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Alexander Russ is an independent attorney in cooperation with DSC after having worked as an executive in the banking industry. His legal and consulting services focus on European and national banking, securities and capital markets law.
In addition to his work as an attorney, Alexander Russ is the author of numerous specialist publications. He is a sought-after lecturer and also acts as a supervisory board member and an advisor to industry, the public sector and the European Securities and Markets Authority in the context of European and national legislation, the latter primarily in the areas of stock exchange and OTC prospectus and transparency law as well as capital markets regulatory law.
since 2020
Member of the Consultative Working Group for the ESMA Corporate Finance Standing Committee
since 2008
Member of the Supervisory Board of Finanzmarktbeteiligung AG (FIMBAG in Liqu.)
since 2004
Independent attorney at law in cooperation with DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich
since 1995
Member of the Advisory Board of the Forum for Banking Law of the Austrian Society for Bank Research (BWG)
2019-2020
Member of the Fintech Advisory Board of the Austrian Ministry of Finance on dematerialized securities
2017-2019
Member of the Fintech Advisory Board of the Austrian Ministry of Finance on initial coin offerings
2011-2015
Member of the Consultative Working Group for the ESMA Corporate Finance Standing Committee
2000-2003, 2008-2010
Counsel to Austrian delegations in EU legislation on prospectus and transparency law
2000-2007
Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences BfI Vienna (Banking and Finance)
1999-2004
Attorney with international business law firm, banking secondment in London
1994-1999
Head of notification office pursuant to the Austrian Capital Markets Act
1992-1993
Executive Secretary Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (Export and Capital Market Services)
1994
PhD in law (Dr. iur. | University of Vienna)
1991
Master’s degree in law (Mag. iur. | University of Vienna)
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