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About Eva Schneider
Eva Schneider is a principal associate in our global transactions practice, specialising in financial services law and regulation.
She has a wide range of financial services experience advising banks, payment and e-money institutions, investment firms, asset managers, insurance companies and fintechs on legal and regulatory matters, from global financial institutions and technology companies to early stage and emerging fintechs. Eva helps client navigate their most complex contractual, compliance and risk questions, including in the context of transactions, reorganisations, regulatory enforcement actions, investigations and disputes. Particular areas of focus also include regulatory change relating to technology and sustainability in the financial sector.
Eva has spent six months on secondment with the London team of a global payment service provider and has also been seconded to our Frankfurt and Amsterdam offices. She is a member of the firm's Fintech Group, ESGxFIG team, Risk, Conduct & Compliance Group and CEE country team, has authored publications and regularly presents at conferences and workshops.
She speaks German, English, French and Italian.
Recent work
- Advising Western Union, the global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, on the sale of Western Union Business Solutions for $910 million to a private equity consortium of Goldfinch Partners and Baupost Group.
- Advising an automotive group and its family shareholders on notification and approval requirements in over 50 jurisdictions in connection with M&A transactions, reorganizations or licensing.
- Advising on the interoperability of mobile payment systems across Europe and the set-up of a settlement system, including cross-practice and cross-country structural, regulatory and contractual advice.
- Advising Trade Republic on various regulatory issues in connection with the expansion and internationalisation of its business.
- Advising an Asia-based, globally leading payments and e-money services provider on a range of digital products and innovative business ideas.
- Advising a major Austrian bank on the passporting of its banking license related to the establishment of a branch in Germany.
- Advising Austrian banks and virtual asset service providers in regulatory proceedings regarding AML compliance and related investigations.
- Advising regional and international credit, payment and e-money institutions, investment firms, asset managers and insurance companies on regulatory matters on an ongoing basis (e.g. capital and liquidity requirements, governance, outsourcing, fit & proper, remuneration).
Qualifications
Education
- Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria – economics (MSc)
- University of Graz, Austria – law (Mag.iur.)
- University of Graz, Austria – business administration (BSc)
- Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Italy – international economics (exchange semester)
- Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), France – international relations and European affairs (exchange year)
Professional qualification
- Rechtsanwältin, Vienna bar, Austria
Professional experience
Before joining the firm, Eva worked in the European Parliament’s legal service (economic and monetary affairs) in Brussels, the Austrian trade commission in Seoul, an Austria-based bank as well as courts and authorities in Vienna.