Thomas Koch

*Attorney is a member of separate entity, Rimon Falkenfort, and not Rimon P.C.

Thomas Koch is a partner in our corporate and finance practice. He advises German and international clients primarily on banking regulatory issues and investment law. His clients include banks, financial service providers and fund managers as well as companies outside the financial sector.

Thomas Koch has more than 15 years of experience in advising clients on business and product development and related transactions. He represents clients before German and European regulatory authorities and stock exchanges. He has assisted in numerous licensing proceedings concerning investment firms, fund managers, payment institutions and benchmark administrators.

In addition, Thomas Koch has extensive expertise in advising venture capital funds and assisting with financing rounds, including the structuring and execution of complex transactions in the area of venture capital financing.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Best Lawyers – Banking and Finance Law, 2025

BOOKS

• Frase/Badura/Koch, Management- und Mitarbeiterbeteiligung [Management- and Employee Participation], 1st edition 2024 (co-editor and author)
• §§ 68-76, 101-107 KAGB in: Moritz/Klebeck/Jesch (editors), Frankfurter Kommentar zum Kapitalanlagerecht [Frankfurt Commentary on Investment Law] Volume 1, 1st edition 2016
• § 17 (Insidergeschäfte und Marktmanipulation [Insider Dealing and Market Manipulation]) in: Sieber/Satzger/v.Heintschel-Heinegg (editors), Europäisches Strafrecht [European Criminal Law], 2nd edition 2014
• Due Diligence und Beteiligungserwerb aus Sicht des Insiderrechts [Due Diligence and Stock Acquisition from the Perspective of Insider Law], 2006, also Doctoral thesis