Department profile
Annerton

FinTech Legal

FinTech Guide 2026 : Germany


Annerton

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At Annerton, they don't work in departments but work as a team. 

Clients (2)

  • E-commerce plattforms
  • Payment service providers

Industries (16)

  • Financial services provider
  • Lending platforms
  • Robo-advisors
  • Credit institutions
  • Financial institutions
  • Family offices
  • Financial holding companies
  • Financial investment brokers
  • Asset manager
  • Virtual asset services provider
  • Crypto exchanges
  • Banking
  • Banking & Finance
  • Funds
  • Finance
  • Banks

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FinTech Legal - Germany

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Independent firm Annerton has a strong reputation for its payments practice. It has notable clients in the payments, e-commerce and digital banking sectors. The firm also advises major cryptocurrency businesses.

Work Highlights

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  • Annerton advised Finion Capital GmbH on their application for a licence as a payments institution with BaFin.

Strengths

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  • The Annerton team are very responsive. Their advice is accurate, concise and pragmatic; they have outstanding expertise and great industry insights into payments/banking.

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  • Annerton's knowledge goes beyond legal skills. They have a genuine knowledge of the market.

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  • The team at Annerton have an enormous amount of expertise that you can call on at any time. Annerton are trustworthy, extremely knowledgeable, fast and far-sighted.

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  • Annerton is the best in class in market expertise and has close relations to regulatory bodies.

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  • We appreciate Annerton's very pragmatic way of working. They are very good at presenting the complex issues to laypeople in the regulatory environment.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Susanne Grohé
    Band 2Susanne Grohé

    Susanne Grohé

    Susanne Grohé is a highly sought-after payments and technology expert and founding partner at Annerton. Clients rely on her specialist expertise and deep experience in the payments sector.

    • Susanne is super. She is so technical, experienced and knowledgeable.

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    • Susanne is an amazing lawyer. She is very knowledgeable on matters related to payments, AML and KYC. She is also very insightful and innovative in her advice.

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    • Susanne Grohé is a major player in her market and has a unique set of skills for platforms.

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    • All stakeholders that worked with Susanne appreciated her deep knowledge of the industry and were highly satisfied with her ways of working, which she could easily adapt to meet clients' needs.

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    • We are very happy to work with Ms Grohé. Her expertise quickly convinced everyone involved.

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  • Band 3Frank Müller LL.M.
    Band 3Frank Müller LL.M.

    Frank Müller LL.M.

    Frank Müller is a founding partner at Annerton and an established name in the German FinTech industry. He specialises in payments law, anti-money laundering, licence applications and distributed ledger technology.
    • Frank has a tremendously quick and competent grasp, and can analyse legal issues as quickly as possible.

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    • Frank Müller is switched on and commercially astute.

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    • Frank is an excellent lawyer who is also very responsive.

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  • Band 3Peter Frey
    Band 3Peter Frey

    Peter Frey

    Peter Frey is a partner at Annerton. He has expertise in providing regulatory and licensing advice to a range of FinTech clients, including for payment services and credit institutions.

    • Peter Frey is very skilled when it comes to payments.

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    • Peter Frey is pleasant, highly professional and goal-oriented at all times.

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    • Peter is absolutely trustworthy and has excellent expertise. He is fast, reliable and a very pleasant team player. He is also very good at explaining complex issues to non-lawyers.

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