Robert Koller

Mag., Lic., CAIA

Capital Markets Partner

(The company name is only visible to registered members)

60308 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

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Personal information

Haves

Edit debt capital markets, plain vanilla bonds, EMTN programmes, CP programmes, high yield bonds, covered bonds (Pfandbriefe), SME bonds (Mittelstandsanleihen), hybrid bonds, Dim-Sum" Bonds, RMB bonds, sovereign debt, liability management exercises, assignable loan agreements (Schuldscheindarlehen), other structured notes (Zertifikate), funds (hedge funds), bank restructruring, information about the CAIA designation, Spanish capital markets and finance law advice, Austrian capital markets and finance law advice, Gibraltar advice, CoCo bonds, cat-bonds, project bonds, multi-track financing, fund formation, ISDA, convertible bonds, alternative investments, solvency II, CRD IV, basel III
Wants

Edit Persons interested in debt capital markets, financial supervisory law and asset management, chaos theory as well as the CAIA designation.
Interests

Edit Chaos theory, politics, economics, movies, travelling
Organizations

Edit Bar associations of Madrid, Frankfurt, England and Wales Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts Association (CAIA)
Groups

Professional experience (8 years, 1 month)

Jun 2012 - present
(1 year)

Capital Markets Partner

(The company name is only visible to registered members)

Industry: Legal Services
Dec 2009 - present
(3 years, 6 months)

Germany Chapter Co-Head

CAIA Association, http://www.caiai.org

Industry: Financial Services
Jun 2008 - May 2012
(4 years)

Lawyer (Abogado, Rechtsanwalt and Solicitor)

Clifford Chance

Industry: Legal Services
May 2007 - May 2008
(1 year, 1 month)

Lawyer

Hassans International Law Firm, http://www.gibraltarlaw.com

Industry: Legal Services, Recht, Investmentfonds
May 2005 - Apr 2007
(2 years)

Lawyer

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, http://www.gomezacebo-pombo.com

Industry: Legal Services

Employment status

Employee

Educational background

Oct 2002 - Oct 2004

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Law, Licenciado en Derecho
Sep 1998 - Oct 2002

Universität Graz
Law, Mag. iur.

Languages

German (First language), English (Fluent), Spanish (First language), Chinese (Basic knowledge), French (Good knowledge)

About me

Robert Koller is a partner of international law firm Simmons & Simmons, based in Frankfurt am Main/Germany, specialised in debt capital markets and hedge funds. Previously he was several years with another major law firm in Frankfurt. Before he worked in the financial services department of a top Spanish law firm and in the funds department of the biggest Gibraltar law firm. Previously, he gained also experience in the diplomatic field, having worked at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Robert has vast expertise in

debt capital markets:
- plain vanilla bonds
- EMTN programmes
- CP programmes
- high yield bonds
- covered bonds
- SME bonds (Mittelstandsanleihen)
- hybrid bonds
- sovereign debt
- liability management exercises
- assignable loan agreements (Schuldscheindarlehen)
- other structured notes
as well as in funds (particularly, hedge funds).

He is a leading figure in the German market in relation to "Dim-Sum" Bonds, i.e. bonds issued in Chinese Renminbi placed in Hong Kong, and bank bail-outs, including government guaranteed debt, bad banks and distressed assets. Robert represents issuers, including sovereigns, guarantors, arrangers, dealers, managers, underwriters, trustees, and agents in national and international capital markets transactions.

He has also ample general capital markets experience (including equity transactions, derivatives and ISDA documentation), as well as in financial regulatory law and project and asset finance. He is especially interested in alternative investments, such as CoCo bonds, cat-bonds and other insurance linked securities as well as infrastructure investments (e.g. project bonds). Robert has also worked in the general corporate and corporate finance areas, including take-overs, private placements, Public Private Partnerships, compliance and M&A. He was involved in establishing electronic trading platforms and has also worked for shorter periods in Mexico, France, Austria and the UK.

Educated in Austria, Robert graduated an Austrian and a Spanish law degree. He is qualified as a Spanish and German lawyer and is a member of the Bar Associations of Madrid and Frankfurt/Main. He is also admitted to practice law as a Solicitor in England and Wales. Robert has also made himself a known name in European law by winning a landmark case before the European Court of Justice [see here] as well a sbefore the Austrian Consitutional Court [see here], in both cases representing himself in all instances.

He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst certification [www.caia.org] and is together with another colleague leading the CAIA Germany Chapter [see here]. Robert is fluent in German, Spanish, English and conversant in French.