is changing firms. After 23 years with Allen & Overy, he is joining Elvinger Hoss Prussen as a partner.

He was previously head of Allen & Overy's banking department in Luxembourg, where he was a managing partner from 2008 to 2018. He specialises in international banking and financial services regulation, including the establishment of banks, financial professionals and electronic money institutions, as well as CRR, MiFID and CRD issues and related regulations.

Wagner is also a member of the Banking and Capital Markets Committees of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) as well as of the MiFID Steering Committee, the Legal Affairs Committee and the Banking Supervision Committee of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL). He was also a member of the Corporate Finance Standing Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and of the Board of Directors of the Luxembourg Association of Banking Lawyers (ALJB) and of the ABBL. Wagner co-chairs the PSF working group and the working groups on payment institutions and electronic money institutions of the Haut comité de la place financière (HCPF). He is also a member of several expert groups at the ministry of finance dealing with proposed legislation on trusts, foundations, e-money institutions, bank resolution and dematerialised securities.

“We are delighted to welcome Henri, whose expertise and extensive experience will strengthen the services we offer our clients,” commented , managing partner at Elvinger Hoss Prussen. His expertise will contribute in particular to the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services Regulatory departments.

This article was first published in French on . It was translated into English for Delano.