Partner of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, advising on structured finance, asset finance, real estate finance and financial-services regulation, with a particular focus on rolling-stock transactions and the regulatory framework for German SPNV.
Practice
Thomas Prüm offers integrated advice on structured finance, asset finance and the regulation of banks, insurers and pension funds. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in asset and structured finance, with particular expertise in rolling-stock transactions, Basel III/IV, the CRR/CRD and Solvency II, and the interface between financing structures and the sector-specific regulatory regime for German rolling stock.
Focus areas
- Asset finance — rolling-stock transactions, aircraft finance and related operating-lease structures.
- Structured finance — traditional, synthetic and ABCP securitisations.
- Real estate finance.
- Financial-services regulation.
- Restructuring.
- Islamic finance and green finance.
- Debt capital markets and structured products / derivatives.
Career
- 2018 – present · Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
- 2012 – 2018 · Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP.
- 2010 – 2012 · Ashurst LLP.
- 2002 – 2010 · Linklaters LLP.
- 2001 – 2002 · Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
- 1988 – 1990 · Deutsche Bank AG.
Education
- Dr. iur. utr. (2006) — University of Heidelberg, dissertation on cross-border spin-offs (“Die grenzüberschreitende Spaltung”).
- LL.M. (2000) — New York University School of Law.
- Second State Examination in Law (1998) — Higher Court of Munich (OLG München).
- First State Examination in Law (1996) — Universities of Constance and Munich.
- Vordiplom in Economics (pre-diploma, 1992) — University of Constance.
Selected publications
- “Die europäische Verbriefungsverordnung” (The European Securitisation Regulation), WM — Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Bankrecht 2024, 1739–1749.
- “Covered Bonds und ABS als Sicherheiten im Eurosystem — ein Vergleich”, Kreditwesen 2011, 717–719.
- “Die neuen Rahmenbedingungen für Verbriefungen”, BKR 2011, 133–143.
- “Die jüngste KWG-Novelle und ihre Auswirkungen auf ABS-Emissionen”, Corporate Finance Law 2010, 475–486.
- “Islamic Capital Markets”, in: Blaurock (ed.), The Influence of Islam in Banking and Finance, 2010, 19–35.
Contact
An der Welle 3
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 69 970 861 217
Email: thomas.pruem@bclplaw.com
LinkedIn: dr-thomas-pruem
BCLP profile: bclplaw.com