Andreas studied law at the University of Freiburg.
He speaks German and English.
Andreas is widely regarded as one of Germany’s leading regulatory lawyers. He is also the firm’s Regional Managing Partner Europe.
Andreas has specialised experience in banking supervisory law, including bank M&A deals, banking supervisory regulations, structured finance and structured products, and in insurance supervisory law, including product structuring.
Andreas also counsels clients on investment funds law.
He is ranked as a leading regulatory lawyer by JUVE German Commercial Law Firms Directory 2025/2026 and as the only “eminent practitioner” in the area of financial regulation in Germany by Chambers (Chambers Germany 2025, Banking & Finance: Regulatory). Further, in this area Legal 500 rates him as one of the “Hall of Fame” lawyers (Legal 500 Germany 2025, Banking and finance: Financial services: regulatory) and IFLR1000 as “Highly regarded” (IFLR1000 2025).
Andreas has assisted numerous banks and financial services institutions in a wide range of regulatory matters. This includes advising:
Andreas was enlisted as an expert to advise on Germany’s Bank Restructuring Law in 2014, advised on Germany’s Capital Investment Code and has also been called in to advise the German regulatory bodies, BaFin (Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) and FMSA (The Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation).
Andreas sits on the donator’s committee of the Institute for Law and Finance (ILF), Frankfurt University, and is a member of the board of trustees of the Association for the Promotion of Practice-oriented Training and Key Competencies for Law Students at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.
He regularly speaks at conferences and seminars dealing with various law topics, including at the Institute for Law and Finance and the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Andreas is a prolific writer. His books, articles and commentaries include:
Andreas’ other publications can be found here.
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