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Malte Wundenberg

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malte.wundenberg@hengeler.com

Malte advises clients on internal investigations and regulatory inquiries by German and foreign supervisory authorities concerning potential compliance violations. He has particular expertise in compliance matters affecting regulated financial institutions.

He also advises domestic and international banks, financial services providers, and asset managers on matters of banking supervisory law, investment law, and corporate governance.

A key focus of his work is the use of generative artificial intelligence in internal investigations and regulatory matters. On this topic, Malte has published academic work and was involved in the development of Hengeler Mueller’s innovative generative AI-based eDiscovery solution.

He is the author of a leading textbook on European Banking Regulation and regularly publishes in legal journals. He also teaches as a lecturer at Bucerius Law School.

Malte is a member of the firm’s India Desk.

Recognitions: Best Lawyer 2023 – 2025 (Ones to Watch)

Career

  • Admitted to bar 2013
  • Diplom-Kaufmann
  • Bucerius Law School Hamburg (Dr. iur.)
  • Distance University Hagen (Dipl.-Kaufmann)
  • University of Mannheim
  • New York University
  • University of Cambridge

Practice Areas

Publications

  • Europäisches Bankenaufsichtsrecht (European Banking Regulation), approx. 450 pages (forthcoming, Q3 2021)
  • Fit and Proper Assessments of Board Members of Banks and Investment Firms: A European Perspective, 33 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation (2018), p. 191-199
  • Organisational Requirements for Investment Firms (Chapter 8), in: Veil, Rüdiger (Ed.), European Capital Markets Law, 2. Edition 2017, p. 621-690
  • Regulation of Benchmarks (Chapter 9), in: Veil, Rüdiger (Ed.), European Capital Markets Law, 2. Edition 2017, p. 691-720
  • Perspektiven der privaten Rechtsdurchsetzung im europäischen Kapitalmarktrecht, ZGR 2015, p. 124-160
  • Compliance und die prinzipiengeleitete Aufsicht über Bankengruppen, 2012
  • Englisches Kapitalmarktrecht, 2010 (with Rüdiger Veil)
  • Prospektbefreiung gemäß § 4 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 WpPG bei Unternehmensübernahmen, WM 2008, p. 1285-1295 (with Rüdiger Veil)
  • Möglichkeiten der Einführung einer Class Action im deutschen Kapitalmarktrecht, ZEuP 2007, p. 1097-1121
  • Eine Frage des Prinzips, in: Börsen-Zeitung dated 24.6.2015, p. 2

A complete list of publications can be downloaded here .

Recent Work

Aurubis: internal investigation for the Supervisory Board regarding certain damage events related to gold and other precious metals deficits as well as advice regarding management board matters including assessment of management liability

Hengeler Mueller advises Allianz on settlements with U.S. authorities