Introduction
Moritz is a counsel in our finance regulatory team.
Moritz Gerstmayr advises banks, financial services providers, investment firms and investment managers on all regulatory matters under German and European financial supervisory law. In addition, he focuses on payment services and digital assets, advising banks and payment service providers as well as a range of FinTech companies. He has more than ten years of experience in financial and capital markets regulation and is well connected in the market.
He regularly advises on licensing and ownership control proceedings before supervisory authorities in Germany and at European level. He also advises on acquisitions of shareholdings and M&A transactions in the financial sector, including cross-border deals. In addition, he advices on internal governance, risk management and compliance matters and AML for regulated entities. In this work, he draws on his experience in banking supervisory law, payment services law, capital markets law and investment law.
Moritz Gerstmayr started practicing law in 2015 at another leading commercial law firm with a particular focus on investment funds and investment services. Prior to joining Ashurst Perkins Coie in 2026, he spent more than seven year with another international law with a particular focus on banking and payment services regulation.