Eva Legler
European Counsel, Financial Institutions Regulatory
Eva Legler advises German and international credit institutions, insurance companies, payment and financial service providers, capital management companies and real economy businesses on regulatory matters, particularly regarding supervisory law. Her experience includes representing financial sector clients in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and capital market transactions.
Bio
Ms. Legler’s significant engagements prior to joining Skadden include advising:
- Lufthansa on the sale of Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH to SEB Kort Bank AB
- Global Payments on a joint venture with Commerzbank
- Stifel Europe on the acquisition of Mainfirst Bank AG
- one of the world’s largest money remitters on BaFin/Bundesbank licensing procedure
- BAWAG on the acquisitions of Südwestbank and Deutscher Ring Bausparkasse AG
- an asset manager on BaFin/Bundesbank licensing procedure
- numerous investment firms in connection with securities, money laundering and regulatory law issues
- various financial services institutions and payment service providers in connection with BaFin licensing procedure
- various significant and nonsignificant institutions on remuneration issues pursuant to the Ordinance on the Supervisory Requirements for Remuneration Systems of Institutions (Institutsvergütungsverordnung)
- a German credit institution on issues relating to compliance and liability of managing directors
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., University of Wisconsin Law School, 2013
- Second State Exam, District Court Wiesbaden, 2016
- First State Exam, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 2012
Admissions
- Frankfurt am Main
Languages
- German
- English
Eva Legler
European Counsel, Financial Institutions Regulatory
eva.legler@skadden.com