Alexander Glos | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

“He understands what clients want.”

Chambers Europe 2016
Dr. Alexander Glos, Partner & Co-head Financial Institutions Group
Corporate and M&A

Frankfurt am Main

Bockenheimer Anlage 44
60322 Frankfurt am Main
T +49 69 27 30 80
F +49 69 23 26 64

alexander.glos@freshfields.com

Alexander is a financial services partner in our global transactions group and a co-head of the firm's financial institutions group as well as its fintech initiative.

He has a wide range of regulatory expertise and specializes in financial services and markets regulation, including banking, investment services, payment services and asset management. In this context he works on M&A and portfolio transactions, as well as restructurings and reorganisations. He has strong expertise in fintech and EU banking matters, particularly the single supervisory mechanism and the single resolution mechanism.

Alexander writes and presents regularly on financial services regulatory issues and is publisher of a handbook for banking supervision law. He has frequent dealings with various regulators such as the European Central Bank and the German Federal Financial Services Authority (BaFin).

He speaks German, English, French and Russian.

Advising DVB Bank/DZ BANK on the sale of DVB's land transport finance business to Helaba; and just recently on the sale of DVB’s Aviation Finance business to MUFG.
Advising HSH Nordbank in restructuring since 2009, including the first successful privatization of a German Landesbank
Advising Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg on the legal protection against the classification by the European Central Bank (ECB) of the bank as a significant institution before the ECB's administrative board of review and the EU General Court.
Advising J.P. Morgan on the acquisition of two large portfolios of European performing loans from Hypothekenbank Frankfurt/Commerzbank.
Advising Credit Suisse on the sale of the private banking business of Credit Suisse (Deutschland) to Bethmann Bank.
Advising Aareal Bank in relation to the acquisition of Westdeutsche Immobilienbank from Erste Abwicklungsanstalt.
Advising Debitos on a cross-border joint venture agreement with a loan servicing platform.
N26, on its Series E funding round, which raised more than $900m from investors.

Education

Passau University, Germany (Dr iur)

Professional qualifications

Rechtsanwalt, Germany
Maître en droit, Toulouse, France

Frankfurt am Main

Bockenheimer Anlage 44
60322 Frankfurt am Main
T +49 69 27 30 80
F +49 69 23 26 64

alexander.glos@freshfields.com

According to interviewees, Alexander Glos "is very well connected, has very profound knowledge and offers in-depth insights on specialised, complex material."

Chambers 2019

“Alexander Glos is best known for his strength in banking regulatory matters, including asset management, investment and payment services.”

Chambers 2018

“He understands what clients want.”

Chambers 2016

"Leading advisor in banking and banking supervisory law"

JUVE 2020/2021

"Alexander Glos is held in high esteem for his expertise in financial services market regulations such as payment services, investments and banking. He also assists with restructurings in the financial services industry."

Chambers 2020

Publications

Bauer, Denise A. / Glos, Alexander, DB 8/2016, 456 – 462 Die zweite Zahlungsdiensterichtlinie. Regulatorische Antwort auf Innovation im Zahlungsverkehrsmarkt
Bonin, Andreas von / Glos, Alexander , WM 48/2015, 2257 – 2264 Die neue Rechtsprechung der europäischen Gerichte im Bereich des Bank- und Kapitalmarktrechts
Bauer, Denise / Dreibus, Alexandra / Glos, Alexander, Bank 4/2015, 8 – 15 Aktuelle Maßnahmen der Finanzaufsicht 2015
Bonin, Andreas von / Glos, Alexander, WM 35/2014, 1653 – 1659; WM 26/2013, 1201 – 1207; WM 20/2012, 917 – 923; WM 39/2010, 1821 – 1828 Die neuere Rechtsprechung der europäischen Gerichte im Bereich des Bank- und Kapitalmarktrechts

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Cryptocustody businesses in Germany: BaFin publishes guidance on the application procedure Briefing

Financial services content hub

Banking Union – Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) – Regulation of the ECB on Supervisory Fees Briefing

Die Zweite Zahlungsdiensterichtlinie (Payment Services Directive II - PSD II) Briefing

Bauer, Denise A. / Glos, Alexander, DB 8/2016, 456 – 462 Die zweite Zahlungsdiensterichtlinie. Regulatorische Antwort auf Innovation im Zahlungsverkehrsmarkt

Bonin, Andreas von / Glos, Alexander , WM 48/2015, 2257 – 2264 Die neue Rechtsprechung der europäischen Gerichte im Bereich des Bank- und Kapitalmarktrechts

Bauer, Denise / Dreibus, Alexandra / Glos, Alexander, Bank 4/2015, 8 – 15 Aktuelle Maßnahmen der Finanzaufsicht 2015

Bonin, Andreas von / Glos, Alexander, WM 35/2014, 1653 – 1659; WM 26/2013, 1201 – 1207; WM 20/2012, 917 – 923; WM 39/2010, 1821 – 1828 Die neuere Rechtsprechung der europäischen Gerichte im Bereich des Bank- und Kapitalmarktrechts

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