Gunnar Schuster
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Band 1 : Banking & Finance: Regulatory
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About
Provided by Gunnar Schuster
Practice Areas
Gunnar focuses on banking regulation, insurance and investment funds as well as capital markets and takeover work. He maintains close contact with BaFin, the German financial services regulator, and the European Central Bank.
Career
Gunnar joined Freshfields in 1994, and has been a partner since 1999.
Professional Memberships
Gunnar is a member of the German-American and German-Brazilian Lawyers’ Associations.
Publications
Gunnar has held various teaching positions at German and foreign universities and has published extensively on public international, constitutional and financial services law.
Personal
Languages: German, English, French and Spanish.
Chambers Review
Europe
Leading practitioner Gunnar Schuster is highly regarded for his breadth of expertise in all regulatory banking and finance issues. Well-known German and global banks seek his advice on their M&A transactions, business expansions, intra-group restructurings and licensing procedures, often involving cross-border elements. He additionally covers contentious matters, advising banks on supervisory proceedings as well as connected litigation at national and EU levels.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gunnar Schuster is a leading figure in terms of years of experience and market exposure. He is a very good lawyer, who is approachable and knowledgeable and with whom you can talk at a high intellectual level."
"Gunnar Schuster is very good and responsive and very much a seasoned and well-known veteran who provides sound advice. He is also creative in some of the solutions he suggests while being very good at moderating and making sure the client acts in a thoughtful way."
"Gunnar Schuster is a leading figure in terms of years of experience and market exposure. He is a very good lawyer, who is approachable and knowledgeable and with whom you can talk at a high intellectual level."
"Gunnar Schuster is very good and responsive and very much a seasoned and well-known veteran who provides sound advice. He is also creative in some of the solutions he suggests while being very good at moderating and making sure the client acts in a thoughtful way."
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