General Counsel

• Sep 2022 - Present

Lawyer

• Jun 2022 - Present

Providing legal advice to corporates, banks, financial services providers and start-ups on all aspects of German and European law (in particular commercial law, but also banking law, crypto and data protection / IT security), as well as on compliance and anti-money laundering issues and corporate governance matters. Interim reinforcement of legal departments and law firms in cases of parental leave, holiday replacements, sabbaticals and other longer absences of legal staff, including the temporary replacement of the General Counsel or Head of Legal / Compliance. Internationally mobile.

Senior Legal Expert

• Jan 2022 - May 2022

Advising all departments in all legal matters under German and European law, particularly regulatory law and crypto. Advising all departments in all legal matters under German and European law, particularly regulatory law and crypto.

General Counsel & Company Secretary, Executive Director

• Mar 2019 - Dec 2021

Acting as General Counsel, Company Secretary and Deputy AML Officer; extensive involvement in the establishment of the bank, including the development of its organisational set-up, the expansion of the product range and the establishment of branches in other EU jurisdictions; advising all departments, the management board, the bank's shareholder and the Tokyo headquarter on all aspects of German and European law, in particular in the area of supervisory law, civil law and securities law, as well as compliance/AML, data protection, outsourcing and IT security; setting up an organisational handbook, a contract database and a legal panel; member of various decision-making bodies of the bank; litigation/arbitration; interaction with supervisory authorities, auditors and external legal counsel.

Legal Counsel

• Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

Advising all departments, senior management and the firm’s shareholder in all legal matters under German and European law, particularly regulatory law, asset management law, information security rules and data protection; drafting, reviewing, implementing and regularly updating internal organisational documents; drafting, commenting and negotiating all kind of agreements; setting up and administrating the firm’s contract database; set-up of the customer complaints process and handling of customer complaints; litigation/arbitration; interaction with regulators, auditors and external law firms.

Head of Legal & Compliance AML

• Oct 2015 - Dec 2017

Leading the Legal, Compliance and AML department; setting up the above-mentioned departments (almost) from scratch; drafting and implementing all related internal guidelines and procedures of these departments; providing legal advice to all departments of the branch and to the management board; deputy AML officer and deputy whistleblowing officer of the bank; first point of contact for the (outsourced) compliance officer; first point of contact for supervisory authorities and internal/external (statutory) auditors

Senior Legal Counsel

• Dec 2009 - Sep 2015

Providing legal advice to several departments within the bank, particularly treasury, securities back office, risk management, compliance/AML, internal audit and real estate financing; drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements with external parties, particularly (but not limited to) (i) distribution agreements for stocks, investment fund units and other financial instruments, (ii) OTC derivative/repo transactions under ISDA and the respective German law governed master agreements, (iii) securities prospectuses (Pfandbriefe, RMBS transactions); liaising with external legal advisors, regulators and external auditors.

Associate

• Apr 2007 - Nov 2009

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements and other legal documents, particularly (i) securitisation transactions, and (ii) distribution of investment funds in Germany; providing general legal advice regarding (i) banking supervisory matters, particularly regarding Basel II and its German legal implementation, (ii) German compliance legislation (MaRisk, MiFID), (iii) derivatives, (iv) securitisation; liaising with regulatory authorities. Drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements and other legal documents, particularly (i) securitisation transactions, and (ii) distribution of investment funds in Germany; providing general legal advice regarding (i) banking supervisory matters, particularly regarding Basel II and its German legal implementation, (ii) German compliance legislation (MaRisk, MiFID), (iii) derivatives, (iv) securitisation; liaising with regulatory authorities.

Legal Counsel (secondee)

• Sep 2008 - Jul 2009

Advising on the treatment of securitisation transactions and other capital market products under the German regulatory capital regime (Basel II and its German legal implementation); providing general legal advice regarding all kinds of capital market and banking supervisory matters to front office departments, risk management and back office functions. Advising on the treatment of securitisation transactions and other capital market products under the German regulatory capital regime (Basel II and its German legal implementation); providing general legal advice regarding all kinds of capital market and banking supervisory matters to front office departments, risk management and back office functions.