Michael R.Fischer

Michael Fischer is an experienced financial services lawyer supporting clients' contentious and noncontentious regulatory needs. Skilled in financial regulation, compliance, and internal investigations, Michael's practice covers complex regulatory issues, including M&A transactions involving financial services companies and financial products as well as anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance, corporate governance, risk management, and manager liability. He is actively involved in Jones Day's global, cross-disciplinary fintech team, advising on legal and regulatory issues arising in connection with the digitalization of banking services, the operational resilience of information and communication technology (ICT) services, and from the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial transactions and products.

Michael has been practicing in the financial services industry for more than 20 years and draws on his extensive in-house banking and investment funds experience. He served as the general counsel for the German operations of an international Swiss bank, where he was also responsible for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia) region within the wealth management division of the global banking group, advising on strategic regulation initiatives.

Michael also served as head of strategy and policy for the Financial Market Stabilization Agency/SoFFin, the manager of the German government's rescue fund for the financial sector. Earlier in his career, Michael was general counsel and chief compliance officer at alternative asset management firms in New York City. He started his career as an M&A lawyer in the Cologne and New York offices of international UK and U.S. law firms.

Michael is a board member of the German-American Lawyers Association (DAJV).