Tanja Aschenbeck is Head of Financial Services Osborne Clarke, Germany. She advises national and international companies, fund managers, as well as banks and FinTechs in capital market and financial regulatory law. Tanja’s advice focusses on the structuring of (closed-end) investment funds (AIF), in particular in the area of VC, PE and Private Debt as well as real estate and renewables. Another area of advice are further alternative investments, for example crowdfunding, profit participation rights or other investment products as well as advising on crypto projects (ICOs/STOs, NFTs, platforms, etc.).

In the area of financial regulatory law, she advises start-up companies and international companies on licensing and other BaFin procedures. In the area of capital investment law, she advises many issuing houses, initiators and fund managers on the structuring, alternative investments, regulatory questions and the preparation of prospectuses. Her clients include various well-known national as well as international fund managers and investors.

Tanja has been admitted to the bar since 2001. After her first state examination, she obtained a Master of Laws degree in International Business Transactions at the University of San Francisco (LL.M.). During her legal traineeship, she also worked in the legal department of WestLB in New York. Since May 2006, she is a qualified tax lawyer.

Tanja is co-author of the legal handbook Digital Financial Services by Beck Verlag, regularly publishes in various well-known professional journals and is a popular speaker and panellist in the field of financial regulatory and capital market law.

Together with the European Crowdfunding Network, she has initiated several Europe-wide studies on the financial regulatory treatment of crowdfunding, presented them to the EU Commission and prepared studies on European regulation for the EU Commission.

She runs the Osborne Clarke FinTech Blog.