Dr. Markus Lange

Professional Education

• Legal Doctorate (Dr. iur.), University of Potsdam
• Legal Traineeship, Higher Regional Court of Berlin (Kammergericht)
• Legal Studies, University of Bielefeld

Previous professional positions

• Partner, PwC Legal, Frankfurt
• Partner, KPMG Law, Frankfurt
• Associate, Senior Associate and Partner at International Law Firms, Frankfurt, Munich and London
• Assistant Professor, University of Potsdam
• Bank Trainee and Employee, Sparkasse Herford (Local Savings Bank)

Key Areas of Expertise

• Banking and Financial Markets Regulation
• MiFID
• Sustainability, Sustainable Finance
• Governance and Compliance
• Innovative Products and Services

Key industries/Sectors

• Banks and Financial Services Providers
• Asset Managers
• Industry Associations
• Public Institutions
• New Market Participants

Selected Publications

• "Sustainable Finance: Nachhaltigkeit durch Regulierung?", BKR 2020, 216-224 (Part 1), 261-271 (Part 2)
• "Zukunftsthema Nachhaltigkeit. Künftige Rahmenbedingungen für das Finanzierungsgeschäft", FLF 2020, 227-230
• "Wesentliche Änderungen im Kapitalmarktrecht durch MiFID II und MiFIR", DB 2018, 556-565 (jointly with Benjamin Baumann, Andres Prescher and Alexander Rüter)
• "Anreize bei Wertpapierdienstleistungen nach MiFID II", in: Wohlschlägl-Aschberger (Hrsg.), MiFID II – Recht, Praxis, Perspektiven, 2018, p. 369-388
• "Herausforderung Produkt- und Vertriebsregulierung. Eine Übersicht über die für das Private Banking relevante aktuelle europäische und deutsche Regulierung", in: Fleischer (Hrsg.), Trends im Private Banking III, 2017, p. 31-51
• "Product Governance – Neue Anforderungen für die Konzeption und den Vertrieb von Finanzprodukten", DB 2014, 1723-1729
• "Informationspflichten von Finanzdienstleistern", Duncker & Humblot (SGK B, Vol. 128), 2000
• Regular Columnist for the German Citywire Magazine (MiFID-II-Countdown, MiFID-Radar, Rund um Regulierung), since 2017
• Various Case Studies and Comments in EWIR, WuB and juris PraxisReport Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht, since 1996

Others

• Individually appointed Member of the Consultative Working Group (CWG) of the Investor Protection & Intermediaries Standing Committee (IPISC) at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Paris, 2013 to 2017
• Regular Lecturer at Nord-Ostdeutsche Sparkassenakademie (Savings Banks Training Academy), Potsdam, since 1996
• Regular Lecturer at SIBE (Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship), since 2017
• Numerous further Activities as a Speaker and Lecturer, in particular as regards Topics such as Financial Markets Regulation, MiFID, Sustainability and Compliance, inter alia at University of Hanover, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Academy for European Law Trier (ERA), as well as on various other Occasions for Media, Training or Client Purposes, in Germany and many other European Countries