Authors

Renate Prinz
Partner
Cologne, Düsseldorf
+49 221 45549 842
rprinz@mwe.com

Renate Prinz focuses her practice on corporate law, national and international mergers, and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate reorganizations. She also advises at the interface with financial regulatory aspects, especially in connection with corporate transactions and/or licensing issues. Renate is experienced in advising national and foreign investment companies, credit, and financial services institutions on all aspects of German and European financial supervisory law. She furthermore has extensive experience in acting for clients in the industrial, retail, and public sectors. Furthermore, Renate publishes in corporate and financial supervisory law on a regular basis.

Frank Müller
Partner
Frankfurt
+49 69 951145 327
fmüller@mwe.com

Frank Müller advises investment fund managers, institutional investors, asset managers as well as their regulated and unregulated fund vehicles in all regulatory and real estate law matters in connection with the set-up, structuring and management of funds and their acquisitions. He has extensive experience in the following: (1) Foundation of fund management companies and their regulatory advice, including consultations with the respective authorities in Germany and abroad; (2) Set-up of investment funds for retail and institutional investors (both contract and corporate type funds); (3) Structuring of funds and transactions for institutional investors and asset managers; (4) Regulatory and real estate law advice of funds, fund managers and institutional investors with regard to asset deals, share deals, unit deals and project developments in Germany and abroad.

Vlad Maly
Partner
London
+44 20 7570 1422
vmaly@mwe.com

Vlad Maly has a broad corporate practice, representing clients on general corporate matters, capital markets and derivatives transactions in the context of cross-border financings and acquisition strategies in the context of public M&A. With his extensive knowledge in the equity derivatives field but broad corporate background, he delivers to clients cross-disciplinary advice covering wide range of products, including equity-linked capital market transactions, structured repurchase transactions and various monetization and hedging strategies involving listed and unlisted shares and LP interests, forward purchases, total return swaps, public and private convertible debt, back-leverage transactions and other hybrid instruments. Vlad assists private equity firms, investment banks, corporates, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and family offices with acquisitions and disposals of investments, non-traditional finance structures and portfolio risk transfers.

Annabelle Rau
Associate
Cologne
+49 221 45549 827
arau@mwe.com

Annabelle Rau focuses on banking and financial services law, European financial supervisory law, and corporate law. Her advisory practice ranges from issues related to the regulation of traditional financial services to new FinTech business models, including crypto regulation. In addition, Annabelle Rau advises several listed companies on their general meetings and ongoing capital markets legal obligations.

Kai Grandpierre
Associate
Cologne
+49 221 45549 818
kgrandpierre@mwe.com

Kai Grandpierre focuses on corporate law. Kai studied law at the University of Münster, the University of Political Sciences and Law, Beijing, PR China and at Texas Tech School of Law in the United States. Prior to joining McDermott, he gained valuable experience as a trainee lawyer and research assistant at an international law firm in Cologne in the areas of antitrust and corporate law.

Hannah Henseling
Associate
Frankfurt
+49 69 951145446
hhenseling@mwe.com

Hannah Henseling works in investment funds and real estate. She advises fund management companies, institutional investors, asset managers and their regulated and unregulated fund vehicles on investment law and real estate law issues. Her advisory practice includes regulatory advice to fund management companies and investment funds in connection with the management and set-up of investment funds (public and special funds). She also advises institutional investors in the context of individual and portfolio transactions as well as in the ongoing asset management. During her legal clerkship, Ms. Henseling worked at a major international law firm as well as for AHK Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to joining McDermott, she worked as an attorney at a boutique law firm specializing in business law advice in Frankfurt/Main.

Dr. Frederic Peine
Associate
Cologne
+49 221 45549 845
fpeine@mwe.com

Dr. Frederic Peine practice focuses on corporate law and M&A as well as financial services and fund regulatory law. His practice includes general corporate law advice to listed companies, national and international M&A transactions and joint ventures as well as the restructuring of companies in the national and international environment. Frederic also advises financial service providers and fund intermediaries on regulatory issues, in particular with corporate law implications. Before joining McDermott, Frederic worked for a leading German law firm and for a German car manufacturer.

Michal Chajdukowski
Associate
London
+44 20 7575 0313
mchajdukowski@mwe.com

Michal Chajdukowski focuses his practice on a range of regulatory and trade related matters. Drawing on his experience in financial regulation, he guides national and multi-national clients through the complexity of the UK and EU sanctions regimes and export controls, with a keen eye to cross-border commercial transactions. He has extensive experience in providing contentious and non-contentious regulatory advice to banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, particularly in the context of compliance with anti-corruption, sanctions, and specific financial regulatory obligations. Michal has also represented corporate and individual clients in white collar and general crime matters.