Specialist lawyer for banking and capital market law
The specialist lawyer for banking and capital markets law is a specialist lawyer whose professional title was introduced by the statutory assembly of the Federal Bar Association (BRAK).
General
Lawyers can acquire this title if they have the appropriate specialist knowledge according to § 14l Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO; usually by successfully completing a so-called specialist lawyer course ) and an according to § 5 para. 1 lit. s FAO can provide evidence of the minimum number of cases actually processed.
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According to § 14l Specialist Lawyers Regulations, special knowledge of banking and capital market law must be proven in the following areas:
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Business relationship between credit institutions and customers , in particular
- General Terms and Conditions ,
- Bank contract law ,
- the account and its special forms,
- Loan contract law and loan security including international business ( international loan transactions ),
- Payment transactions , in particular
- Securities trading , custody business , investment business , syndicated / issuing business including international business,
- Asset management , asset custody,
- Factoring / leasing ,
- Money laundering , data protection , bank fees ,
- Law of banking supervision , banking law of the European Community and antitrust law ,
- Tax references to banking and capital market law,
- Special features of procedural and procedural law.
statistics
As of January 1, 2018, 1,165 specialist lawyers are admitted in Germany.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Bar Association , Statistics (PDF)
