FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing
USA - Nationwide
3 years ranked
INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Sven Mickisch
FinTech 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Managing Partner of Simpson Thacher’s Financial Institutions Practice, Sven Mickisch advises on complex, high profile and often groundbreaking transactions and corporate matters across the financial services space. He has significant experience advising financial institutions in mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, consortia and financing transactions and has handled numerous restructurings and recapitalizations of financial institutions. He also regularly advises private equity firms transacting in the financial services sector. Sven has been repeatedly recognized by New York Law Journal, Who’s Who Legal, Law360 and Euromoney.
Personal
Columbia University School of Law, J.D. (James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), 2005; London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.B. (Sir Morris Finer Memorial Prize), 2004.
Chambers Review
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Professional Advisers: FinTech
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing - USA - Nationwide
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Sven Mickisch is head of Simpson Thacher's financial institutions group. He handles general corporate matters for clients and advises on cutting-edge transactions between banks and FinTech platforms, which often require multi-state licensing approval.
Strengths
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Sven is a great lawyer. I love working with him.
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