Jan Herrmann
Counsel, Germany
Jan Herrmann advises national and international companies in financial regulatory law.
His areas of expertise include the structuring of alternative investments such as closed-end investment funds, profit participation rights, and crowdfunding as well as payment transaction regulatory law.
Jan supports clients in financial regulatory law, e.g. in BaFin proceedings. He advises in particular on the structuring of closed-end investment funds for fund managers.
After training as a banker with one of Germany's largest private banks, Jan studied law in Cologne. He completed his legal traineeship in Cologne and Bristol. Since January 2018, Jan has worked as a lawyer for Osborne Clarke in Cologne. He is involved as a coach at start-up events and has already accompanied several publications on regulations of ICOs/STOs.
He runs the Osborne Clarke FinTech Blog.
Insights
Financial Services
International Funds Legal Update | 6 November 2024
Fund managers should take note of significant updates to the UK's retail disclosure regime that have been published
06/11/2024
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3m
Financial Services
AIFMD II: what Europe's fund managers need to know about the new loan origination regime
New requirements will regulate EEA alternative investment fund managers' loan origination activities
30/09/2024
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4m
Financial Services
ESMA sets stricter guidelines for ESG and sustainability-related fund names
New rules, aimed at reducing greenwashing, require stricter criteria for funds using ESG or sustainability terms - though some uncertainties...
27/09/2024
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6m
Financial Services
International Funds Legal Update | 9 September 2024
FCA updates on UCITS authorisation, UK funds gateway opens EU's guidelines on ESG and new ECB reporting rules
09/09/2024
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2m
Financial Services
International Funds Legal Update | 7 August 2024
Helpful research reforms have arrived in addition to clarity on key EU concepts
07/08/2024
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4m
Financial Services
International Funds Legal Update | 15 July 2024
UK financial regulator issues more sustainability information and European authorities recommend SFDR adjustments
15/07/2024
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4m
Financial Services
What is the impact of the recast EU Transfer of Funds Regulation on crypto-assets transfers?
The recast regulation extends the application of the Travel Rule to transfers of crypto-assets in a significant step in the...
26/10/2023
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3m
Financial Services
What are the EU's white paper requirements in MiCAR and do they apply to Bitcoin?
The ground-breaking Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation will apply across the EU, but what will its impact be on established crypto-assets?
04/10/2023
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12m
Banking and finance
MiCAR – the final scope of a long expected (future-proof) framework at Union level for crypto
Is MiCAR fit for the digital age?
15/05/2023
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16m
Banking and finance
EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation establishing regulatory framework is approved
Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, setting new game-changing rules for the cryptocurrency industry
21/04/2023
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3m
The Built Environment
ESG in real estate: Does it translate well across Europe? (episode two)
What does the "S" and "G" of ESG mean in practice across the European real estate markets?
20/04/2022
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1m
Mobility and Infrastructure
How to meet the challenge of the electrification and decarbonisation of public sector fleets
Is the public procurement process holding back development and what can be done to encourage investment and the roll out...
07/12/2021
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3m
