• Attorney with EttrichRechtsanwälte | Notare (since 2013)
• Specialist lawyer for banking and capital markets law (since 2009)
• Attorney and Partner in an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main, Litigation Practice Group (2008–2012)
• Attorney in an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main (2005–2007)
• Solicitor traineeship at the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main
• Law studies in Leipzig

• Litigation
• Banking and capital market law
• Commercial and corporate law

• Liability for a defective prospectus arising from Article 13 Sales Prospectus Act (VerkProspG) o.v., NJW 2013, p. 510
• Duty of the advisor or agent to provide information; product information in advertising letters, discussion of judgement of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Munich, judgement of December 13, 2010 (19 U 1594/08), WuB I G 1.-8.12, July 2012, p. 389
• Interest rate swap judgement of the Federal High Court of Justice (BGH) – will this trigger of a new financial crisis, discussion of the ruling, NZG 2011, pp. 573–575
• Interest Rate Swap Judgement by the BGH (Federal Court of Justice) and its Practical Consequences, Thomson Reuters - EuroWatch, May 15, 2011 
• Duty of the independent investment advisor to provide information on commissions; double remuneration; proper plausibility check, discussion of judgement of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Munich, judgement of January 12, 2011 (7 U 4798/09), WuB I G 1.-17.11, August 2011, pp. 453-456
• Model investor proceedings; suspension of proceedings according to Art. 7 (1) Capital Markets Model Case Act (KapMuG); accumulation of claims, discussion of judgement by the Federal High Court of Justice (BGH), ruling of November 30, 2010 (XI ZB 23/10, Munich), WuB VII D. Art. 7 Capital Markets Model Case Act (KapMuG) 1.11, April 2011, p. 229–232
• Duty of the investment advisor to provide information; duty to investigate, evaluation of serious business press, discussion of judgement by the Federal High Court of Justice (BGH), judgement of September 16, 2010 (III ZR 14/10, Munich), WuB I G 1. -2.11, February 2011, p. 83–86
• Duty of the investment advisor to provide information; differentiation between reimbursements and sales commissions, judgement discussion Regional Court (LG) of Bremen, judgement of January 28, 2010 (2 O 2431/08), WuB I G 1. - 15.10, August 2010, pp. 445–448
• No prospectus liability for advertising statements?, NZG 2010, p. 254
• Duty of the trustee acting as limited partner to provide information in case of participations in closed funds; discussion of judgement by the Federal High Court of Justice (BGH), judgement of November 6, 2008 (III ZR 231/07, Munich), WuB I G 1. 2.09, February 2009, p. 241–244
• Presentation of a "worst-case" forecast in the issue prospectus, WuB I G 8., June 2008, p. 423 f.
• Requirements for clarity and comprehensibility in prospectuses, WuB I G 8., June 2006, p. 371 f.

Bernd Hanowski
Attorney

EttrichRechtsanwälte | Notare
Eschersheimer Landstrasse 6
60322 Frankfurt am Main

Phone: +49 (0) 69 15 05 04 28
Fax: +49 (0) 69 15 05 04 40
E-mail: hanowski(at)ettrich.de

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