Dornseifer Frank

Frank Dornseifer is Managing Director of Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V., Bonn, and has been active in various functions in investment, capital market and corporate law for over 20 years. After studying in Bonn, Dublin and Lausanne, he initially worked as a lawyer in an international law firm specialising in corporate and securities law. This was followed by several years as deputy head of division at BaFin in the investment supervision policy unit and as a representative on the Investment Management Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), before moving to the BAI in 2007, where he has since managed and coordinated the association’s activities, particularly in the areas of law, regulation, politics, PR/public relations and investor relations. Mr Dornseifer is the author of numerous specialist publications on investment and company law and editor of commentaries on the KAGB/InvG and the AIFM Directive. The Finance Committee of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament have appointed him several times as an expert in legislative proceedings on capital market law. Mr Dornseifer is a regular speaker on investment and regulatory topics at conferences in Germany and abroad.