Prof. Dr. André Alfes

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Dr. André Alfes
Wirtschaftsjurist (Univ. Bayreuth)
Master of Laws (UT Austin)
Bundesbankdirektor

Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences
Schloss, 57627 Hachenburg
Germany

Phone: +49-2662-83-359
E-Mail: andre.alfes[at]bundesbank.de

Office hours: by appointment

Curriculum Vitae

  • Studied law at the Universities of Bayreuth, Mainz and Austin, (Texas)
  • Staff at the chairs of Prof. Dr. Mathias Habersack (University of Mainz), Prof. Dr. Jan Zopfs (University of Mainz) and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Harro Otto (University of Bayreuth)
  • Business lawyer (University of Bayreuth)
  • Master of Laws (UT Austin)
  • First and second state examination at the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz
  • 2005: Doctorate degree (Dr. iur) under Prof. Dr. Mathias Habersack at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • 2007: Employment as a lawyer in a law firm in Frankfurt a.M.
  • Client delegation to the legal department of a commercial bank and a investment management company
  • 2010: Worked in the legal department of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Department R 3: Monetary policy, securities settlement, capital markets law
  • Since March 2018: Lecturer at the Deutsche Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences
  • 2019: Delegation to the Deutsche Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences (Jan.-June)
  • Since March 2021: Professor at Deutsche Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences

Teaching

  • G1-1b Communication
  • G1-1c Scientific texts and presentations
  • G4a State Organization Law
  • G4b Principles of Civil Law
  • G4c Basics of Commercial and Company Law
  • A3b Banking Law
  • A3c Payment transactions
  • A4-1c Credit and Credit Security Law
  • V3-1a Securities and Capital Markets Law
  • V4-1c Individual Labor Law
  • V4-2c Claim Management and Bankruptcy Law
  • W4 Corporate Law, contract practice and contract management (from autumn 2021)
    • W4a Corporate Law
    • W4b Contract Management
    • W4c Civil litigation, enforcementand bankruptcy law
    • W4d Case studies on Financial Contracts
Dissertation
  • Central Counterparty – Zentraler Kontrahent – Zentrale Gegenpartei: On the conclusion of a contract on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange using the electronic trading system XETRA involving a Central Counterparty, 2005, published by Duncker & Humblot
Commentaries
  • Commentary on Sections 78 and 89 Investment Act (KAGB) in Emde / Dornseifer / Dreibus (eds.),
  • Commentary on the Investment Act, 2nd edition 2019, C.H. Beck publishing house
  • Commentary on Sections 53o to 53q Banking Act (KWG) in Beck / Samm / Kokemoor (eds.), Banking Act with CRR, loose-leaf publication, 207th update, July 2019, C.F. Müller publishing house
  • Commentary on Sections 53e to 53n Banking Act (KWG) in Beck / Samm / Kokemoor (eds.), Banking Act with CRR, loose-leaf publication, 206th update, June 2019, C.F. Müller publishing house
  • Commentary on Articles 40 to 50 European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) in Wilhelmi / Achtelik / Kunschke / Sigmundt (eds.), EMIR Compendium, European regulation of OTC derivatives, 2016, Erich Schmidt publishing house
Journal Articles
  • Investment advice in times of the financial market crisis", together with Dr. Stefan Reinhart, Banking Practitioner 2009, p. 64.
Varia
  • Article in “stud.jur” (02/2013) on the job description of a “Lawyer in the legal department of the Deutsche Bundesbank”, Nomos publishing house
  • Contributions to the “Career Guide - Law” in the column “Beginners” (02/2008) as well as on the topic “Career despite the crisis” (01/2009), Transmedia publishing house

Research topics

  • Law and regulation of capital market infrastructures
  • Trading, clearing and settlement of financial transactions
  • Contractual documentation of derivative transactions
  • Investment law
  • Central bank digital currency
  • Electronic securities

Presentations &  Talks

  • "Legal Implementation of Eurosystem Monetary Policy" as part of the International Summer Law School of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2011-2015
  • “Key Issues of US Contract Law Hidden in the ISDA Master Agreement”, 3rd symposium “Derivatives and Law”, Association of Public Banks (VÖB), September 2008
  • "Selected basics of US-American contract law using the example of the ISDA Master Agreement", workshop of the German-American Lawyers Association, April 2008

Memberships

  • German-American Lawyers Association e.V.
  • Association of University Lecturers for Business Law