advises banks, sponsors and borrowers on developing finance structures...
Barbara Bayer
Barbara Bayer
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Frankfurt
Specialising in German and European financial regulation, Barbara Bayer advises banks as well as financial and payment service providers on all regulatory issues, with a focus on risk management for banks...
Laura Bungart
Laura Bungart, LL. M. (University of Exeter)
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Frankfurt
Laura Bungart advises capital management companies, investment advisors and investment brokers as well as other fund initiators on investment law issues, in particular on fund structuring, fund investments...