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Dr. Tobias Bauerfeind, LL.M. (Oxford Brookes University)

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Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
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Tobias Bauerfeind advises primarily banks and investment firms, as well as financial and payment service providers, on the regulatory requirements for business models, products and their ongoing operation. Another key area of his advisory work covers regulatory aspects relating to management and supervisory bodies. He specialises in European and German banking and financial regulation, as well as the regulation of investment and payment services.

He assists clients with a wide range of matters, ranging from assessing licensing requirements and the regulatory framework for business models, through ongoing regulatory compliance, to restructuring and resolution.

Tobias Bauerfeind has been practising law since early 2019. In 2022, he completed a secondment at the US investment bank Jefferies in London. In late 2026, he joined CMS as a partner.

Awards & Recognitions
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    Ones to watch for Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Capital Markets Law, Regulation
    WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2026; In cooperation with: Handelsblatt Research Institute

Memberships & Roles

  • Banking Law Association – Academic Society for Banking Law (Bankrechtliche Vereinigung)
  • Working group on banking and capital markets law within the German Bar Association (DAV)

Education

  • 2019 - 2020: Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the Oxford Brookes University, School of Law, Oxford, UK
  • 2016 - 2018: Legal traineeship in Frankfurt am Main
  • 2015: Visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, US
  • 2014 - 2019: Doctorate in banking regulation at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)
  • 2010 - 2014: Studied law at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)

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