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About Alicia Hildner

Alicia is Counsel in our Global Transaction group

Alicia advises financial institutions and unregulated companies on all aspects of banking regulatory law, particularly FinTech companies such as neo-brokers, e-money institutions and payment service providers on all aspects of their business models, including licensing requirements, financing rounds, governance issues and ongoing regulatory requirements. She regularly assists companies in M&A transactions. In addition, she focuses on payment services and payment infrastructure law and securities.

Alicia regularly publishes articles and other papers and lectures for clients in the areas of payment services and money laundering law, among others.

She speaks German, English and French.

Recent work

  • Advising ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA regarding the conversion into a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) 
  • Advising SEB Kort Bank AB regarding the acquisition of Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH from Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft
  • Advising JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. on the merger of its continental European business into J.P. Morgan SE
  • Advice on the merger of DVB Bank SE with DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
  • Advising KfW and the Federal Republic of Germany on stabilising energy group Uniper
  • Advising gategroup on the outsourcing of pension liabilities to Funding Solutions Germany
  • Advising Upvest Securities GmbH on obtaining its license as a securities firm
  • Advising Hellman&Friedman and GIC on the acquisition of the payment services provider Concardis
  • Advising Cazoo, a leading UK online car retailer, on the acquisition of Cluno, the leading German provider of car subscription services
  • Advising a leading automotive company on the establishment of an e-money platform
  • Advising HSH Nordbank in the context of the ECB's comprehensive review and other regulatory matters
  • Advising Funding Circle in connection with its IPO

Qualifications

Education

  • University of Heidelberg, Germany
  • Université I - Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France
  • Legal assistant at the Freshfields' office in Frankfurt 
  • Legal traineeship at the Freshfields office in Frankfurt and in New York, U.S.
  • Secondment at State Street International GmbH