Okko Hendrik Behrends

Lawyer, Partner*

Frankfurt

+49 69 71 0003-0

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Competencies

Capital Markets

Compliance

Dispute Resolution

Finance

Financial Regulation

Payments and Electronic Banking

Restructuring & Insolvency

Sectors

Practice Areas

  • Banking and Capital Markets Law
  • Securities, Derivatives, Structured Finance
  • Regulatory projects and disputes
  • Litigation in state courts and in front of arbitration tribunals
  • Extensive practice in front of the European Court of Justice
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Education and Professional Experience
  • Lawyer and Partner at GSK Stockmann since 2019
  • More than 25 years of experience
  • Partner in leading international law firms since 2002
  • Admitted to practise law in Germany (1994)
  • Second state examination at the Celle Higher Regional Court
  • Studies at the universities of Göttingen and Munich
Languages
  • English, French, German, Italian
Awards
  • Recommended lawyer in the field of “Financial Market Authority” (The Legal 500 2021-2024)
  • Ranking “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Banking and Finance Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2020-2024)
  • Recommended lawyer in the field of “Capital Markets: Derivatives” (Chambers and Partners 2021-2022)
Publications
  • Co-author and editor of a leading commentary on the German securities clearing legislation (Depotgesetz), a treatise on the law of financial derivatives as well as a commentary on the German and European securities prospectus legislation.
  • Numerous articles on banking and capital market law
GSK Updates
12 February 2024

Green securitisations under the new European Green Bonds Regulation

Published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 30 November 2023, the Regulation on European Green Bonds (EU Green Bond Standard – EUGBS) provides the first-ever harmo...

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15 December 2023

GSK Stockmann strengthens Finance Practice with Anthony Morton

Anthony Morton joins GSK Stockmann‘s Frankfurt office effective 1 January 2024.

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Short News
12 December 2023

Banco Popular shareholders should not be punished because of a dispute between the Commission and the SRB

The SRB does not have the power to adopt a binding resolution scheme.

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24 June 2022

Germany’s Best Lawyers 2022: Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers recommend 53 lawyers from GSK Stockmann

The renowned US publication Best Lawyers has once again published its list of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” of the year in cooperation with Handelsblatt. A total of 53 GSK lawyers...

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29 June 2021

Germany’s Best Lawyers 2021: Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers recommend 50 GSK Stockmann lawyers

Once again, the renowned American publisher Best Lawyers has issued “Germany's Best Lawyers” of the year in cooperation with Handelsblatt. A total of 50 GSK Stockmann lawyers w...

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Law firm
29 June 2020

Germany’s best lawyers 2020: 45 lawyers of GSK Stockmann recommended by Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers and Handelsblatt have published "Germany's best lawyers" of the year. A total of 45 lawyers of our law firm are recommended as leading experts in their field in German...

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