David Hesse advises on banking and financial regulatory matters, as well as on regulatory issues relating to FinTech, payment services and crypto-assets. He assists clients with authorisation procedures, for example as credit institutions, payment institutions or investment firms, and provides ongoing advice to such institutions on their regulatory obligations.
A key focus of his work is advising on anti-money laundering and compliance requirements.

David Hesse
Contact
David Hesse
Attorney-at-law / Associate
+49 69 90747-459
david.hesse@waldeck.eu
Practice Areas
Financial regulatory law
Compliance
Payment services and FinTech
AML/AFC
MiCAR / Crypto Assets
Languages
German
English
French
Vita
- Since 2026
- Fully qualified attorney at WALDECK RECHTSANWÄLTE
- 2025 - 2026
- Legal trainee at PwC Legal AG, Frankfurt am Main
- 2023 - 2025
- Legal clerkship in the Higher Regional Court district of Frankfurt am Main, with placements in the Banking & Finance practice group at a large law firm and in the compliance department of a bank
- 2021 - 2023
- Research Assistant at Annerton Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main
- 2014 - 2021
- Studied law at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, specializing in Law and Finance

