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Finn Zeidler

Finn
Zeidler

Partner

CONTACT INFO

fzeidler@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+49 69 247 411 530

FAX:+49 69 247 411 501

Frankfurt

TaunusTurm, Taunustor 1, 60310 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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PRACTICE

White Collar Defense and Investigations Anti-Corruption & FCPA Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Financial Institutions Global Financial Regulatory Litigation Securities Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Finn Zeidler is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations and Litigation Groups.

Mr. Zeidler focuses his litigation practice on white collar defense, regulatory investigations and compliance matters that often have cross-border elements, as well as corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on securities and post-M&A disputes.  He has significant experience in the high tech, automotive and the banking and finance industry, as well as renewable energies.

Mr. Zeidler is ranked for Compliance in Germany by Chambers Europe 2022 and was listed as a Notable Practitioner for Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime: Corporate Advisory.  Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ 2022/2023 list him among the best lawyers for Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation, Criminal Defense, Banking & Finance Law and Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice in Germany. He was named among the 2021 Lawdragon Global Litigation 500, the inaugural list recognizing the 500 best dispute lawyers worldwide, for International Arbitration and White Collar. WirtschaftsWoche recognized Mr. Zeidler as a Top Lawyer 2021 in Compliance and 2020 in White Collar in Germany. The Legal 500 Deutschland 2023 and The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 recommend him for Compliance, Internal Investigations and Dispute Resolution – Commercial Litigation and cite a reference: “’For critical investigations in the financial services sector, Finn Zeidler is the safe choice.” The Legal 500 EMEA 2017 recommended him also for Financial Litigation. He was again “frequently recommended” by JUVE for Dispute Resolution-Litigation (JUVE 2022/2023) and White-Collar Crime and Compliance (JUVE 2018/2019). A competitor says: “[Dr. Finn Zeidler is a] compliance specialist who achieves outstanding results for clients across legal fields.” (JUVE Handbook 2022/2023) Other sources stated: “You can speak sensibly with Finn Zeidler without getting the constant feeling that he’s only thinking of business; you know he wants to solve the case.”  (Chambers Europe Germany 2016). He was also recognized for his “experience in US and UK dispute resolution” (Chambers Europe Germany 2013). A referee said: “Finn Zeidler impressed clients and peers with his skill at avoiding litigation potholes, saying he ‘knows the ins and outs of litigation – you can’t fool him’.” (Chambers Europe Germany 2011).

Mr. Zeidler regularly publishes on legal matters. Amongst others, he is co-author of Michalski, “GmbHG” (Commentary on the Law on Limited Liability Companies) (2010).

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Zeidler was a litigation partner in the Frankfurt office of a renowned US law firm.

Mr. Zeidler, in addition to his native German, is fluent in English.

Experience

Representative cases from his white collar defense and compliance practice include:

  • Representing international financial institutions in criminal and regulatory investigations by German and U.S. authorities into allegations of tax fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations, illegal granting of loans, market manipulations, and illegal selling of securities.
  • Representing financial institutions in banking-law related disputes and related regulatory investigations. This in particular included representing one of Germany’s largest banks in a rare joint investigation by the SEC and the German BaFin (the financial markets and banking regulator) into an alleged market manipulation of U.S. listed stocks and a different international bank in relation to tax fraud allegations.*
  • Representing companies listed in Germany in investigations by public prosecutors, BaFin and the German Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel, into alleged violations of securities laws, in particular market manipulations or violations of ad-hoc disclosure duties, alleged accounting violations; and alleged tax fraud.
  • Advising companies in internal investigations into allegations of, i.a., corruption, money laundering, tax fraud, securities fraud, and ensuing investigations by the public authorities.
  • Representation of a global consulting firm in connection with investigations by an investigating committee of the German Bundestag.
  • Representing several executives, in particular from the financial industry, relating to criminal and regulatory investigations by German authorities, i.a., related to cum ex-transactions.

*Experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn

EDUCATION

University of Bayreuth - 1998 Dr. jur.

University of Bayreuth - 1994 Law Degree

ADMISSIONS

Germany - Rechtsanwalt

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - March 16, 2023 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2023
Client Alert - January 17, 2023 | German Federal Court of Justice on Full Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards in Case of Alleged Violations of Antitrust Laws
Firm News - October 28, 2022 | Leading German Legal Publication JUVE Recommends Gibson Dunn Germany in its Annual Handbook 2022/2023
Article - August 11, 2022 | Germany Lifted Its Foreign Discovery Ban, But Hurdles Persist
Firm News - June 24, 2022 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2023 Recognizes 26 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - June 24, 2022 | Germany Amends Implementing Act to the Hague Evidence Convention, No Longer Forbidding Pre-Trial Discovery of Documents
Firm News - March 17, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2022
Client Alert - January 13, 2022 | 2021 Year-End German Law Update
Firm News - July 1, 2021 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2022 Recognizes 25 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - June 7, 2021 | Consequences of Wirecard Scandal: New Requirements for Corporate Governance and Audit of German Listed Companies
Firm News - March 22, 2021 | WirtschaftsWoche Ranks Gibson Dunn as a 2021 Top Law Firm in Compliance
Firm News - March 19, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2021
Client Alert - March 10, 2021 | Part Two – Mandatory Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence: What Now and What Next? An International Perspective
Firm News - February 23, 2021 | Sixteen Partners Named Among the Lawdragon Global Litigation 500
Client Alert - January 14, 2021 | 2020 Year-End German Law Update
Firm News - June 26, 2020 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2021 Recognizes 19 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - May 11, 2020 | European Commission Launches Major AML Initiative
Firm News - April 24, 2020 | WirtschaftsWoche Ranks Gibson Dunn as a 2020 Top Law Firm in White Collar
Client Alert - April 7, 2020 | COVID-19: Civil Litigation in Germany
Client Alert - March 27, 2020 | “… whatever it takes” – German Parliament Passes Far-Reaching Legal Measures in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Firm News - March 16, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2020
Publications - March 11, 2020 | Aus der Praxis: Privilegierte Klageänderung in der Berufungsinstanz
Webcasts - February 11, 2020 | Webcast: German Corporate Sanctions Act: Government plans mandatory prosecution of companies for corporate crimes
Client Alert - January 10, 2020 | 2019 Year-End German Law Update
Firm News - June 28, 2019 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2020 Recognizes 14 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Firm News - March 8, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2019
Webcasts - January 23, 2019 | Webcast: Class Action Litigation in Europe: Recent Developments and Emerging Trends
Client Alert - January 11, 2019 | 2018 Year-End German Law Update
Firm News - June 22, 2018 | Best Lawyers 2019 Recognizes 12 German Partners
Client Alert - January 7, 2018 | 2017 Year-End German Law Update
Article - December 12, 2017 | Arbeitnehmer und interne Untersuchungen – ein Balanceakt
Article - May 1, 2017 | Das Gemeinwohl auf die Fahnen schreiben
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