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    Bernhard Fiedler

    Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
    Frankfurt, Germany

    Bernhard.Fiedler@nortonrosefulbright.com

    +49 69 505096 216

    About me

    Dr Bernhard Fiedler, LL.M. is a banking lawyer based in Frankfurt. He has experience of debt financing transactions, real estate finance, in particular, and banking supervisory law.

    Bernhard has advised banks, financial sponsors and corporates on acquisition finance, real estate finance and corporate loan transactions, as well as recapitalisations and restructurings.

    He is part of our Transform initiative, focusing on legal tech and innovation, and has been instrumental in building several automation tools for a number of innovative products. He frequently publishes articles on legal tech and legal innovation and is a regular speaker at conferences and events.

    Bernhard studied law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main, where he was also awarded a doctorate for his thesis on banking and insurance supervisory law. He holds an LL.M. in commercial law from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

    Prior to joining the Frankfurt practice in 2010, Bernhard worked as a trainee in the banking team of another leading law firm in Germany and New York City. He has also been seconded to the legal departments of two leading German banks.

    Bernhard is fluent in both German and English.

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    Mar 03, 2023

    The Transformation of Legal: Key takeaways

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    Together with Lena Haffner, I recently had the opportunity to listen to a brilliant discussion between Richard Susskind and Mark A. Cohen...
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    Feb 23, 2023

    Outlook on the German real estate finance market - 12 months, 12 predictions

    By Bernhard Fiedler
    The year is still young and so far the German real estate finance market has been rather slow. Probably a good time to reflect what to...
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    Winner of the digital legal services award

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    Last week we went to the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2022 and won the ‘Digital Legal Services’ award for our CRR 194 Opinion...
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    Oct 12, 2022

    Did you know...

    By Bernhard Fiedler
    ... that under German law there are multiple ways to create security over real estate? Do you know the difference between a mortgage and...
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    What's up at Legal Geek

    By Bernhard Fiedler
    I went to my first Legal Geek conference last week in London and thought I share a bit of my experience and key takeaways: My personal...
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    Sustainability through and through, at Legal Geek conference 2022

    By Bernhard Fiedler
    I'm looking forward to this year's Legal Geek conference, which will be my first ever sustainable conference.With their concept of "reuse...

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