Profile details
About Dr. Daniel Klingenbrunn
Daniel is a corporate and financial regulatory principal associate in our global transactions practice in Frankfurt.
He advises financial institutions, such as credit institutions and investment firms, and also unregulated companies on financial regulation matters. He has a keen interest in emerging legal issues surrounding fintech, blockchain and crypto-asset regulation. He is a core member of the firm’s Fintech group and regularly contributes articles, commentary and other content to internal and external publications.
During his time at Freshfields, Daniel has spent time seconded to a global bank’s asset management and private wealth business in Frankfurt.
Daniel speaks German and English.
Recent work
Advisory
- One Trading on the application for a MiFID II trading venue license for crypto derivatives trading from the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM).
- Volkswagen Financial Services Aktiengesellschaft on the reorganisation of the Financial Services Division.
- N26 on its conversion into a stock corporation.
- Member of the multi-jurisdictional Freshfields team producing a global report exploring whether and how legal frameworks allow for - and incentivise – investors to consider sustainability impact across major markets for the Principles for Responsible Investment (‘PRI’), United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (‘UNEPFI’) and The Generation Foundation.
Transactions
- eBay Inc on its acquisition of Goldin Auctions, LLC and sale of the eBay Vault.
- PayPal on its sale of up to €40 billion of current and future PayPal Pay Later loans originated in Europe to KKR.
- AutoScout24 on the financing of its acquisition of TRADER Corporation
- AutoScout24 on its acquisition of a majority stake in digital wholesale platform AUTOproff.
- Nets (via its holding company) on its merger with Concardis Payment Group.
- Nets, and its majority owner, Hellman & Friedman, on the all-share merger of Nets into Nexi.
- CVC Funds on its agreement to invest in Odevo, a tech-enabled residential property management company
Qualifications
Daniel completed his legal education at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He served his legal traineeship (Referendariat) at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, including a stage at the European Central Bank (ECB). He was admitted to the bar as Rechtsanwalt in 2018.
- Rechtsanwalt (2018)
- Dr. iur. (2018, Bucerius Law School)
- Bachelor of Laws - LL.B. (2011, Bucerius Law School)