Banking and Finance

International financial markets continue to be in the spotlight. It is becoming increasingly important for market participants to react quickly to legal issues in banking and finance law. The main reason for this is new and constantly adapted regulations that have to meet current developments and challenges. In addition, financial structures are dynamically evolving to adapt to technological innovations and regulatory changes.

Schindhelm has extensive experience in the field of banking and finance law, which allows new and complex legal issues to be clarified efficiently. We support you as a market participant in close partnership. We accompany you from the beginning to the completion of a project, often over several years, and support you from project planning and the development of new and innovative financing to the negotiation and drafting of the corresponding contracts.

In addition, we exchange ideas with specialists from our other practice groups in all phases of the consultation. In particular, we work closely with colleagues from tax and corporate law. For cross-border projects, we advise you together with our experts at 26 locations in Germany and abroad and offer you tailor-made solutions from a single source.

Need for advice in banking and finance law

Companies are faced with the challenge of meeting legal and regulatory requirements while achieving their economic goals. Banking law is particularly complex because it is not regulated by a single law, but is determined by a large number of regulations from company law, civil law, tax law and other norms, especially at the European level.

Therefore, companies should seek the support of a lawyer in banking and finance law on an ongoing basis. Typical occasions that require legal advice are:

• Structuring of financing and transactions: Consideration of economic, tax and regulatory aspects, e.g. in real estate financing, project financing and restructuring of all kinds.
• Restructuring of financing: adaptation to new economic situations.
• Disputes regarding financing: representation in court proceedings and arbitration proceedings.
• International transactions: Consideration of different jurisdictions and regulations.
• Regulatory compliance: Compliance with national and international financial regulations, e.g. in the area of anti-money laundering (AML).

Our expertise in banking and finance law

The goal of Schindhelm's highly specialized team is to offer you simple and practice-oriented solutions in the complex field of banking and financing  . We advise large and medium-sized companies, international corporations, public institutions as well as national and international banks and funds in all matters of banking and finance law. We are active in various areas of focus and offer tailor-made support for your specific needs.

Three good reasons – What makes us different:

• Your challenges are our daily business. Our lawyers in banking and finance law bundle the full range of skills required to successfully implement your strategic and operational goals.
• We want to understand your business. And we do everything we can to really get to know you. Our goal is to build a long-term partnership and work closely with them – side by side with your management teams.
• Locally rooted, nationally and internationally networked. Our offices are staffed by lawyers who are familiar with the local legal and economic peculiarities and are at home in the respective cultures. As a team, we develop solutions for you that will help you move forward. No matter whether on the national or international stage.

With our team, we will navigate you through the highly demanding banking and finance law. Our areas of expertise include:

We support our clients with expertise and commitment in banking and finance law. Below you will find some of our successful mandates from the recent past.

Schindhelm is advising on the refinancing of an international group of companies by a US consortium of edgers

Schindhelm advised the German-based international group of companies on the conclusion and collateralization of a syndicated loan in the triple-digit million range. To this end, we coordinated with colleagues from various jurisdictions, as collateral for the syndicated loan had to be provided in accordance with the respective law in whose scope of application the objects and receivables to be transferred as collateral were located.

Schindhelm advises medium-sized companies on the financing of an investment project

Schindhelm advises a client in Germany on all questions relating to the financing of a project in the double-digit millions. A particular challenge in this project was the drafting of a collateral pool contract.

Schindhelm advises investment services institute

For many years, Schindhelm has been advising an investment services company on all regulatory issues in connection with necessary licensing procedures, extensions of the licence and all special features arising from the business model of the investment services institution.

Contact and advice

As an experienced law firm with offices in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover und Osnabrück,  we offer comprehensive support in capital market transactions, project and acquisition financing, and much more. Trust in our expertise in banking and finance law.