Market Infrastructure and Custody Law
German/EU law firm for reliable advice on trading, post-trading and custody processes.
Market infrastructure and custody are the backbone of securities and derivatives trading. It is not only about processes, but also about trust, efficiency and legal certainty. Whether exchange, MTF, OTC, CSD or CCP – the German/EU law firm Kronsteyn understands trading, post-trading and custody processes in Germany and Europe and ensures that your projects are both regulatory-compliant and operationally efficient.
The law firm delivers legal solutions that work: clear, practical and tailored to your needs. Illustrative examples include advising a European stock exchange group on the establishment of an additional regulated market and the adjustment of post-trade structures, as well as supporting the market entry of Germany’s first mass-market crypto-trading app. In addition, the firm regularly prepares expert opinions and statements on issues of German and European market infrastructure and custody law (including MiFIR, EMIR, CSDR, WpHG and the German Custody Act).
Structuring of pre- and post-trade arrangements
Drafting of rulebooks for exchanges and MTFs
Legal opinions and position papers on complex legal issues
Provision of general terms and conditions for retail business
Drafting of outsourcing and cooperation agreements
Advising on licensing and authorisation procedures
Sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance
Representation in court proceedings
Publications Relating to German Market Infrastructure Law
Müller-Lankow, Comment on the decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) of 18 March 2025 (XI ZR 59/23) – Blocking of securities accounts due to U.S. sanctions (German: Anmerkung zum Urteil des BGH v. 18.03.2025 (XI ZR 59/23) – Sperrung von Depotbeständen aufgrund von US-Sanktionen), in: Entscheidungsanmerkungen zum Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht (WUB) 2025, pp. 193-197. Müller-Lankow, Legality of Stock Exchange Short Selling Bans (German: Rechtmäßigkeit börslicher Leerverkaufsverbote), in: Zeitschrift für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht (BKR) 2025, pp. 433-440. Müller-Lankow, Disruptions in securities transactions and their regulation under CSDR, SSR, stock exchange law, ICMA and BGB (German: Leistungsstörungen bei Wertpapiergeschäften und deren Regulierung nach CSDR, SSR, Börsenrecht, ICMA und BGB), in: Wertpapier-Mitteilungen (WM) 2024, pp. 1641-1649. Müller-Lankow, Market-making in the scope of collective asset management – a paradox? – At the same time comment on the judgement of the VGH Kassel of 21.11.2023 - 6 A 1658/18 (German: Market-Making im Rahmen der kollektiven Vermögensverwaltung – Ein Widerspruch? – Zugleich Anmerkung zum Urteil des VGH Kassel v. 21.11.2023 – 6 A 1658/18), in: Zeitschrift für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht (BKR) 2024, pp. 601-607. Müller-Lankow, How the regulation of settlement delays is putting securities trading to the test (German: Wie die Regulierung von Lieferverzögerungen den Wertpapierhandel auf die Probe stellt), in: Zeitschrift für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht (BKR) 2024, pp. 567-568. Müller-Lankow/Liebscher, Legal differences between e-money and asset-backed tokens (German: Rechtliche Unterschiede zwischen E-Geld- und vermögenswertereferenzierten Token), in: Wertpapier-Mitteilungen (WM) 2024, pp. 1152-1160. Kumpan/Müller-Lankow, Commentary on § 26b (Tick size) and 26c (Market making systems) of the German Stock Exchange Act (BörsG), in: Eberhard Schwark / Daniel Zimmer (eds.), Kapitalmarktrechts-Kommentar, 5th ed., München (C.H. Beck) 2020. Kumpan/Müller-Lankow, The Multilateral Single-dealer System – An Oxymoron under MiFID II?, in: Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 34 (2019), issue 9, pp. 301-310. Müller-Lankow, Market-making: A regulatory analysis of market-making in multilateral and bilateral systems (German: Market-Making: Eine aufsichtsrechtliche Analyse des Market-Makings im Rahmen multilateraler und bilateraler Systeme), Baden-Baden (Nomos) 2018. Müller-Lankow, Differentiation between proprietary trading by market makers and proprietary trading by other liquidity providers (German: Abgrenzung des Eigenhandels durch Market-Maker vom Eigengeschäft durch sonstige Liquiditätsgeber), in: Wertpapier-Mitteilungen (WM) 2017, pp. 2335-2345. Kumpan/Müller-Lankow, Single-market maker systems in the new capital market regulation – differentiation between multilateral and bilateral systems (German: Ein-Market-Maker-Systeme in der neuen Kapitalmarktregulierung – Abgrenzung zwischen multilateralen und bilateralen Systemen) (together with Prof Dr Christoph Kumpan), in: Wertpapier-Mitteilungen (WM) 2017, pp. 1777-1786.
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