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 practice includes assisting banks with the implementation of EU consumer protection directives, drafting consumer and business lease/loan contracts and other standard bank documents including general terms and conditions in all forms. She also advises banks on developing new banking products and the securitisation of receivables from the leasing/lending business via asset-backed securities. Moreover, she assists with civil and business law matters, distance selling, prospectus liability, marketing campaigns in print media as well as online and represents the interests of banks vis-à-vis dealer associations and institutions.

Uta joined CMS as a qualified lawyer in 1998. She is a lecturer at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and HERA Fortbildungs GmbH der Hessischen Rechtsanwaltschaft (Frankfurter Bank- und Kapitalmarktrechtstage).