Martin Hüwel
Areas of practice
Martin Hüwel has many years' experience advising German and international clients on asset management as well as investment and insurance supervisory law. He advises both providers on structuring, setting up and distributing regulated and non-regulated domestic and foreign funds and other investment products and also institutional investors (including investors regulated under insurance supervisory law or banking supervisory law) on the acquisition of such investment products and on setting up their own investment platforms. A further focus of his work is providing supervisory law advice with regard to banking and financial services that require approval.
Vita
Martin Hüwel studied law at the Universities of Bonn (Germany) and Geneva (Switzerland). After being admitted to the German Bar in 2004, he worked for two international law firms in financial services before moving to Luther in 2019. In addition to speaking German, he also speaks English and French. Martin Hüwel is a regular lecturer and author on supervisory law issues. Amongst other things, he is the author of commentaries on provisions of law regarding limited investment partnerships in Baur/Tappen (“Kommentar zum KAGB”, a legal commentary on the German Investment Code).
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendation in the category "Banking and Finance Law - Investment Funds" (first recommendation in 2023, first mention in 2019, "Martin Hüwel is outstanding in his work for clients. Martin Hüwel is always my first point of contact when I need an effective and efficient answer to a tricky question regarding German law. His technical knowledge is unparalleled and supported by a wealth of economic insight. It’s rare to find a partner who is talented, commercial and personable – Martin combines all three and stands out from the crowd.")
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Investment Funds" (first recommendation in 2021)
- Best Lawyers 2022: Award "Lawyer of the Year" in "Investment Funds"
Clients
- Advising market participants with regard to approval procedures/extending approvals under the German Banking Act (KWG) and the German Capital Investment Code (KAGB) (banks, financial service providers and capital management companies).
- Advising various US and UK managers on outsourcing mandates with German capital management companies (managing German special funds).
- Advising European and third-country managers on the distribution of investment funds and other investment products in Germany and on a European level.
- Providing legal advice to an investor regulated by insurance supervisory law on the establishment and ongoing development of a Luxembourg managed account platform for liquid alternative investments (hedge funds, commodities, currency).
- Advising institutional investors regulated by insurance supervisory law on investments in target investments (legal due diligence, investment supervision law, insurance supervisory law including Solvency II, CRR).
- Advising German and international asset managers on structuring and establishment, distribution law queries as well as investments of German insurance companies/pension funds and other regulated investors in alternative investment funds (in particular in the areas of renewable energy, debt, infrastructure debt/equity, private equity and real estate)
- Structuring a loan fund suitable for German (regulated) institutional investors for a German state bank.
- Advising a pension funds association on the establishment and restructuring of Luxembourg investment platforms and advising on their target investments in international fund structures.
- Advising various Luxembourg management companies on supervisory law issues relating to the notification and establishment of branches in Germany.
Publications
- Das neue Kapitalanlagerundschreiben 11/2017 (VA) – Auswirkungen auf Fondsanlagen, in: Beitrag BAI Newsletter, Ausgabe I/2018 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Frank Wilbert)
- Aktualisierung der Kommentierung der §§ 124, 126, 127, 129, 130 132, 134, 138 KAGB (Vorschriften zur offenen Investmentkommanditgesellschaft), in: Investmentgesetze - Kommentar zum KAGB und Investmentsteuergesetz, herausgegeben von Dr. Jürgen Baur & Dr. Falko Tappen, De Gruyter, 2019
- New Legal Framework Regarding Loan Funds in Germany, in: OnPoint, Issue June 2016 (gemeinsam mit Hans Stamm)
- Germany's Amended Investment Ordinance,in: OnPoint vom 11. März 2015
- Die neue Anlageverordnung und ihre Auswirkungen auf Fondsanlagen, in: Absolut Report, Ausgabe 1/2015 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Benedikt Weiser)
- German Retail Investor Protection Act, in: OnPoint vom 29. September 2014
- Kommentierung der §§ 124, 126, 127, 129, 130 132, 134, 138 KAGB (Vorschriften zur offenen Investmentkommanditgesellschaft), in: Investmentgesetze - Kommentar zum KAGB und Investmentsteuergesetz, herausgegeben von Dr. Jürgen Baur & Dr. Falko Tappen, 2014
- Simplified Authorization Procedure for Cross-Border Marketing of Swiss Securities Funds and German UCITS, in: OnPoint vom 24. März 2014
- Vereinbarung zwischen FINMA und BaFin betreffend erleichterte Zulassungsverfahren für schweizerische Effektenfonds und deutsche OGAW, in: OnPoint, Issue Januar 2014 (gemeinsam mit Angelo Lercara)
- Verwaltung alternativer Investmentfonds und Auslagerung nach dem KAGB-E, in: Betriebs-Berater (BB), Heft 19/2013 (gemeinsam mit Benedikt Weiser)
- The German Implementing Act for the AIFM Directive: A Critical Survey of the Draft Bill, in: OnPoint, Issue August 2012
- Implementation of the AIFM Directive: The German Approach, in: OnPoint - Financial Services Quarterly Report, Third Quarter 2012 (gemeinsam mit Angelo Lercara)
- Law and Regulation of Investment Management, in: Sweet & Maxwell vom 14. Dezember 2011 (gemeinsam mit Angelo Lercara)
- Transparente Hedgefonds-Investments über eine Managed-Account-Plattform, in: Absolut Report, Ausgabe Oktober 2011
Lectures
- 02.05.2022: BAI Alternative Investor Conference 2022
- 22.11.2019: Zulassung nach der AIFM-Richtlinie – Anforderungen und Folgen, SJB Investment Forum
- 21.02.2019: Regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen für Anlagen in Infrastructure Debt
- 25.04.2018: Kapitalanlagerundschreiben 11/2017 (VA) - Änderungen und Auslegungsfragen im Hinblick auf offene Fonds nach § 2 Abs. 1 Nr. 15, 16 und 17 Anlageverordnung, BAI Workshop zum Kapitalanlagerundschreiben zur Anlageverordnung und zu Solvency II/ Solvency Review
- 10.05.2017: Drittstaatenzugang nach MiFID II - Blick aus der Praxis
- 26.10.2016: Ausblick: Ist der RAIF ein attraktives Vehikel für den deutschen Markt?, Branchenveranstaltung Frankfurt: Aktuelle Strukturierungsentwicklungen bei Fonds in Luxemburg - Trends 2016
- 18.11.2015: Investments in die Assetklasse Renewable Energy - Regulatorische Aspekte, BAI Insight
- 23.09.2015: Versicherungsaufsichtsrechtliche und steuerrechtliche Aspekte der Kapitalanlage
- 11.05.2015: Auswirkungen von MiFID II auf Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaften
- 13.03.2015: Anlageverordnung 2015 – Auswirkungen auf alternative Kapitalanlagen, Sonstige Fondsanlagen und Private Debt, BAI Insight
- 14.10.2014: Regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen für Infrastruktur-Investitionen institutioneller Investoren
- 11.09.2012: Vertrieb von in- und ausländischen AIF’s” (Das neue Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch – Fluch oder Segen für Alternative Investments?), BAI Alternative Investment Insight Conference
- 22.01.2009: MiFID – Auswirkungen auf Anlageberater und Vermögensverwalter, SJB Financial Markets Forum
- 22.04.2007: Die Neuen Infrastrukturfonds (InvG), SJB Financial Markets Forum
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