Marie Claire Mollenkopf is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. She advises national and international clients on both transactional and financial regulatory matters.

Marie Claire advises on regulatory, compliance, and transactional issues in connection with banking law, banking regulation, and capital markets regulation. As a member of the Financial Institutions Group, she advises national and international clients on:

  • Prudential supervision of banks and investment firms (including CRR/CRD V)
  • Securities-related compliance (including MAR, MiFID/MiFID II)
  • M&A in the financial sector
  • Corporate governance and remuneration systems
  • Fintech innovations and ICOs
  • Regulatory enforcement and investigations
  • AML requirements

Prior to joining Latham as an associate, Marie Claire worked as a law clerk at a Franco-German consulting firm in Paris.

Marie Claire’s experience includes advising:

  • DECATHLON PULSE on the acquisition of a majority stake in Bikeleasing Group

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwältin (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Regional Court, Wiesbaden, 2025
  • Master of Arts, EBS University of Economics and Law Wiesbaden, 2023
  • First German State Exam, EBS University of Economics and Law Wiesbaden, 2022

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French
  • German