Finn Zeidler is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations Groups.
Finn focuses his litigation practice on corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration, often with a transatlantic background, as well as on white collar defense, regulatory investigations and compliance matters that often have cross-border elements. He has significant experience in the high tech, automotive and the banking and finance industry, as well as renewable energies.
Most recently, The Legal 500 Deutschland 2024 and The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 have recommended him for Compliance, Internal Investigations and Dispute Resolution – Commercial Litigation and cited a reference: “For me the best white collar crime lawyer for bank mandates. He guides clients through critical situations both safely and efficiently.” Chambers Europe 2024 ranked him as Notable Practitioner for Compliance in Germany. Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ 2024/2025 listed him among the best lawyers for Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation, Criminal Defense, Banking & Finance Law and Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice in Germany and recognized him as a Lawyer of the Year 2025 for Corporate Governance and Compliance. He was named among the 2024 Lawdragon Global Litigation 500, the list recognizing the 500 best dispute lawyers worldwide, for both International Arbitration and White-Collar. He was again “frequently recommended” by JUVE Handbook 2024/2025 for Dispute Resolution – Litigation.
His representative cases 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, 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.
Finn regularly publishes on legal matters. Amongst others, he is co-author of Michalski, “GmbHG” (Commentary on the Law on Limited Liability Companies) (2023).
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Finn was a litigation partner in the Frankfurt office of a renowned U.S. law firm.
Finn studied law at the University of Bayreuth, from which he also obtained his doctor’s degree in 1998. He has been admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 1999.
In addition to his native German, he is fluent in English.
*Experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn
Capabilities
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
- Anti-Corruption & FCPA
- Anti-Money Laundering
- ESG: Risk, Litigation, and Reporting
- Financial Institutions
- Financial Regulatory
- Fintech and Digital Assets
- Litigation
- Securities Litigation
Credentials
Education:
- University of Bayreuth - 1998 Dr. jur.
- University of Bayreuth - 1994 Law Degree
Admissions:
- Germany - Rechtsanwalt