DR MARCO BRAND
International commercial law with focus on financial services regulation
Bespoke legal advice to national and international clients
Dr Marco Brand has a broad expertise in advising national and international clients on commercial law matters. The focus of his advice
lies on the financial services regulation. His client base includes providers of innovative financial services (FinTechs), traditional
banks, payment service providers as well as investment funds, family offices and asset managers. For comprehensive international advice,
Dr Marco Brand has a network of proven experts in the core jurisdictions.
FINTECH
Advising FinTechs with a particular focus on providers of innovative payment services
and crypto services plays a central role in Dr Brand’s advisory practice.
BANKING
Dr Brand’s advisory practice includes nationally and internationally operating banks and financial services institutions.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Dr Brand has many years of experience in advising on investment law issues with a focus on special funds.
CORPORATE
Dr Brand advises small and medium-sized companies as well as FinTechs and start-ups on general corporate law matters.
Vita
Since 2022
Self-employed attorney
Since 2022
General Counsel Europe of Consumer Edge
2020 to 2022
Lawyer at Covington & Burling, Frankfurt am Main (Special Counsel)
2019
Executive Diploma HSG in Law and Management “Hengeler Mueller Academy St. Gallen”
2018 to 2019
Secondment at J.P. Morgan in London
2014 to 2020
Lawyer at Hengeler Mueller, Frankfurt am Main (Senior Associate)
2014
Doctorate in law at the University of Tübingen (summa cum laude), awarded with the PhD prize of the Reinhold-und-Maria-Teufel-Stiftung
2009 to 2011
Legal clerkship at the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court
2004 to 2009
University of Tübingen, scholar of the German National Academic Foundations
Publications
Press Articles
- New Requirements to Outsourcing Companies, in: Börsenzeitung, 30 June 2021
- Europe harmonizes Crowdfunding, in: Börsenzeitung, 12 March 2021
Contributions to Legal Handbooks
- Dennis Kunschke/Kai A. Schaffelhuber (Editors), FinTech, Erich Schmidt, Berlin, 1st Ed., 2018 and 2nd Ed. 2022
- Lending Platforms and Crowdfunding (together with Dr. Edgar Wallach)
- Folker Bittmann (editor): Legal Handbook of Insolvency Criminal Law, 2nd Ed., De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2017
- § 5 Foreign Legal Entities, p. 253 - 261
- § 6 The Corporate Bodies of the German Limited Liability Company, p. 295 - 333 and 367 - 370
- § 7 Obligations of the Corporate Bodies relating to the Prevention of a Crisis of the Limited Liability Company, p. 370 - 403
- § 8 Obligations of the Corporate Bodies during the Crises of a Limited Liability Company, p. 403 - 432
Articles in Legal Journals
- The New European Crowdfunding Regulation, in: Journal of Investment Compliance, 2021
- Law of Possession and Global Share Certificates, in: ZBB 2015, p. 40 – 48
- Shareholder Loans and Insolvency Criminal Law (together with Christian Brand), in: GmbHR 2015, p. 1125 – 1132
- Objections and Reclaims in Financial Lease Agreements (together with Thomas Finkenauer), in: JZ 2013, p. 273 – 280
- Court Fees Manipulation – Fraud, Illegal by Profession or Sanctionless? (together with Christian Brand), in: AnwBl 2013, p. 85 – 88
- Assumption of Debt in connection with Pledged Receivables, in: JR 2012, p. 319 – 325
- Liability under Section 64 Sentence 3 of the German Limited Liability Companies Acy in the context of Upstream Securities, in: ZIP 2012, p. 1010 – 1014
- Liability for Causing Insolvency in the context of Upstream Securities, in: NZG 2012, p. 1374 – 1376
- Choice between „Contribution to Restructuring or Withdrawal“ of Shareholders in German Stock Corporations, in: KTS 2011, p. 481 – 503
