Schalast Law | Tax

Banking and Finance

Lawyer, Head of Practice Group Banking and Finance, Partner and Co-Managing Partner

Prof. Dr. Andreas Walter is known as a leading lawyer on shaping the future of the financial industry. He uses his experience on both legal sides: Andreas Walter not only knows the perspective as an internationally experienced lawyer, but also that of the corporate side. As Director Business Affairs & New Media at the media company 3p, he spent ten years getting to know the corporate perspective with all the possibilities and limitations of the decision-makers. He worked at the international law firm Allen & Overy LLP in Frankfurt am Main and at Holland & Knight LLP in Miami. The Frankfurt native contributed his cross-industry experience as a permanent member of the Business Committee of the German Music Industry Association (Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V.) and in the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

Especially due to his time in the volatile media industry, his certifications as FinTech Expert at Harvard University and Blockchain Expert at MIT, the future constructor knows how disruption can be used in a target-oriented way. With this knowledge, he drives groundbreaking processes in the financial sector.

Andreas Walter is characterized by the fact that he takes processes, whether judicial or organizational, to their logical conclusion. He is convinced that conflict can be an indispensable tool in making change processes possible and bringing them to a conclusion. Against this background, he regularly conducts litigation before civil, administrative and constitutional courts as well as before arbitration tribunals. As a business mediator, he regularly resolves conflicts - for and with parties in dispute.

His actions, he always looks beyond the legal horizon. In addition to law, Andreas Walter also studied economics at Goethe University, Philipps University and Johannes Guttenberg University. In addition, he completed numerous professional training courses, such as certification as a Scrum Master. Using this toolbox, he takes different perspectives to find solutions to complex problems.

His strength and passion for finding solutions to complex challenges while focusing on the essentials at all times is not only demonstrated as head of the Banking & Finance practice group at Schalast. Walter is globally networked. Not least because of his commitment as Global Chairman of the Banking & Finance Practice Group at Multilaw. With the help of his international networks, he provides his clients with valuable personal access to all continents.

The attorney, who is recommended by Legal 500, passes on his interdisciplinary way of thinking and his extensive experience as a professor and lecturer at the IUBH International University and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. There he is also Academic Vice-Director for the Master of Financial Law program. As a sought-after speaker, he also gives lectures on his core topics of change processes, disruption and conflict management.

His conviction: true change is successful when it is championed by someone with experience, a broader view and unwavering determination.