
Online Seminar
International Banks in Germany 2023
Introduction of the speakers
Mr. Roland Scheinert | PwC
Presentation: Annual Audits 2023: Key Issues and Conclusions
Education/professional career:
- Since 2009 at PwC, since 2019 Partner
- Business Administration, University Cologne
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Financial Risk Management, University Kiel
Main topics:
- Financial Risk Management
- FS Risk Consulting
- Capital Markets
Mr. Benjamin Münch | PwC
Presentation: Annual Audits 2023: Key Issues and Conclusions
Education/professional career:
- Since 2019 at PwC, sincec 2022 Partner Financial Services
Main topics:
Mr. Dr Alexander Gebhard | Schalast
Presentation: BaFin’s Supervisory Practice and Strategies with Regard to Fines and Findings – What to Do About It?
Education/professional career:
- Since 2012 Partner Banking & Finance at Schalast
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in London
Main topics:
- Advising banks and financial service providers as well as investors in all areas of banking, financial market and investment supervision law
- Licensed financial activities and regulatory compliance
- Structuring financial products, including regulatory capital instruments, and the foundation, structuring and acquisition of financial institutions and payment companies
- FinTechs and joint ventures in the financial services sector
Further information on Mr. Dr Alexander Gebhard can be found here.
Mrs. Dr Anna Izzo-Wagner | Annerton
Presentation: Developments of the Regulatory Requirements for Outsourcing and Digital Operational Resilience (DORA)
Education/professional career:
- Founding partner of Annerton Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Advising banks and financial services institutions as well as FinTech companies in regulatory matters
- Specialised in digitisation projects for institutions
- Regular speaker at specialist lectures and events in the area of finance
Main topics:
- Banking supervisory law
- Compliance
- Investment supervisory law
- Outsourcing
- Payment services supervisory law
Further information on Mrs. Dr Anna Izzo-Wagner can be found here.
Mrs. Josefine Spengler | Annerton
Presentation: Developments of the Regulatory Requirements for Outsourcing and Digital Operational Resilience (DORA)
Education/professional career:
- Counsel at Annerton
- Specialist lawyer in IT
- Many years of experience as Head of Legal at a payment service provider
Main topics:
- IT and FinTech segment
- Supervisory law and data protection as well as on compliance and AML topics
- Data protection
Further information on Mrs. Josefine Spengler can be found here.
Mr. Alexander Kottmann | PwC
Presentation: The Upcoming MaRisk Amendments in 2023
Education/professional career:
Main topics:
Further information on Mr. can be found here.
Mrs. Dr Janina Heinz | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Presentation: CRD 6 and CRR 3: Recent Developments of EU Banking Legislation
Education/professional career:
- Since 2019 Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Former Legal Counsel at the European Central Bank (Single Supervisory Mechanism)
- Secondment to a global bank in London (Regulatory Change Management)
- 2010 admitted to the Bar
Main topics:
- Bank and financial services regulation in Germany and Europe
- Advising clients on non-contentious and contentious proceedings with the ECB and BaFin and on investigations in the financial services sector
- M&A transactions in the financial services sector
- Digitisation in the financial services sector
- ESG
Further information on Mrs. Dr Janina Heinz can be found here.
Mr. Holger Hartenfels | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Presentation: CRD 6 and CRR 3: Recent Developments of EU Banking Legislation
Education/professional career:
- Since 2020 at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Study Law at the Universität in Cologne
- 1993: Second State Examination
Main topics:
- Banking supervisory law
- Bank recovery and resolution
- Financial Market Infrastructures (EMIR)
- Securitisations
Further information on Mr. Holger Hartenfels can be found here.
Mrs. Katrin Scheicht | Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law
Presentation: Current HR Topics for Banks: Working Time, Mobile Working and Diversity
Education/professional career:
- 2022: Professional education mediation
- 2018: Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Munich
- 2009: Certified labor and employment law specialist
- 2007-2018: Lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Munich, partner since 2013
- 2004: Admission to the German Bar
Main topics:
- Advising national and international companies on all employment and labor law related matters, in particular on
– co-determination rights of the works councils
– whistleblowing
– restructurings
– employment contracts and its termination
– employment and labor litigation
Further information on Mrs. Katrin Scheicht can be found here.