

Andreas Steck
Partner, Financial Regulation Group, Frankfurt and Global Co-Head of Banking Sector
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Education, Qualifications and Languages
Andreas studied law at the University of Freiburg.
He speaks German and English.


Partner, Financial Regulation Group, Frankfurt and Global Co-Head of Banking Sector
Andreas studied law at the University of Freiburg.
He speaks German and English.
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 Steck was appointed Partner at Linklaters in 2004. He served as Senior Partner from 2016 to 2022 and as Regional Managing Partner Europe from 2022 to 2025. He is now Global Co-Head of the Banking Sector.
Andreas has assisted numerous banks and financial services institutions in a wide range of regulatory matters. This includes advising:
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.
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 Steck regularly publishes articles in German and English-language journals and handbooks. His most recent publications include, among others: