Michael Rinas Partner

Qualification

Lawyer

Areas of expertise

• Financial Services
• Corporate / M&A
• Real Estate

Special sector knowledge

• Financial services
• Real estate
• Consumer
• Industrials

Languages

• German
• English

Brief biography

• Since 2016 Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars)
• 2008 - 2016 PwC / PwC Legal
• 2004 - 2008 International commercial law firms (Tokyo, Berlin, Nuremberg)
• 2002 - 2004 Legal clerkship in Berlin, Tokyo, Pretoria
• Studied law and Japanese studies in Berlin and Master's degree in law in Tokyo and London

Profile

Michael Rinas joined Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars) as a Partner in 2016 and is responsible for legal and tax advice in asset management/investment management within the law firm. Previously, he worked for the asset management/investment management department at PwC in Berlin. Michael Rinas focuses on legal and tax advice to companies in the financial sector and provides comprehensive guidance on strategic orientations of financial companies and banks, licensing procedures, structuring of investment funds and financing and legal and tax transaction advice for investment funds. Simultaneously, Michael Rinas advises young companies ("start-ups," "FinTechs") as well as their shareholders and financiers on strategic, corporate, regulatory and tax issues and develops concepts together with clients to advance digitalization in the financial sector. One area is comprehensive advice on virtual currencies and global ICO procedures.

Lecturing / teaching assignments

• EBS University of Business and Law

Publications

• KAGB - Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch - Band 1 Kapitalanlagerecht, Frankfurter Kommentar, R&W Verlag, 2016, Co-Kommentato