Norton Rose Fulbright strengthens banking and finance practice with Frankfurt hire

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is strengthening its market-leading banking and finance practice in Frankfurt with the appointment of Dr Frank Herring as Senior Consultant, effective August 1, 2023.

Frank, who joins the firm from Allen & Overy, specialises in advising German and foreign banks, financial services providers and insurers across all areas of regulatory and supervisory law. He has a particular focus on advising investment and asset managers regulatory issues relating to capital markets, lending, insurance supervision and securities trading law.

He also advises banks and financial services providers on M&A transactions and restructurings as well as banks and investment companies on the establishment, management and restructuring of open and closed-end investment funds as well as compliance and distribution issues.

Dr Frank Herring is a lecturer for supervisory law at the Institute for Law and Finance of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Dr Stefan Feuerriegel, Head of Germany at Norton Rose Fulbright, commented:

"Dr. Frank Herring has an outstanding reputation in financial services regulation and with his arrival, we are extending the breadth of offering to our banking and finance clients. We are very pleased that he is returning to us after twelve years and his arrival underscores the ongoing expansion of our German practice.”

Jonathan Herbst, Global Head of Financial Services at Norton Rose Fulbright, commented:

"Frank will significantly strengthen our European and cross-border financial services regulation practice for banks, financial services providers and investment funds. We are pleased to welcome him back to the firm.”

Dr. Frank Herring said:

"Norton Rose Fulbright is one of the world’s preeminent law firms with one of the largest and oldest banking and finance practices and a top-rated financial services regulation practice. It’s great to return to the firm and I look forward to working with my colleagues around the world.”

Norton Rose Fulbright's has one of Germany’s leading banking and finance practice, particularly in the areas of acquisition and loan finance, asset and project finance, and asset and fund management regulation. The Frankfurt team, led by Partner and Co-Head of EMEA General Banking and Restructuring Dr Oliver Sutter, works in close collaboration with colleagues from across the firm’s European, Asian and North American offices. Norton Rose Fulbright has more than 800 banking and finance lawyers situated in the world's financial centers.

The Frankfurt banking team enjoys an international reputation for developing innovative digital solutions for the financial sector. The team has been recognised by Wirtschaftswoche (Best of Legal Award for "Technology and Data Management”), The Lawyer (The Lawyer European Award for the "Most innovative Technology Initiative") and the Financial Times (FT Innovative Lawyers Award for "Digital Legal Services").