Overview
Dr. Sebastian Keding has extensive experience in advising banks, car subscription providers as well as vehicle manufacturers and importers nationally and on cross-border projects at the interface between financing law and distribution networks in the mobility sector. He also advises FinTechs on the development of their business models. Sebastian has advised various vehicle manufacturers and importers on their retail finance cooperations and on complex cross-border wholesale financing structures as well as companies on the structuring and implementation of innovative products such as subscription product. Sebastian is a well-respected author of several publications on automotive relevant topics of finance and civil law.
During his studies and legal clerkship, Sebastian worked for the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and international law firms in the areas of corporate law, insolvency law and financing law in Bonn, Düsseldorf and London.
Results
Sebastian advised:
- a start-up on the structuring and implementation of a cooperation with a car manufacturer in the field of car subscriptions
- a car manufacturer on factoring models for the Belgian, Dutch and Spanish markets, among others
- a car manufacturer on its wholesale financing model in various European markets (including Germany, France and Italy)
- a car manufacturer on the structuring and implementation of retail financing cooperations in a variety of markets within and outside Europe
- a provider of car subscriptions on legal aspects of the product offering
Credentials
Education
Higher Regional Court of Cologne, Second State Exam, 2015
University of Bonn, Dr. jur., 2013
University of Bonn, First State Exam, 2010
Admissions
Germany
Languages
English
German
