Ksenia Gräfin von Bassewitz

Expertise Ksenia Advises Experience Highlights Career History

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Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, Regulatory

+49 (0) 179 352 5460

Expertise

Ksenia Gräfin von Bassewitz is an experienced lawyer specialising in banking regulation and capital markets law, with a focus on innovative financial products and digital transformation. She has over a decade of experience in structuring and executing complex financial transactions, developing new business models, securities issuances, structured financings, and innovative securitisation structures. Additionally, she advises on banking regulatory requirements, including licensing and own capital regulations.

After six years at a Magic Circle law firm, she transitioned to a Berlin-based fintech as Head of Legal, where she built its innovative legal framework. For her work, she was included in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Germany, Legal 500 GC Powerlist Germany Teams. She is also a member of the General Counsel Leadership Circle.

Ksenia Advises

  • Banks and financial services institutions
  • FinTech companies
  • Blockchain and tokenisation projects

Experience Highlights

  • Advised various FinTechs on market entry, structuring of digital securitisations, and the setup of digital marketplaces
  • Advised Canadian, Australian, and Japanese banks on regulatory requirements for cross-border banking, payment, and financial services in Germany.
  • Advised various German and EU credit institutions on banking regulatory requirements under CRR, MaRisk, BAIT, and BRRD/SAG
  • Supported German, Austrian, Italian, British, and Spanish banks in establishing and adjusting Debt Issuance Programs (EMTN), Commercial Paper Programs, and structured products
  • Advised UK and third-country banks on strategic financial group planning related to Brexit, including the establishment, acquisition, and restructuring of credit institutions, payment service providers, and investment firms in Germany and the EU
  • Assisted a group of investors in converting Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital instruments into CRR-compliant regulatory capital instruments

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • Since 2020: wideStreet GmbH, MD, COO (European digital platform for trading non-performing loans)
  • 2017-2020: Acatus GmbH, Head of Legal (Pan-European debt capital markets securitisation platform)
  • 2012-2017: Allen & Overy LLP, now A&O Shearman LLP, Senior Associate

Memberships

  • Berlin Bar Association
  • General Counsel Leadership Circle

Education

  • Second State Examination: Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt
  • First State Examination: University of Passau
  • State Examination in Law: F. Dostojewski State University, Omsk, Russia

Awards:

  • GC Powerlist Germany 2019
  • GC Powerlist Germany Teams 2018

Publications:

  • 4B. NPL Trading Platforms, in: Storck, Christian / Zerey, Jean-Claude (eds.), Law of the Digital Capital Market, Decentralized Finance | Crypto Assets | Artificial Intelligence, Practical Handbook, 2025
  • Digital NPL Marketplaces vs. Traditional Transactions, in: Federal Association for Credit Purchase and Servicing (BKS) (ed.), Annual Publication 2021/2022, p. 79 et seq.

 

 

 

 

Ksenia 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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Ksenia Gräfin von Bassewitz is an experienced lawyer specialising in banking regulation and capital markets law, with a focus on innovative financial products and digital transformation. She has over a decade of experience in structuring and executing complex financial transactions, developing new business models, securities issuances, structured financings, and innovative securitisation structures. Additionally, she advises on banking regulatory requirements, including licensing and own capital regulations.

After six years at a Magic Circle law firm, she transitioned to a Berlin-based fintech as Head of Legal, where she built its innovative legal framework. For her work, she was included in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist Germany, Legal 500 GC Powerlist Germany Teams. She is also a member of the General Counsel Leadership Circle.

Ksenia Advises

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  • Banks and financial services institutions
  • FinTech companies
  • Blockchain and tokenisation projects

Experience Highlights

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  • Advised various FinTechs on market entry, structuring of digital securitisations, and the setup of digital marketplaces
  • Advised Canadian, Australian, and Japanese banks on regulatory requirements for cross-border banking, payment, and financial services in Germany.
  • Advised various German and EU credit institutions on banking regulatory requirements under CRR, MaRisk, BAIT, and BRRD/SAG
  • Supported German, Austrian, Italian, British, and Spanish banks in establishing and adjusting Debt Issuance Programs (EMTN), Commercial Paper Programs, and structured products
  • Advised UK and third-country banks on strategic financial group planning related to Brexit, including the establishment, acquisition, and restructuring of credit institutions, payment service providers, and investment firms in Germany and the EU
  • Assisted a group of investors in converting Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital instruments into CRR-compliant regulatory capital instruments

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • Since 2020: wideStreet GmbH, MD, COO (European digital platform for trading non-performing loans)
  • 2017-2020: Acatus GmbH, Head of Legal (Pan-European debt capital markets securitisation platform)
  • 2012-2017: Allen & Overy LLP, now A&O Shearman LLP, Senior Associate

Memberships

  • Berlin Bar Association
  • General Counsel Leadership Circle

Education

  • Second State Examination: Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt
  • First State Examination: University of Passau
  • State Examination in Law: F. Dostojewski State University, Omsk, Russia

Awards:

  • GC Powerlist Germany 2019
  • GC Powerlist Germany Teams 2018

Publications:

  • 4B. NPL Trading Platforms, in: Storck, Christian / Zerey, Jean-Claude (eds.), Law of the Digital Capital Market, Decentralized Finance | Crypto Assets | Artificial Intelligence, Practical Handbook, 2025
  • Digital NPL Marketplaces vs. Traditional Transactions, in: Federal Association for Credit Purchase and Servicing (BKS) (ed.), Annual Publication 2021/2022, p. 79 et seq.

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Ksenia 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).