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Holger has more than 25 years’ experience in a wide range of senior roles within the financial services sector. He has expertise in the securitisation of many different asset classes, which he gained at AgFe, Morgan Stanley, UniCredit and Commerzbank, using both synthetic and traditional structures as well as operational experience from building lending platforms and c-suite roles.
Holger has advised on the re-structuring, work-out, and disposal of distressed positions, both structured and corporate, acting for central banks in the Eurosystem and the administrators of various banks in the aftermath of the GFC. Holger has experience in the setting up of asset management structures to invest in financial assets and provided portfolio funding and risk capital to non-bank lending platforms.

Widely recognised as a leading finance and capital markets lawyer, Dennis has over two decades of experience advising domestic and international clients on a broad spectrum of complex cross-border transactions.

A partner in the Firm’s Global Capital Markets Practice, Dennis co-heads the EMEA Private Asset-Backed Credit and Structured Finance Group and is a core member of the firm-wide ESG and Financial Institutions Industry Groups. His practice spans a diverse range of sectors, with a particular focus on private credit, structured finance, fund finance, bank regulatory and securitisation. Dennis has extensive experience representing banks, private credit providers, asset managers, funds, insurance companies, debt collection companies, multinational corporates and fast growth companies in transactional and advisory mandates. His track record includes advising on securitisations, bank lending transactions, regulatory capital deals, and complex financing structures that bridge the fund finance, securitisation and corporate finance markets. Recognised for his structuring skills and ability to deliver innovative and market-leading solutions, Dennis has played a key role in the growth of private credit and the ongoing convergence of funding markets.

Jan-Peter Hülbert has been Managing Director of True Sale International GmbH since July 2018. He brings over 20 years of experience in the banking and capital markets business, including 16 years in securitisation on the banking side. Jan-Peter has been responsible for client transactions for banks, corporates and leasing companies in the public ABS, private securitisation and ABCP segments. He holds a degree in business administration from LMU Munich and is a member of the Supervisory Board of STS Verification International GmbH and of the Supervisory Board of European DataWarehouse GmbH.

André is Executive Director and heads the structuring and outplacement unit in the LBBW Capital Management Unit (CMU). Over the past three years, he has been instrumental in setting up the CMU in the LBBW Group on a global level. The overarching goal is to implement various risk-sharing products and solutions (such as securitizations or non-payment insurance) for all asset classes and thus to be able to manage various KPIs of LBBW even better. Previously, André held various roles in LBBW's capital markets business (mainly in trading, sales and structuring) over the last 16 years.

Ulf Kreppel's practice focuses on cross-border securitizations and structured finance transactions. Amongst his clients are international financial institutions, investment firms and so-called "alternative capital providers".
With more than 20 years of product experience, Mr. Kreppel has extensive expertise in the structuring and execution of structured finance transactions. This includes public and private securitizations, asset-based lending and covered bond transactions, structured as stand-alone term transactions as well as asset-backed notes programs. Mr. Kreppel advises on a variety of asset classes, such as auto loans and leases, consumer credits, trade receivables and real estate loans. He also acts as program counsel for several European-based asset-backed commercial paper programs.
Mr. Kreppel has advised on a number of innovative and market-first transactions, including the purely blockchain-based issuance and settlement of asset-backed commercial paper. In addition, he regularly advises on regulatory aspects in financing transactions, e.g. on so-called "simple, transparent and standardized" (STS) securitizations as well as questions regarding the European Securitization Regulation. Mr. Kreppel has coauthored several articles on the legal risks and structural solutions for securitizations.

Marco Pause has been a Director of STS Verification International GmbH since December 2019. He joined the STS Verification International GmbH in September 2019 as an Associate Director. Mr. Pause has many years of securitisation experience which he gained at the auditing company Deloitte in the Credit & Securitisation Advisory Team in Düsseldorf since 2005.
In his position as Senior Manager he was primarily responsible for the execution of numerous due diligences at German automotive and consumer banks as well as banks with mortgage portfolios in the context of securitisation and portfolio transactions. In the context of a multi-year project Mr. Pause directed the organisation and implementation of the project management of a state guarantee for a German Landesbank in connection with credit and solvency checks of individual exposures in the Shipping, Corporate Clients and Aviation segments.
Mr. Pause holds a degree in Business Administration from the Georg-August-University in Göttingen.

András Vajda is the CEO and Co-Founder of iconicchain, the market leading provider of automation solutions for management of securitization transactions. András has over 20+ years executive, technology leadership & customer facing experience in the Financial and Telecom sector, having successfully led the execution of over 20 securitization and regulatory compliance projects with multi-national banking and regulatory customers. Prior to iconicchain, he has led multiple successful programs for Ericsson, all established high-growth, high-profit businesses. András holds an MSc in Distributed Systems and is the author of several articles and a book.