Finn Zeidler is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. 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.

Finn is ranked as Notable Practicioner for Compliance in Germany by Chambers Europe  2023. Chambers says, “he is particularly well versed in the financial services sector and frequently assists with matters pertaining to regulatory compliance elements, including investigations by financial market authorities” and a compliance client says: “He is incredibly effective with the public prosecutor and regulator.” Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ 2023/2024 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 2023 Lawdragon Global Litigation 500, the list recognizing the 500 best dispute lawyers worldwide, for both International and White-Collar Arbitration. WirtschaftsWoche  recognized Finn as a Top Lawyer 2021 in Compliance and 2020 in White Collar in Germany. The Legal 500 Deutschland  2023 and The Legal 500 EMEA  2023 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.” It is also said that he “[…] impresses with regulatory and supervisory law expertise and frequently supports investigations in the finance sector.” The Legal 500 EMEA  2017 also recommended him for Financial Litigation. He was again “frequently recommended” by JUVE  for Dispute Resolution-Litigation (JUVE  202 3 /202 4) and White-Collar Crime and Compliance (JUVE  2018/2019). Competitors say: “[Dr. Finn Zeidler is a] compliance specialist who achieves outstanding results for clients across legal fields ,” (JUVE Handbook 2022/2023) and he has “consistently high quality advice.” (JUVE Handbook  2023/2024) 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 U.S. 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).

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) (2010).

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