Overview

Marcel Hörauf is a senior associate in the Frankfurt office of Mayer Brown’s Banking & Finance practice. He advises in banking and capital markets law, in particular in the areas of banking and insurance supervisory law and securities law. Marcel’s recent work centers on the regulatory developments in the OTC derivatives markets, CCP clearing and financial market infrastructure (MiFiD II/MiFIR and EMIR) as well as on securities lending transactions/repos. Marcel also focuses on digitalization and innovation projects in the field of FinTech and Legal Tech.

Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Marcel worked for Deutsche Börse (German Stock Exchange) and another leading international law firm for several years.

Areas of Focus

Practices
Industries
Key Issues

Spoken Languages

  • German
  • English

Perspectives

  • 17 August 2018

    The European Benchmark Regulation and Its Effects on the U.S. Markets

    Fundamentals of Swaps & Other Derivatives 2018, Chapter 4, p. 109 et seq.
  • 2018

    Rechtsnatur der Variation Margin (The Legal Nature of Variation Margin)

    Recht der Finanzinstrumente (RdF) 2018, issue no. 1, p. 13 et seq.

Events

  • September 06
    2019

    Summer School "Law of Banking and Capital Markets" of the Institute for Law and Finance of the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, day course “Securities and Derivatives Markets”

  • October 23
    2018

    Roundtable: CCP Derivate Clearing in Zeiten des BREXIT

  • August 31
    2018

    Summer School "Law of Banking and Capital Markets" of the Institute for Law and Finance of the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, day course “Securities and Derivatives Markets”

Education

Second State Law Examination (bar exam), Frankfurt

Legal Clerkship (Referendariat), New York, Brussels, Frankfurt

First State Law Examination, Konstanz

Diploma in Legal Studies, Cardiff

Admissions

  • Frankfurt am Main, Germany