Dr Alexander Behrens
Partner
Frankfurt am Main
Dr Alexander Behrens
Partner
Frankfurt am Main
Contact details
Alexander heads the German financial regulatory team and advises banks and other financial service providers, including FinTech companies, as well as unregulated companies on all aspects of financial regulatory law. In addition to German and European banking regulatory law, he focuses on payment services law and capital markets regulation as well as issues related to the Banking Union. Furthermore, Alexander has broad experience in the areas of M&A of regulated entities, NPL transactions, civil banking law and in internal investigations in the finance sector.
Experience highlights
Various banks, financial services institutions and payment institutions with respect to their Brexit related “relocation” decisions and their licensing applications (including General Terms and Conditions, MiFiD issues, etc.).
Various banks and FinTechs on consumer law related questions connected with payment services.
A multinational financial institution on the acquisition of highly specialised technological assets of the European merchant payment services and processing business (Merchant Payments; Acquiring & Issuing) of Wirecard group.
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