Dr. Tobias Riethmüller and his team focus on advising on the digitalization of the financial services industry, in particular on the legal structuring of digital financing platforms, on issues via these platforms and on the design of digital processes as well as on blockchain/DLT applications in the financial sector.
His expertise includes the relevant aspects of capital markets, regulatory and corporate law, general terms and conditions law, the relevant aspects of money laundering law, data protection law, IT law and tax law as well as cross-border structuring issues. In addition, Dr. Riethmüller advises on traditional corporate law, in particular stock corporation law, group and transformation law as well as venture capital transactions, and has expertise in the area of LegalTech and digital legal advice products.
His industry focus is on financial services, technology and growth companies as well as non-bank financing in the sustainability and real estate sectors.
Dr. Riethmüller was an expert for the German Bundestag in 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 at hearings of the Finance Committee on the topics of capital market law and digitalization. Since its foundation in 2015, he has been legal advisor to the Bundesverband Crowdfunding e.V. / Digital Invest Germany and, since the first edition, co-author of the Beck'schen FinTech-Handbuch (ed. Prof. Möslein and Prof. Omlor) and co-author of the commentary on the DepotG founded by Peter Scherer.