Jan Struckmann

Lawyer/Principal Associate, Freshfields

Jan is a Principal Associate in Freshfields' Frankfurt financial services regulatory group where his practice covers a wide range of financial services and regulatory matters, litigation and contentious proceedings as well as M&A in the financial sector.

Jan advises retail banks, investment banks, private wealth advisers, payment service providers and various non-regulated industry groups. His recent work has included advising clients on the impact of the new CRR3/CRD6 banking package (especially in a cross-border context), advising on various acquisitions and corporate restructurings in the financial services sector and advising an international payment services provider in litigation before German courts.

Jan has spent time on secondment at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt and regularly contributes to legal journals, blogposts, client briefings and other publications.

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EU Recast Second Wire Transfer Regulation (Recast WTR2)—cryptoasset transfers

Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out the obligations of cryptoasset service providers (CASPs) under the EU’s Recast Wire Transfer Regulation 2 (Recast EU WTR2) (also referred to as the Recast Funds Transfer Regulation 2 (Recast FTR2)) and the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) Travel Rule Guidelines, applicable from 30 December 2024. It provides practical guidance on tackling key challenges for CASPs such as self-hosted addresses and a lack of standardised messaging infrastructure.

EU Law