Dr. Susanne Grohé is a founding partner of Annerton Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. She heads the Berlin office and mainly advises on payment services & payment services supervision law, banking & regulatory banking law, e-money and blockchain & DLT, e-commerce and also on anti-money laundering law and outsourcing.
Dr. Grohé previously served as the Head of PayPal’s legal department for the German-speaking countries and is therefore very familiar with an in-house lawyer’s perspective. As a core author she regularly publishes posts on our blog “PAYMENT.TECHNOLOGY.LAW.” (PayTechLaw) and also hosts our podcast PayTechTalk.
The Legal 500 recognises Dr. Grohé in since 2021 as a leading partner in FinTech. Chambers and Partners recognised her since 2020 as “Ranked Lawyer” (Category FinTech Legal Germany).
Vita
- Since 2020: Founding partner of Annerton Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- 2017-2019: Partner at Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- 2014-2016: Director Legal DEATCH, PayPal Deutschland GmbH, Berlin
- 2014: Senior Legal Counsel, eBay Corporate Service GmbH, Berlin
- 2010-2013: General Counsel, Bundesdruckerei, Berlin
- 2008-2010: Senior Legal Counsel, PayPal Deutschland GmbH
- 2007-2008: Lawyer at Linklaters, Corporate M&A
- 2006: Legal department of Schering AG
- 2004: Accreditation as mediator with the Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in London
- 2002-2006: Lawyer at Linklaters, Litigation and Corporate M&A
- 1999-2001: Training Contract in Berlin
- 1998-1999: Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University Law School, Washington D.C., USA
- 1994-1997: Law degree at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 1992-1994: Legal studies at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Expertise
- Payment services law
- Payment services supervisory law
- Banking law
- Banking supervisory law
- Financial services law
- Anti-money laundering law
- E-commerce
- Crypto & digitisation
- Outsourcing
- Corporate law
Publications
- Hat die Sepa-Lastschrift das Zeug zu einem europaweiten Zahlungsmittel? (Do Sepa direct debits have what it takes to become a Europe-wide method of payment?) Cards Karten cartes, 14 August 2019.
- Dissertation: Durchbrechung der Rechtskraft und Relief from Judgment: Die außerordentliche Aufhebung und Abänderung rechtskräftiger Urteile im deutschen und US-amerikanischen Zivilprozessrecht. (A legal comparison of relief from judgment in German and US law)