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Provided by Dirk Bliesener
Practice Areas
Banking, debt capital markets, bank regulatory, financial institutions M&A, reorganisation and resolution, securitisation.
Career
Universities of Tübingen, Bonn and Hamburg (Dr jur), Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne (Maîtrise en Droit), IEP de Paris (Sciences Po; CEP) and Yale Law School (LLM). Qualified New York, 1995; Frankfurt, 1998. Wall Street law firm, 1993-94. Joined Hengeler Mueller in 1998, partner since 2002, managing partner 2014-2018.
Professional Memberships
Senior Vice Chair, IBA Banking Law Committee.
Publications
Co-editor and author, Bankrechts-Kommentar, 3rd ed. 2020.
Chambers Review
Europe
Dirk Bliesener is highly active on a wide array of regulatory issues, ranging from bank M&A transactions to complex reorganisations. He also offers prowess in shareholder control proceedings as well as in litigation concerning the Single Resolution Board before European courts.
Already a well-known name in the banking regulatory space, Dirk Bliesener enters the capital markets rankings after successfully raising his profile on DCM transactions. He is highly active on big-ticket bond issuances involving DAX companies and prominent German and international banks. Bliesener has experience in high-value deals and novel structures, including sustainability-linked and digital bonds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We consider Dirk Bliesener of Hengeler Mueller the brightest, most outstanding bank M&A lawyer in Germany. His advice is reliable and can be trusted. He is our go-to for complicated issues in German and EU regulations."
"Dirk Bliesener is a very experienced and executive lawyer who makes a very good impression also at board level; he is not just technically strong but also able to explain things well to a high-level audience."
"Dirk Bliesener is a great capital markets lawyer who is very strong in his commercial awareness and the sophistication of his work."
"We consider Dirk Bliesener of Hengeler Mueller the brightest, most outstanding bank M&A lawyer in Germany. His advice is reliable and can be trusted. He is our go-to for complicated issues in German and EU regulations."
"Dirk Bliesener is a very experienced and executive lawyer who makes a very good impression also at board level; he is not just technically strong but also able to explain things well to a high-level audience."
"Dirk Bliesener is a great capital markets lawyer who is very strong in his commercial awareness and the sophistication of his work."
Articles, highlights and press releases
4 items provided by Hengeler Mueller
Hengeler Mueller advises Advent and Centerbridge on the completion of the takeover offer for Aareal
Hengeler Mueller advises Advent and Centerbridge on the completion of the takeover offer for Aareal Bank
Hengeler Mueller advises Pictet
Hengeler Mueller advises Pictet on the cross-border conversion and relocation of its European bank to Germany
Hengeler Mueller advises on first German digital fixed-income bond
Hengeler Mueller advises on first German digital fixed-income bond
Hengeler Mueller advises BlackFin on the launch of MorgenFund
Hengeler Mueller advises BlackFin on the launch of MorgenFund
Hengeler Mueller advises Advent and Centerbridge on the completion of the takeover offer for Aareal
Hengeler Mueller advises Advent and Centerbridge on the completion of the takeover offer for Aareal Bank
Hengeler Mueller advises Pictet
Hengeler Mueller advises Pictet on the cross-border conversion and relocation of its European bank to Germany
Hengeler Mueller advises on first German digital fixed-income bond
Hengeler Mueller advises on first German digital fixed-income bond
Hengeler Mueller advises BlackFin on the launch of MorgenFund
Hengeler Mueller advises BlackFin on the launch of MorgenFund
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