Dr. Sebastian Keding advises companies in the area of financing law with a particular focus on automotive finance projects. Dr. Keding advises various automobile and other vehicle manufacturers nationally and internationally on the optimization of their vendor finance models. In addition, he closely follows developments around distributed ledger technology and advises FinTechs on the development of their business models.

Dr. Keding is part of the automotive finance team, who support clients in the national and international structuring of automotive finance models and the related documentation, including:

• structuring and negotiating of white label cooperation models for dealer- and/or customer financing with banks and other financial service providers;
• setting up of captive models including obtaining the required licences;
• the setting up of factoring models;
• the tax law examination and optimisation of automotive finance models;
• the review and optimisation of automotive finance models under data protection law;
• the review and optimisation of automotive finance models under IP laws;
• the transition from existing automotive finance models to new sales financing models.

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• Advising various FinTechs on securities prospectus requirements for the issuance of tokens;
• Advising a donation platform on the coordination with BaFin on regulatory permission requirements.
• Advising a German trailer manufacturer on the structuring of its automotive finance models model in various countries;
• Advising a British car manufacturer on the structuring of a dealer financing model in various European countries (including Germany, France and Italy)
• Advising a car manufacturer on the structuring of a retail automotive finance model for the Belgian market
• Advising a car manufacturer on the structuring of a retail automotive finance model for the German market
• Advising a car manufacturer on the structuring of a retail automotive finance model for the Dutch market

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Education
Higher Regional Court of Cologne, Second State Exam, 2015
University of Bonn, Dr. jur. (PhD), 2013
University of Bonn, First State Exam, 2010

Admissions
Germany

Languages
English
German