Stefan Paulmayer

Banking & Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring, FinTech, Regulatory

Stefan Paulmayer is a distinguished attorney-at-law specialising in Banking & Finance law. As a partner in the Corporate Transactions practice group, Stefan is experiences in financing, asset-backed financing (securitisation), restructuring and insolvency law, derivative transactions, Corporate M&A concerning regulated entities, capital markets, and banking supervisory law.​

He has built a strong track record in large-scale real estate and solar energy (photovoltaic) project finance, as well as other complex financing structures. Stefan regularly advises on cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters, including bank reorganisations, settlement procedures, and transactions involving distressed assets.​

Stefan advises banks, insurers, FinTechs, and industrial clients on complex financial matters and represents them in regulatory, judicial, and arbitration proceedings.​

He is also a sought-after lecturer on blockchain, digital finance, and financial technology law, and is recognised for his expertise in advising FinTech companies on smart contracts, digital assets, and crypto regulatory compliance.​

Austrian Bar Association

Digital Asset Association Austria (DAAA) – Advisory Board

Ausgewählte Fragen zu Finanzderivaten in Österreich, in Zerey (Hrsg), Handbuch Finanzderivate2,3,4,5 (2010–2023).

Krypto-Dienstleister und Geldwäscherei: Regulierung in der Grauzone, GRAU 2022/25, 104 ff.

Chapter Austria, in Frick (Hrsg), The Financial Technology Law Review (2022).

Das österreichische Recht behindert noch immer Portfolio-Transaktionen, NetV 2020, 50.

Die kapitalmarktrechtliche Einordnung von Token, in Kirchmayr-Schliesselberger/Klas/Miernicki/Rinderle-Ma/Weilinger (Hrsg), Kryptowährungen (Nomos 2019), 317.

Virtuelle Veranlagung: Ein Regelwerk für Coins und Tokens, Der Standard, 20.11.2017.

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) und Initial Token Offerings (ITOs) als prospektpflichtiges Angebot nach KMG?, ZFR 2017/259.

Kapitalpuffer und Verschuldungsquote – die aktuellen und kommenden Anforderungen im Status-Überblick, ÖBA 2017, 600.

Rechtliche Grenzen und praktische Schwierigkeiten bei KMU-Finanzierungen, ecolex 2015, 362.