Mag. Ingo Braun

Ingo Braun is partner in the financing & regulatory practice group with over 20 years of experience in advising financial institutions and corporates in domestic and cross-border financing transactions, financial market regulation and restructurings. Ingo’s work includes acquisition finance, syndicated loans, derivatives & structured finance, loan transfer & debt restructuring, distressed assets, restructuring and fintechs (digital assets, payment services etc). His regulatory work includes matters on authorisation & licenses, remuneration, outsourcing, credit risk mitigation etc.

Examples of his work

• RWA AG on a large syndicated loan with RBI and Erste as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners
• EAVISTA (Holding Company of DNA Payment Group founder) on the acquisition of the majority stake in card complete Service Bank AG from UniCredit and RBI
• major Austrian credit institution on the acquisition of a consumer finance business by way of cross-border merger with a German credit institution
• RWA eGen on the acquisition financing with RBI for a €176mln purchase of shares in RWA AG from German BayWa AG in restructuring
• global US alternative investment advisor on the acquisition of a British loan portfolio and true sale
• specialised Austrian credit institution on CRR credit risk mitigation of various transaction types
• major Austrian credit institution on cross-border mergers with a Dutch credit institution
• Austrian MiCAR licensed crypto-platform on license issues and t&cs
• major EU banking group on netting and enforceability opinion on German Master Agreement for Financial Derivate Transactions and its collateral annex
• major Austrian credit institution on cross-border mergers with an Irish credit institution
• major US bank on restructurings and refinancings of ABL arrangements with Austrian co-debtors, collateral providers or collateral
• major Austrian credit institution on transfer of a non-Austrian covered bond portfolio, including CRR opinion
• major Austrian credit institution on bespoke ISDA Collateral Annex, provision of collateral and opinion on CRR and MiFIR RTS
• Irish bank on leases, sale-and-lease-back, software financing, assignment of receivables, hire-purchase, guarantees, and other sales financing in Austria, including regulatory and other ongoing issues
• major German bank on regulatory and data protection requirements of data transfers for global securities trading
• major US bank on data privacy, labor, and regulatory requirements of employee correspondence collection and review
• provider of payment solutions for online systems in connection with data protection aspects of market entry in Austria
• German subsidiary of a British derivatives trading platform on the establishment of a branch office in Austria and related corporate and regulatory issues
• financial collateral review matrix for securities-based lending
• various buyers in acquisition of unsecured non-performing loans including interest rate swaps of Austrian borrower
• German NPL sales platform on enforcement of contractual claims
• Russian bank on regulatory suitability confirmations for board members
• Austrian petrochemical trading company on sale of receivables to Dutch bank
• French specialist bank on regulatory requirements for collateralization of loans secured by film distribution revenues
• foreign non-bank on regulatory issues in sale of receivables without recourse
• various US funds on purchase of non-performing loans with Austrian borrowers

Publications and Lectures
Ingo Braun publishes on financial market, insolvency, data protection and insurance law and is the author of the Austrian chapter in “Performing and Non-Performing Loan Transactions Across the World, A Practical Guide”, in the Chambers Practice Guide – Insurance and Reinsurance – Trends and Developments in Austria and in the “Praxishandbuch DSGVO“. He is also a frequent lecturer.

Rankings | Awards
Ingo is recognised for his work, including in

• Legal 500: “Ingo Braun is very responsive; finds pragmatic solutions which work great.”
• “Ingo Braun delivers very business-oriented legal solutions on short notice. His advice is always straight to the point. Clients are always very happy to have him on board when Austrian law advice is required. Just exceptional.”
• Handelsblatt, Best Lawyers Austria – Banking & Finance (2025)
• IFLR 1000 (2025): “highly regarded”

CV
Ingo Braun is partner at bpv Huegel since 2021. Prior to that, he was a partner in international commercial law firms in Vienna and worked as a secondee at one of the largest international commercial law firms in London. In 2004, Ingo was one of the founders of the Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP).

Languages
German, English