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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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Anna-Maja Schaefer
Dr. Anna-Maja Schaefer, LL.M.
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Berlin
Anna-Maja Schaefer specialises in acquisition and corporate finance. She also focuses on legal trends regarding sustainability and sustainable finance. Anna-Maja is a member of the CMS Brexit initiative...
Kevin Wang
Kevin Wang
Counsel
Principal Counsel
China, Shanghai
Kevin Wang is Principal Counsel at Shanghai Office. He mainly focuses on corporate and competition. Kevin has been advising clients in projects relating to corporate and M&A, competition, foreign direct...
Anne Waßmuth
Anne Waßmuth, LL.M. (Köln / Paris I)
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Stuttgart
Anne Waßmuth studied law at the Universities of Cologne and Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. Within her studies, she achieved the additional qualification of the Maîtrise en droit as well as the LL.M. (Cologne/Paris...
Dominik Zehmen
Dominik von Zehmen
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Frankfurt
Dominik von Zehmen specialises in advising listed companies on all aspects of corporate and capital markets law with a focus on stock corporation law and corporate governance. He provides ongoing advice...
Kathrin Birkhölzer
Kathrin Birkhölzer, Master Droit des affaires transfrontières (Metz)
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Cologne
Born 1987 in Cologne. Legal studies at the University of Trier, including a special foreign language training in French law. Completion of the Master in Cross-border Economic Law at the Université de...
Nicolai Bischof
Nicolai Bischof
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
Nicolai Bischof focuses on financing and leasing, advising banks, investors and leasing companies on all relevant legal aspects. His practice covers project and real estate finance as well as acquisition...
Dzenefa Celikovic
Dr. Dzenefa Celikovic, LL.M., LL.B.
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Cologne
Dzenefa Celikovic advises investors, lenders and sponsors on financings, refinancings and restructurings, with a focus on structuring both debt and equity financings and investments. She drafts and negotiates...
Patrick Damanik
Patrick Damanik, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Germany, Frankfurt
Patrick specialises in providing capital markets law advice to listed companies, medium-sized companies and underwriting banks in the areas of equity capital markets (ECM) and debt capital markets (DCM)...
Philipp Henneberg
Dr. Philipp Henneberg, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Frankfurt
Philipp Henneberg advises both domestic and foreign issuers as well as issuing banks on capital markets law, with a focus on IPOs, capital increases and secondary placements. He also advises listed companies...
Stefanie Heuer
Dr. Stefanie Heuer
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Hamburg
Stefanie Heuer advises banks, leasing companies and investors on national and international financing transactions with a focus on project and real estate finance as well as acquisition and asset finance...