Sven Mickisch

Practice Areas

Sven Mickisch is co-head of Skadden’s Financial Institutions Group. He handles complex transactions and regulatory matters in the financial services industry, with an emphasis on the banking/specialty finance and financial technology sectors. He also is co-head of Skadden’s financial services initiative, which oversees coverage of the firm’s financial services clients across all of its practices, and co-leads Skadden’s global financial technology practice. Mr. Mickisch has significant experience representing financial institutions in mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments and financing transactions. He also regularly advises private equity firms transacting in the financial services sector. In addition, he has handled numerous restructurings and recapitalizations of financial institutions.

Publications

US Government Takes Major Steps To Make Depositors Whole and Provide Liquidity (Skadden, March 12, 2023); Recent Actions by the Fed Show Its Continued Cautious Approach to Cryptoasset Activities by Supervised Institutions (Skadden, February 6, 2023); Treasury and Justice Department Reports Signal Tougher Enforcement and Regulation in the Digital Assets Sector (Skadden, September 28, 2022)

Languages Spoken

German, French, English, Dutch (proficient)

Education