Dr. André Hofmann is a partner and is based in Heuking's Frankfurt office. He advises German and international clients on all aspects of regulatory law, such as supervision of banks and financial services institutions, payment and e-money institutions as well as credit servicers. André regularly advises on licence applications and exemptions from licensing requirements, change of control procedures, internal organization and governance, outsourcing requirements, market supervision (e.g. rules of conduct or shareholding disclosure obligations) and AML/KYC requirements. He also advises clients on distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects, crypto assets and digital payments.

André has extensive experience in cross-border advice for clients from various sectors (predominantly the financial sector but also from the e-commerce, mobility services and automotive sector). He is admitted to practice in Germany and speaks German and English. Prior to studying law, he qualified as a bank clerk (Bankkaufmann) with Deutsche Bank AG.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the bar since 2005

Education
Linklaters, Frankfurt am Main 2007-2024
Commerzbank AG (Secondment) 2014
UBS Deutschland AG (Secondment) 2006
CMS Hasche Sigle, Frankfurt am Main 2005-2007
Phd, University of Cologne 2004
LL.M., University of Melbourne 2003
Morgan Lewis, Frankfurt am Main 2002
Legal clerkship, Regional Court Frankfurt am Main 2000-2002
Law studies, University of Heidelberg 1994-1999
Bank traineeship, Deutsche Bank AG 1992-1994

Professional Associations

• International Bar Association