Dr. Jörg Fried
Capital Markets Partner, Berlin
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Overview
Jörg specialises in advising banks and corporates on all legal aspects in the area of financial derivatives, clearing of financial derivatives, repo and securities lending transactions as well as commodity derivatives and commodity trading (in particular energy trading). He has more than 20 years’ experience in advising clients in this area.
Jörg is rated as one of the leading lawyers in the area structured finance and derivatives (Chambers Europe 2024, IFLR 1000 2024 and Legal 500 2024). He is both, ISDA’s and the German Banking Association’s opinion counsel for the German market netting and collateral opinions. Jörg is a frequent speaker on conferences and seminars as well as an author of numerous publications on financial derivatives and energy trading matters.
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Jörg completed his training as a banker in 1987 and then studied law at the Universities of Geneva and Tübingen, where he also later obtained his doctorate. He has been admitted as a Solicitor for England and Wales since 1999.
He speaks German and English.