Astrid Raetze

Education

University of Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws (Hons)(LLB), Economics and Law

Language

English 

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Astrid Raetze

Specialist Consultant

Professional Background

  • Astrid has over 25 years’ experience in providing commercial legal services, including specialist regulatory, governance and funding advice, drawing on her unique experience through in-house, Big 4 Legal and top tier legal roles.
  • Astrid has acted for domestic and multi-national corporates, local and foreign banks, investment banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, start-ups, exchanges, funds and fund managers.
  • She has advised her clients on matters relating to financial services, funds management, trusts, transactional deals, derivatives, financial products, regulatory issues, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions and FinTech issues.

Experience

  • Consulting Principal at WTS Australia Legal, Sydney, New South Wales (May 2023 –Present)
  • Principal and Director at ABML Legal, Sydney, New South Wales (Sep 2020 – Present)
  • Principal and Director ABML Consulting, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Sep 2020 – Present)
  • Head of Legal & Compliance, Vanguard (Oct 2020 – Mar 2022) 
  • Executive Director, Financial Services, FinTech, Automic Group, Sydney, Australia (Jan 2019 – May 2020)
  • Partner, Financial Services, Head of FinTech (Australia) Sydney, Australia, KPMG Australia (Oct 2017 – Dec 2018)
  • Partner, Head of Global Derivatives, Baker & McKenzie (Apr 2006 – Sep 2017)
  • Partner, Head of Australian Financial Services, Baker & McKenzie, Sydney, Australia(Jul 2004 – Sep 2017)
  • Partner, Head of Global FinTech, Baker & McKenzie (Feb 1999 – Sep 2017)

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