Frederik von Essen

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Banking & Finance

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Expertise

Dr Frederik von Essen is an experienced lawyer and has been involved in banking and financial law, in particular regulatory law, for around 10 years.

His clients include banks, financial service providers, securities and payment service institutions, capital management companies, FinTechs and start-ups. His affinity with the digital world makes him the perfect choice for companies dealing with the legal complexity of digital finance. He focuses on market entry, compliance and the regulatory supervisory framework.

Frederik von Essen has been with various major international law firms such as Taylor Wessing, Eversheds Sutherland and EY Law. There, he also worked in the Banking & Finance departments and was involved in regulatory law, mainly in the area of DLT (blockchain and crypto).

Frederik Advises

  • Banks
  • Financial service providers
  • Securities service institutions
  • Payment service institutions
  • E-money institutions
  • Capital management companies
  • Companies related to the financial sector (FinTechs, start-ups)

Experience Highlights

  • Advising an international crypto exchange on obtaining the (then very first) crypto custody license in Germany (press release (German))
  • Advising one of the largest credit institutions in Germany on obtaining a crypto custody license (press release (German))
  • Advising several companies of an international financial group on MiCAR compliance
  • Advising a German CRR credit institution on the establishment of a crypto framework and the associated regulatory challenges
  • Advising on electronic securities (crypto securities and central register securities)
  • Advice and expert opinions on the custody of crypto fund shares
  • Advice on compliance with AML/CTF requirements, particularly in the crypto sector
  • Advice on securities compliance, in particular obligations under the WpHG

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • 2021 – 2024: EY Law Ernst & Young Law GmbH Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Hamburg; Attorney-at-law / Senior Associate / Manager
  • 2020 – 2021: Eversheds Sutherland (Germany) LLP, Hamburg; Attorney-at-law

Education

  • University of Bayreuth: First state examination in law, 2015
  • University of Jena: Doctorate (Dr. jur.), 2019
  • Higher Regional Court of Hamburg: Second state examination in law, 2020

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Frederik is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Dr Frederik von Essen is an experienced lawyer and has been involved in banking and financial law, in particular regulatory law, for around 10 years.

His clients include banks, financial service providers, securities and payment service institutions, capital management companies, FinTechs and start-ups. His affinity with the digital world makes him the perfect choice for companies dealing with the legal complexity of digital finance. He focuses on market entry, compliance and the regulatory supervisory framework.

Frederik von Essen has been with various major international law firms such as Taylor Wessing, Eversheds Sutherland and EY Law. There, he also worked in the Banking & Finance departments and was involved in regulatory law, mainly in the area of DLT (blockchain and crypto).

Frederik Advises

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  • Banks
  • Financial service providers
  • Securities service institutions
  • Payment service institutions
  • E-money institutions
  • Capital management companies
  • Companies related to the financial sector (FinTechs, start-ups)

Experience Highlights

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  • Advising an international crypto exchange on obtaining the (then very first) crypto custody license in Germany (press release (German))
  • Advising one of the largest credit institutions in Germany on obtaining a crypto custody license (press release (German))
  • Advising several companies of an international financial group on MiCAR compliance
  • Advising a German CRR credit institution on the establishment of a crypto framework and the associated regulatory challenges
  • Advising on electronic securities (crypto securities and central register securities)
  • Advice and expert opinions on the custody of crypto fund shares
  • Advice on compliance with AML/CTF requirements, particularly in the crypto sector
  • Advice on securities compliance, in particular obligations under the WpHG

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • 2021 – 2024: EY Law Ernst & Young Law GmbH Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Hamburg; Attorney-at-law / Senior Associate / Manager
  • 2020 – 2021: Eversheds Sutherland (Germany) LLP, Hamburg; Attorney-at-law

Education

  • University of Bayreuth: First state examination in law, 2015
  • University of Jena: Doctorate (Dr. jur.), 2019
  • Higher Regional Court of Hamburg: Second state examination in law, 2020

Other

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Frederik is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).