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Dr Matthias Terlau is a partner at GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB. He has been advising mainly banks and companies in the financial services sector for more than 25 years, very early on specialising in payment law and FinTech, banking and banking supervisory law.
His clients include domestic and foreign FinTech companies, banks, associations and trading companies. The focus of his advice is on outsourcing projects, new products in the payment sector, authorisation procedures with BaFin and advice in connectDr Matthias Terlau is a partner at GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB. He has been advising mainly banks and companies in the financial services sector for more than 25 years, very early on specialising in payment law and FinTech, banking and banking supervisory law. His clients include domestic and foreign FinTech companies, banks, associations and trading companies. The focus of his advice is on outsourcing projects, new products in the payment sector, authorisation procedures with BaFin and advice in connection with corporate transactions
Dr Matthias Terlau is listed in the "Hall of Fame" Fin-Tech in the legal industry publication Legal 500 and as a Top Ranked Individual by Chambers. Juve names him as a leading lawyer in the FinTech sector.
He has been a board member of the digital payments working group of the IT industry association BITKOM for many years.
Dr Matthias Terlau is co-editor with Prof Dr Matthias Casper of the "Commentary on the Payment Services Supervision Act" and co-author of "Ellenberger/Bunte, Bankrechts-Handbuch", "Möslein/Omlor, FinTech-Handbuch", "Münchener Anwaltshandbuch GmbH" and "Michalski, Kom-mentar zum GmbHG", among others.ion with corporate transactions.
Dr Matthias Terlau is listed in the "Hall of Fame" Fin-Tech in the legal industry publication Legal 500 and as a Top Ranked Individual by Chambers. Juve names him as a leading lawyer in the FinTech sector.
He has been a board member of the digital payments working group of the IT industry association BITKOM for many years.
More on payment law: see also our Payment Services Law Blog.
Languages
German
English
French
Career
2018
GÖRG
Partner
2001-2018
Osborne Clarke, Köln
Partner
1997-2001
Graf von Westphalen Fritze & Modest, Köln
Associate
1997
Admitted to the bar
1999
University of Cologne
Doctorate (Dr. iur.) on the topic “The private international law of civil law companies” (published by Duncker & Humblot 1999)
1997
US law firm in Atlanta, Georgia (USA)
Foreign Associate
1994-1996
Legal clerkship in Cologne
1987-1992
Universities in Münster, Lausanne and Cologne
Study of law
Memberships and awards
Chairman of the digital payments working group of the IT industry association BITKOM
Legal 500 as leading lawyer in banking and finance law (FinTech, since 2018 to date), Legal 500 “Hall of Fame” FinTech since 2022 and Chambers (FinTech Legal Germany, since 2018 to date) as Top Ranked Individual
Co-editor with Prof. Dr. Matthias Casper of a “Commentary on the Payment Services Supervision Act” and co-author of “Schimansky/Bunte/Lwowski, Bankrechts-Handbuch”, “Möslein/Omlor, FinTech-Handbuch”, “Münchener Anwaltshandbuch GmbH”, among others
Co-editor of “Michalski, Commentary on the GmbHG”
