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Katharina Wollmert

Associate

Katharina Wollmert specializes in European and German financial market regulation and financial supervisory law.
She advises German and international banks and other financial service providers, including FinTechs, as well as unregulated companies on all aspects of financial regulatory law.

Experience

Representative matters

Advising a market leading company specialized on the partial purchase of properties (Immobilien-Teilkauf-Unternehmen) in an administrative proceeding regarding the licensing requirement of its business model in Germany.

Assisting and advising in several ownership control procedures (Inhaberkontrollverfahren).

Advising a CRR credit institution on a compliance screening in relation to its regulatory obligations (Payments, AML, Deposit).

Advising certain regulated entities and branches on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing issues in Germany and the EU.

Advising banks on its German market entry.

Various issuers and underwriters on debt and equity capital markets transactions (previous firm experience at Hogan Lovells LLP).

Nomura Financial Products Europe GmbH as a secondee in its legal department, supporting various business lines and legal matters, such as derivatives, structured products, securities lending and repo transactions.


Qualifications

Admissions

Germany, 2023

Academic

First State Examination, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2020

Second State Examination, Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, 2023

Languages

English