Manuel Metzner LL.M.

Manuel’s practice focuses on financial regulatory, corporate, M&A and corporate finance. He also regularly advises on capital markets regulation and disclosure matters. A significant part of his work relates to banking, financial, payments, e-money and investment services. Manuel often advises on M&A projects in the financial services space.

Selected highlights of Manuel’s work include:

Financial Regulatory

• Advises a payment service provider in connection with a cross-border credit card offering.
• Advises GM Financial on various matters relating to its European activities, including commercial and regulatory matters.
• Advised a credit institution in connection with a payment factory product.
• Advised an insurtech on its market entry in an EU market.
• Advised various financial enterprises, platform enterprises and other companies on new business models involving regulatory aspects (license requirements, organizational requirements, outsourcing, reporting/disclosure obligations).
• Advises various banks and other obliged entities on money laundering topics.

Corporate, M&A, Joint Ventures, Corporate Finance

• Advised on the public takeover offer for a German retail group.
• Advised Haron Holding on public de-listing offer for DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung.
• Advised Bankhaus Bauer on sale of elf Leasing to DLL.
• Advised a global financial services and payment services group on the acquisition of a financial services provider.
• Advised an international investment bank on the acquisition of a payment services provider and a joint venture agreement, as well as advising on the subsequent buy-out of the joint venture partner.
• Advised Yorkville in connection with equity purchase programs and convertible issue programs for various German stock corporations.

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• Recommended for Capital Markets by Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024 and 2025
• Recommended lawyer for regulation – Bank sector, Legal 500 Germany 2015