Key Takeaways
- • David Jansen, a partner in Willkie Farr & Gallagher's Corporate & Financial Services and Asset Management Departments, has joined the firm's Frankfurt office to expand its regulatory platform in Germany and establish a financial services regulatory practice.
- • Jansen's expertise spans the full asset management value chain, including M&A advisory for asset managers, fund structuring, AIFMD/UCITS governance, MiFID II compliance, and digital assets regulation across the EU and Germany.
- • His practice combines transactional and regulatory experience, advising institutional investors, family offices, asset managers, and high-net-worth individuals on complex cross-border transactions, fund launches, co-investments, and regulatory authorizations.
- • Jansen has assisted several of the world's largest asset managers on transformational transactions and operating model realignments, bringing pragmatic understanding of supervisory expectations and execution dynamics in regulated financial markets.
Summary
David Jansen has strengthened Willkie Farr & Gallagher's presence in Germany through his appointment as a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services and Asset Management Departments based in the Frankfurt office. His role centers on expanding the firm's global regulatory platform while establishing a dedicated financial services regulatory practice to serve institutional clients operating in German and European markets.
Jansen's practice scope is comprehensive across the financial services ecosystem. On the transactional side, he advises on complex M&A activity within the asset management sector, including strategic acquisitions and disposals of portfolio management companies, joint ventures, carve-outs, and post-merger integration of regulated platforms. His regulatory expertise encompasses AIFMD and UCITS governance frameworks, MiFID II conduct and product governance standards, outsourcing and delegation arrangements, depositary and custody structures, and trading venue access questions. He also counsels clients on digital assets infrastructure, including tokenization and trading solutions with associated EU regulatory compliance implications.
Jansen's client base reflects the breadth of his practice. He advises asset managers, intermediaries and distributors, market infrastructure providers, and institutional investors on authorization pathways for fund formation and cross-border marketing. His advisory extends to family offices and high-net-worth individuals on investment management mandates, co-investments, seeding arrangements, managed account platforms, and governance and fee economics. He has provided counsel to several of the world's largest asset managers on transformational transactions and operating model realignments, bringing pragmatic market knowledge alongside supervisory expectations.
The appointment underscores Willkie's strategic focus on strengthening its financial services regulatory capabilities in Frankfurt, a critical hub for European asset management and financial services regulation. Jansen's addition equips the firm to serve institutional investors and alternative investment professionals navigating increasingly complex cross-border regulatory requirements under EU and German law.
Jansen's practice scope is comprehensive across the financial services ecosystem. On the transactional side, he advises on complex M&A activity within the asset management sector, including strategic acquisitions and disposals of portfolio management companies, joint ventures, carve-outs, and post-merger integration of regulated platforms. His regulatory expertise encompasses AIFMD and UCITS governance frameworks, MiFID II conduct and product governance standards, outsourcing and delegation arrangements, depositary and custody structures, and trading venue access questions. He also counsels clients on digital assets infrastructure, including tokenization and trading solutions with associated EU regulatory compliance implications.
Jansen's client base reflects the breadth of his practice. He advises asset managers, intermediaries and distributors, market infrastructure providers, and institutional investors on authorization pathways for fund formation and cross-border marketing. His advisory extends to family offices and high-net-worth individuals on investment management mandates, co-investments, seeding arrangements, managed account platforms, and governance and fee economics. He has provided counsel to several of the world's largest asset managers on transformational transactions and operating model realignments, bringing pragmatic market knowledge alongside supervisory expectations.
The appointment underscores Willkie's strategic focus on strengthening its financial services regulatory capabilities in Frankfurt, a critical hub for European asset management and financial services regulation. Jansen's addition equips the firm to serve institutional investors and alternative investment professionals navigating increasingly complex cross-border regulatory requirements under EU and German law.
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