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Practice
Marc V. Kramer, partner of Curtis London based in the Firm’s Frankfurt Office, is part of the International Corporate Department concentrating on financial markets, investment management and general corporate matters. As a specialty, Mr. Kramer advises associations, clubs and individual athletes on German and international sports law and regulations, in particular in the soccer arena.
With particular experience representing German and non-German financial institutions and corporations in a range of investment banking and corporate finance transactions, Mr. Kramer is often called on for structuring, documentation and regulatory advice. His experience includes securitization, credit derivatives and distressed debt, securities offerings, mezzanine finance and mergers & acquisitions.
As part of Curtis’s highly regarded International Funds Practice Group, Mr. Kramer advises U.S., European and German funds, investment managers and investors on EU and German investment laws and regulations. His expertise comprises all aspects of structuring, documenting, operation and listing of funds and investment companies.
Mr. Kramer is fluent in German, French and English, and has studied and worked extensively in these languages. He is a German-qualified lawyer (Rechtsanwalt), admitted to the Frankfurt Bar Association. Previously Mr. Kramer was a senior associate in financial markets with the law firm of Simmons & Simmons, practicing in both London and Frankfurt.
Education
University of Munich, Law and Economics
University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Law (Maître en Droit)
University of Bayreuth, Germany, Law and Economics (First State Exam)
State of Hesse, Germany, Law (Second State Exam)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (LL.M.)
Associations
American-German Business Club
German Lawyers Association
American Chamber of Commerce in Germany
Speaking Engagements and Recent Media Interviews.
Alternative Investments under the Revised German Investment Act, Fortis Investments, Workshop, Frankfurt, April 2008
Interview, We See the Trends - Hedge Funds Investing in Private Equity, (together with Carl A. Ruggiero and Thomas Laurer), Hedgework News, Issue 11, November 2006
Please click here to download a copy of the interview.
(German, .pdf, large file/slow download)
Convergence of Hedge Funds and Private Equity - Legal Aspects of an International Trend, (together with Carl A. Ruggiero and Thomas Laurer), Hedgework, Frankfurt, November 2006
Legal Aspects of Distressed Debt Transactions in Germany, Handelsblatt Financial Trainings, Frankfurt, March 2004 and Munich, October 2004
Asset-backed Securities for Mid-sized German Companies - Legal and Tax Aspects, Unternehmensforum Düsseldorf, July 2004
Legal Structures of Alternative Financing for German Mid-Sized Companies, Rheingauer Gesprächsforum, September 2003
Publications
Co-authored with Thilo Winkeler, SPACS auf dem Vormarsch, Börsenzeitung, Germany, Finance Magazine, March 2008
Dubai: New Fund Regulations to Open ‘Flood Gates’?, Alternative Investment Quarterly, Second Quarter, 2006
Investor Protection Improvement Act amends German Securities Trading Law - Effects on exchange-listed companies, Kapitalmarktstrategie - Erfolgsfaktoren für börsennotierte Gesellschaften (Wiesbaden, May 2006, 1st ed.)
Co-authored with Thomas Laurer, SEC-Pflicht für Hedgefonds zieht international Kreise, Böersenzeitung, February 8, 2006
Please click here to view the article - PDF, 1.21MB
The Revised German Securities Trading Act on the Basis of the New German Investor Protection Improvement Act - Implications for Exchange-listed Companies, in Success Factors for Exchange-listed Companies (Wiesbaden, Gabler-Verlag, 2005)
Co-author, Asset-backed Securities: Securitization and Structured Products, The IFLR Guide to Germany 2003 (pp. 37-42)
Languages
German, English, French
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