Dr Michael Born is a banking and capital markets lawyer based in Frankfurt. He advises both regulated and unregulated clients comprehensively on matters relating to financial market supervision.

Michael advises credit institutions and other financial market participants on regulatory issues relating to banking supervision and investment services. He also has extensive experience in investment, payment services regulation and anti-money laundering law.

He advises companies on innovative technologies in the financial sector (FinTech) and ESG matters, especially in relation to sustainable financing. Another focus of Michael's work is the provision on M&A-related regulatory advice (including the assistance with shareholder control proceedings) or the regulation of NPL transactions.

Prior to joining us, Michael worked for a major law firm in Frankfurt and London in the fields of regulatory law, financing, and M&A. He also worked in the legal department of a leading US bank on secondment.

Michael studied law at the University of Bonn and completed his legal traineeship in both Cologne and Frankfurt. In 2012 he received his PhD from the University of Bonn for his doctoral thesis on European capital markets law.

Michael is a German native speaker and is fluent in English.