Online Seminar

International Banks in Germany 2024

Introduction of the speakers

Mr. Dr Adrian Schnitzler | PwC

Presentation: The 8th MaRisk Amendment: Interest Rate Risk and Credit Spread Risk

Education/professional career:

  • Almost 12 years consulting in the banking industry
  • PhD in Mathematics from TU Berlin
  • MBA from Mannheim Business School

Main topics:

  • ICAAP
  • ILAAP
  • IRRBB/CSRBB
  • ALM

Mr. Hendrik Wittenbrink | PwC

Presentation: The 8th MaRisk Amendment: Interest Rate Risk and Credit Spread Risk

Education/professional career:

  • Manager
  • Sind 2018 at PwC
  • M.Sc. in Statistics

Main topics:

  • Risk Consulting
  • Data Science

Mr. Hoai Nam Pham | Deloitte

Presentation: Risk Inventory – Requirements, Best Practices and New Challenges

Education/professional career:

  • Senior Manager
  • Public chartered accountant (Wirtschaftsprüfer)
  • Sustainabilty and Climate Risk charter holder in Deloitte‘s Risk Advisory department based in Düsseldorf

Main topics:

  • ICAAP / ILAAP
  • Climate-related and environmental risks
  • Stress testing framework
  • § 44 para. 1 KWG audits / ECB on-site Inspections
  • MaRisk implementation under principle of proportionality considerations

Further information on Mr. Hoai Nam Pham can be found here.

Mr. Dr Gil Opher | KPMG

Presentation: The Current Status of CRR 3 Implementation

Education/professional career:

  • Partner at KPMG in Regulatory & Compliance
  • Speaker at workshops and management trainings on various regulatory topics

Main topics:

  • Banking supervisory law (CRR, KWG, SolvV, GroMiKV, MaRisk)
  • Management of supervisory audits and implementation projects at national and international banks
  • Advising banks on regulatory issues

Mr. Dr Timo Patrick Bernau | GSK STOCKMANN

Presentation: Management of ICT Third Party Risk and Intra-Group Outsourcing under DORA

Education/professional career:

  • Wquity partner at the law firm GSK Stockmann in Munich
  • More than 15 years of extensive professional experience in banking and finance
  • Regularly giving lectures on banking and insurance supervisory law
  • Author of numerous specialist publications

Main topics:

  • Supporting domestic and foreign banks, financial service providers, fintechs and insurance companies as well as fund and asset management companies in all regulatory matters
  • Development and structuring their services and products
  • Supporting financial innovations

Mr. Kay Böhm | PwC

Presentation: Annual Audits 2024: Key Issues and Conclusions

Education/professional career:

  • Since 2016 responsible for the audit of international banks
  • 2008-2010: Secondment in the US during the global financial crisis
  • Since 2002 at PwC

Main topics:

  • Experienced in annual and consolidated audits of international banks and investment forms
  • Expertise in the audit according to IFRS, US GAAP and German GAAP
  • Broad experience in financial services
  • Leader of audits of international banks at PwC Germany

Mr. Leon Münning | PwC

Presentation: Annual Audits 2024: Key Issues and Conclusions

Education/professional career:

  • Director at PwC
  • More than 9 years of experience in auditing and consulting (international) banks
  • Wirtschaftsprüfer & Steuerberater
  • CFA & FRM Charterholder
  • Master of Science in Finance and Accounting (University of Münster)

Main topics:

  • Signing auditor on statutory audits as well as accorting to sec. 89 of the German securities trading act
  • Specialised in trading, risk management and compliance processes
  • Topics related to capital markets, treasury and accounting (e.g. bifurcation of embedded derivatives according to IFRS, German GAAP and CRR; Initial Margin, IBOR, NSFR, intraday liquidity risk management)

Mr. Dr Stefan Henkelmann | A&O Shearman

Presentation: Sale and Purchase of Non-Performing Loans and Credit Portfolios

Education/professional career:

  • Partner at A&O Shearman
  • Lawyer with more than 20 years of professional experience in finance and capital markets law
  • Lecturer for capital markets law at the Institute for Law and Finance of the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
  • Frequent speaker and moderator at industry conferences, workshops and training sessions
  • Author of numerous publications on structured finance and capital markets law topics

Main topics:

  • International capital markets transactions
  • Securitisations (covering true sale, secured loan and synthetic structures across a broad range of asset classes) and other structured finance and derivatives transactions
  • Debt Capital Markets, bond transactions and bond restructurings
  • Non-performing loan and loan portfolio transactions

Further information on Mr. Dr Stefan Henkelmann can be found here.

Mr. Dr Alexander Behrens | A&O Shearman

CRD 6 Implementation in Germany: An Outlook

Education/professional career:

  • Partner at A&O Shearman
  • Head of the German regulatory practice
  • Advising banks, securities institutions and payment institutions

Main topics:

  • German and European banking and securities supervision law
  • Banking union law (SSM and SRM)
  • Payment services law
  • ESG
  • Crypto assets/digital finance
  • Conducting internal investigations in the financial sector

Further information on Mr. Dr Alexander Behrens can be found here and on the page of our expert advisory board.