Angelo Lercara LL.M. EuR

Angelo Lercara, LL.M. EuR, co-managing partner of the Munich office, advises on all different aspects of financial services law. He has more than 15 years' experience relating to the structuring and marketing of financial products and alternative investment funds, as well as counselling of German institutional and regulated investors. He also regularly advises fund sponsors on the regulatory implications of utilizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in the investment process.

He helped to pioneer the first listing of ETCs and has since advised on a range of ETC and ETF listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as well as on securities and fund offerings and MiFID related ongoing compliance obligations and reportings.

Regularly providing multinational legal advice in English, German, Italian and French, alongside a broad knowledge of European law, Mr. Lercara is able to address global and European regulatory challenges, serving the needs of his diverse and long-term client base, including major managers of mutual and alternative funds, insurance companies, banks and German branches of foreign banks and asset managers. He also advises clients on post-Brexit strategy, providing guidance on critical issues.

Mr. Lercara frequently acts as author and speaker at industry events and is a requested interview partner for the international financial press. He has repeatedly been named by Acritas as Star Lawyer. The Legal 500 Deutschland 2022 edition recommended Angelo Lercara as "quick-witted". In Chambers Europe 2022 edition an interviewee comments: "Angelo Lercara consistently combines extremely high technical knowledge with strong business acumen. He is particularly responsive in the day to day and visionary when dealing with more strategic issues. He also demonstrates a strong capability to assess risks effectively". He is included in the leading lawyer list in the Best Lawyers in Germany 2022 peer review published by the German nationwide daily Handelsblatt in the area banking and finance law. He is also highlighted in German-leading legal publication JUVE as being “frequently recommended” for investment fund and asset management.

Mr. Lercara is a permanent host of Dechert On Reg, our global financial regulation podcast series.