Last Friday, we were pleased to welcome a large number of academic guests at our premises at the Senckenberg Tower in Frankfurt. The guests included Dr. Johannes Meier and Prof. Dr. Sebastian Omlor, along with their academic entourage from the Marburg Institute for the Law of Digitalization (IRDi) and numerous other authors of the MiCAR Handbook, which was recently published by Erich Schmidt Verlag and edited by Dr. Johannes Meier. After a brief welcome by Attorney Lutz Auffenberg, LL.M., FIN LAW Attorney Anja von Rosenstiel, LL.M., who was live-streaming from Boston, Massachusetts, provided some insights into the current state of crypto regulation in the US, which is also the subject of her chapter contribution to the MiCAR Handbook. Afterwards, editor Dr. Johannes Meier and his academic teacher Prof. Dr. Sebastian Omlor expressed their thanks and praise for the work and its creators, and then celebrated the publication of the handbook with a successful get-together with wine and snacks, enjoying the view of the metropolis on the Main.

We are pleased that the renowned WirtschaftsWoche (WiWO) has once again named our founding partner Lutz Auffenberg, LL.M., as a top lawyer in banking and finance law. The WiWo has also once again named the FIN LAW law firm as a top law firm in the area of banking and finance law. As a basis for the award, the Handelsblatt Research Institute conducted surveys among a total of 1,900 lawyers from 146 law firms and evaluated these surveys by a jury of experts. In the end, 25 law firms and 37 lawyers were honored. We are extremely proud that both Attorney Lutz Auffenberg, LL.M., and FIN LAW as a whole have once again managed to make it to the top of this prestigious ranking. We also congratulate all other awarded law firms and colleagues and would like to express our sincere thanks for the great trust and appreciation of our work.

We are pleased to present the new FIN LAW website. Our website is now faster and more modern than before and also looks better. Of course, the redesign of the website has no negative impact on our services. On the contrary: in particular, the clearer design of our blog makes it even easier for interested website visitors to find information on their respective areas of interest.

The posts on the various topics are now linked by keywords. This allows interested visitors to quickly and easily view our posts on the respective topics without having to click through all of our blog posts. We hope all our visitors enjoy the new site.