Your Partner for Family-Office Strategy and Cross-Border Finance Transactions

New York · Zurich · Frankfurt · Dubai · Singapore · Tokyo

Advisory & Services

Strategic Counsel

Designs bespoke capital structures and negotiates global terms for generational wealth.

Transaction Execution

Closes cross-border finance deals with precision and eliminates every post-closing delay.

Compliance Stewardship

Builds bulletproof compliance systems that satisfy regulators and secure family capital.

About

Founded in 2008 as a strategic alliance between Dr. Leon Hartmann in Frankfurt and New York finance specialist Claire B. Reeves, GlobalFinLaw has since evolved into a premier, partner-led advisory platform serving the most sophisticated family offices, financial institutions and corporate clients worldwide. 

Today, with on-the-ground desks in New York, Zurich, Frankfurt, Dubai, Singapore and Tokyo, we seamlessly integrate local regulatory insight with global transactional expertise. 

Our firm’s cross-border team—comprising compliance architects, transaction counsel, FinTech strategists and white-collar defense specialists—has structured and executed over USD 238 billion in capital-markets, commodities, real-asset and digital-asset transactions. 

From bespoke compliance frameworks and risk-mitigation roadmaps to complex merger financing, debt restructurings and token-offering advice, we deliver legal precision, governance clarity and flawless execution at every stage of the deal lifecycle. 

At GlobalFinLaw, our partnership model ensures that senior advisors remain personally engaged, blending German-engineered rigor with Wall Street agility to protect your capital, reputation and legacy.

Partners

Dr. Leon Hartmann

Frankfurt & Zurich Desk – Dr. jur. (Goethe University Frankfurt), LL.M. (Yale Law School); focused on cross-border bank M&A, structured finance and ESG-linked bonds.

Claire B. Reeves

New York Desk – J.D. (Columbia Law School), B.A. Economics (Stanford University); focused on SEC/FINRA compliance, derivatives & repo financing and DOJ investigations.

Amira B. Al-Falasi

Dubai Desk – LL.M. (Harvard Law School), LL.B. (University of Dubai); focused on sukuk structuring, DIFC regulatory compliance and Middle-East cross-border financings.

Hiroshi K. Takeda

Tokyo Desk – J.D. (University of Tokyo), LL.M. (Yale Law School); focused on yen-denominated bond offerings, commodity-trading compliance and Japan-US joint ventures.

Priya S. Nair

Singapore Desk – LL.B. (National University of Singapore), B.C.L. (University of Oxford); focused on ASEAN capital markets, ESG-linked bonds and digital-asset licensing.

Contact

For bespoke advisory on cross-border finance transactions, compliance management and family-office strategy, reach out to our partner-led team:

Email: [email protected]

GlobalFinLaw LLC

99 Wall Street, Suite 1504, New York, NY 10005
Email: [email protected]

GlobalFinLaw LLC is the U.S.-based coordinating entity of a global cooperation of independent advisory and law firms. Each partner in New York, Frankfurt, Zurich, Dubai, Singapore and Tokyo operates under its own local licences and regulatory framework. Nothing on this site constitutes legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship.

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