Sustaining Members

At Baker & McKenzie we had already implemented the vision of a global business law firm way before the term “multinational” became in vogue. In 1949 Russell Baker and John McKenzie founded Baker & McKenzie in Chicago. Today, with over 3,900 locally qualified attorneys in 67 locations, Baker & McKenzie ranks among the largest and most efficient law firms in the world. The German offices also feel obliged to the founders’ vision. In Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt/Main and Munich 180 attorneys with renowned professional expertise and international experience represent their clients’ interests. One of the leading German law firms, Baker & McKenzie advises national and international companies and institutions in respect of all fields of business law.

• www.bakermckenzie.com

BearingPoint advises companies and organisations from the commercial services, financial services and public services sectors on solutions for their most urgent and important tasks. With our Financial Services business unit, we cover the entire value chain for companies in the banking, insurance and capital markets sectors. As a strategic partner, we use the latest technologies to assist companies in implementing their business alignment and redefinition strategies. Based on our long-standing experience of the market and the establishment and development of our solutions portfolio, we are able to offer our customers solutions that are tailored to the current market situation and their requirements.

• www.bearingpoint.com

Boyden is a global organization with a presence in every major business center in the world, operating under a single brand: Boyden. With the global support of their Boyden colleagues, our local partners have the ability and expertise to make the best decisions for their individual markets.

• www.boyden.de/germany

Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG is focused on mid-sized companies and has been part of the London Exchange listed Close Brothers Group plc since 2005.  Among its core business areas are Capital Markets, Designated Sponsoring, Institutional Sales, Research, Fixed Income and Equity trading, Xetra Bonds and Floor Specialist Trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in over 2,300 domestic and international equity and fixed income securities. The Bank is currently market leader in Designated Sponsoring with 200 mandates at last count.

• www.cbseydler.com

Commerzbank is the second largest credit institution in Germany, and one of Europe’s major banks. With the merging of Dresdner Bank in May 2009, Commerzbank is now additionally one of the leading banks for private and corporate customers in Germany. It sees its role as being that of an expert provider of services to private and business customers and to SMEs. Commerzbank will have around 1,200 branches, giving us the densest branch network of any German bank. Customers will benefit from an even more extensive and attractive range of products and advisory services. With its clear commitment to the German market, Commerzbank is now an even stronger partner for the long term, combining the expertise of two institutions under one roof.

• www.commerzbank.de

COREALCREDIT BANK AG is a specialist German bank focusing on commercial real estate financing for professional real estate customers in its core market of Germany. It offers financing, risk management and individual advisory services from a single source. In addition to its headquarters in Frankfurt, the bank has offices in five other German cities.

• www.corealcredit.de

• www.cheuvreux.com

Deka Investment GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DekaBank is the center of competence for portfolio management within the DekaBank-Group. The strong relationship with the savings bank group, 50 years of experience in asset management, and assets under management of €117 billion (as of November 2010), make Deka Investment an attractive and reliable asset manager. Deka Investment offers a broad product palette of equity, fixed income, and money market funds, as well as quantitatively managed portfolios in the form of both mutual funds and segregated accounts for institutional investors. Deka Investment’s offerings also include multi-asset funds, portfolio insurance concepts, and fund administration.

• www.deka.de

• www.dvfa.de

• www.dws.com

Frankfurt School (FS) offers a range of educational and consulting products and services on financial and management related topics. The portfolio includes continuous development and academic courses, seminars as well as customised educational and consulting measures for corporate partners. In their research, faculty members address current financial and management issues. FS experts manage development finance projects in emerging and developing countries, with a special focus on microfinance. With the Shanghai International Banking and Finance Institute (SIBFI) FS has a campus in China and offices in Pune, Bejing and Nairobi. FS is financed exclusively by means of tuition, consulting fees and foundation funds.

• www.frankfurt-school.de

The GFT Group, headquartered in Germany, is an international provider of innovative IT solutions and services. As a strategic IT partner, GFT supports its clients in the optimisation of their business processes through intelligent IT systems and specialists. GFT is among the world’s leading IT service providers in the financial services sector. The company combines established technology experience with a wide range of industry expertise, in order to develop, implement and maintain customised IT solutions. Furthermore GFT recruits and places IT freelancers across a range of industries and locations. It also oversees the complete management package for its clients. GFT has 1,300 employees at locations in seven countries.

• www.gft.com

The House of Finance incorporates the university's interdisciplinary research on finance, monetary economics, and corporate and financial law under one umbrella. Eight academic research and training units work together in the House of Finance. As an interdisciplinary unit, it leverages synergies by overcoming the fragmentation that has traditionally characterized academic work. A distinguished body of more than 150 globally connected scholars (including approx. 30 professors) conducts its research at the House of Finance. At the same time, this also serves as an open forum for cooperation and an exchange of ideas between academics and practitioners.

• www.hof.uni-frankfurt.de

We at the ICF Kursmakler AG securities trading bank based in Frankfurt, Germany, supply professional services in and around securities trading for institutional customers.
Our main areas of activity include lead broking in shares and fixed income products, specialising in Scoach for structured products, as well as funds at Xetra, order execution and sales for national and international customers, corporate finance and designated sponsoring, as well as innovative market model and IT solution development and implementation.
Another of our subsidiaries, AGIB Arab German International Broker LLC with international activities from its base in Abu Dhabi, rounds off our portfolio by giving our national and international customers a reliable institutional basis for successful business in the booming market on the Gulf.

• www.icfag.de

• www.interxion.com

• www.kepplermediengruppe.de

Lupus alpha is an owner-managed and independent asset management company located in Frankfurt, Germany, that offers institutional and retail investors specialised investment products. Our product expertise covers European small- and mid cap stocks, option-based absolute return funds and hedge funds. Each of our products is the responsibility of portfolio managers with many years of experience and success. A small business with a staff of 80, we see our role as being a partner and solutions provider for the investment needs of our clients. Lupus alpha managed € 7,3 billion in institutional mandates and mutual funds.

• www.lupusalpha.de

Nomura is a leading financial services group and investment bank based in Asia. With its global network, the group offers a broad range of innovative services tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients. Based in Tokyo with regional headquarters in London, Hong Kong and New York Nomura has offices in over 30 countries and employs 27,000 people worldwide. The main business areas are Investment Banking, Equities, Fixed Income and Asset Management globally, as well as Retail in Japan. The office in Frankfurt am Main was established in 1971. In October 2008 Nomura acquired the Lehman Brothers franchise in Asia, and the equities and investment banking businesses in Europe and Middle East.

• www.nomura.com

• www.rbs.com

A leader in its field, SIX Telekurs specializes in procuring, creating, processing and distributing international financial information. Financial market specialists at SIX Telekurs gather information from all the world’s major trading venues – directly and in real-time. SIX Telekurs’ award winning database of reference data, corporate actions and pricing for over 8 million financial instruments is structured and encoded, and is unique in terms of its depth of information and data coverage. With offices in 23 countries, SIX Telekurs combines the advantages of global presence and local know-how.
SIX Telekurs is a SIX Group company. On a global scale, SIX Group offers first-rate services in the areas of securities trading, clearing and settlement, as well as financial market information and payment transactions.
Further information is available at: www.six-telekurs.com

• www.six-telekurs.com

SJ Berwin is a full service international law firm with around 160 partners and more than 400 other lawyers based in 11 offices in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. Our clients are sophisticated buyers of legal services, principally multi-national and entrepreneurial companies and financial institutions, which we advise on a comprehensive range of matters. In Germany we advise with more than 80 lawyers and tax advisers working as interdisciplinary cross-border teams. The focus of the firm’s philosophy is the ability to devise innovative and commercially viable solutions to complex problems. SJ Berwin is seen as one of the most entrepreneurial and enterprising law firms, with a unique business strategy that has led to outstanding success over the years.

• www.sjberwin.com

The Steigenberger Frankfurter is well renown and recognised as the prime example of the five star deluxe hospitality. In 1876 the hotel was opened by the “Frankfurter Hotel-Aktien-Gesellschaft” and in 1949 acquired by Albert Steigenberger. Today, the internationally known luxury hotel is the flagship of the Steigenberger Hotels AG. The five-star deluxe hotel is located right in the heart of Frankfurt. The Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof is impressively build in a magnificent listed sandstone building and offers 280 rooms and 41 suites, 18 conference rooms, four restaurants, a bar, a cigar lounge as well as its own catering company. Guests enjoy every modern luxury in a stylish atmosphere providing the most modern technology.

• www.frankfurter-hof.steigenberger.de

• www.tcs.com

• www.ubs.com/deutschland

White & Case LLP is one of the leading international law firms, providing legal advice from 36 offices in 25 countries around the globe. With our attorneys, tax consultants and certified public accountants spread across five offices throughout Germany, we live out one of our fundamental principles: proximity to our clients. Using our global network, we offer legal expertise and in-depth knowledge of a wide variety of industries and markets throughout the world. White & Case believes in providing strategic and structured solutions. We record and analyze all aspects of a problem. Here, particular weight is placed on the business perspective of the matter and the overall economic context.

• www.whitecase.com

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is an internationally oriented and privately financed business school based in Vallendar/Koblenz. WHU is committed to “Excellence in Management Education” and pursues this goal in academic programs, research, and executive and business engagement. The range of courses includes a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Program, a full-time MBA Program, the Kellogg-WHU Executive MBA Program and the Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business (MLB). In addition to these courses, WHU offers a European MBA Summer Institute, European programs and the customized management programs which are tailored to the needs of the particular enterprise.

• www.whu.edu