Bio

Dr Manfred Reinertz Baron Barriera acted as a leading legal, supervisory, and financial regulation adviser in Luxembourg.

He was a senior professional with a strong background in corporate and investment banking gained in the ASEAN, based in Singapore, then London; before becoming an Expert and Consultant, in Luxembourg in the financial services industry, serving a large panel of clients (investment funds, management companies, AIFM s(e.g. Hedge Funds), funds service providers, depositaries, etc.) Also a former vested registered Expert in EU Financial Sector Technical Assistance projects world-wide.
Now emeritus he is providing occasional advice in matters of finance: private equity dealings / venture capital structuring and assisting off-shore merchant banks that partake in international finance and underwriting activities, while continuing to Lecture in the Financial Center Luxembourg.

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Past Professional Curriculum

• Corporate Governance guidelines for Russian Federal Service for Financial Markets,
• Basel II implementation guidelines National Bank Czech Republic,
• Risk based Basel II implementation Basel II National Bank Slovakia,
• Capital market architecture proposal Azerbaijan Capital markets Regulator,
• Capital market law EU legal approximation guidelines Moldova Capital markets Regulator,
• Basel II implementation guidelines National Bank Moldova (Central Bank).
• EDF White Book: Livro Branco sobre Convergência Normativa e Técnica ( PARTE II: AVALIAÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS FINANCEIROS).
• Bank of Cape Verde (Central Bank). Making Macro-prudential Policy operational, (with others), public policies to support economic development.
• EC Brussels HQ; Study regarding “ad hoc” implementation modus for the new ENPI European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instruments, EuropeAid/119860/C/SV/Multi.
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Consultant on regulatory capital calculation enhancement in harmonization with EU framework for bank risk capital adequacy (EU directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC, at National Bank of Ukraine
• Contributor, European Central Bank/European Systemic Risk Board’s Handbook on operationalizing macro-prudential policy. public policies to support economic development.
• Concept paper for an integrated capital market structure in Azerbaijan
• Co-Contributor, legal opinion on EU Directive 2011/61/EU and Delegated Regulation (EU) No 231/2013 on AIFM; Contributor BIS’s Quarterly Review June: Rating methodologies for banks.
• Comparison Major Stock Exchanges: NYSE, NASDAQ and LSE (with others), Academic Journal MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy.
• European Commission Directorate-General International Cooperation and Development, DEVCO: advisory services to DEVCO B4 unit, EU delegations: Quasi-evaluative support to the assessment of the EC contribution to World Bank Group Trust funds and Financial Intermediary funds.
• Co-author of Domiciles of Alternative Investment Funds, Oliver Wyman,
• Impact of the (EU) Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR, e.g. Basel III implementation in the EU) on the access to finance for business and long-term investments,
• Two scheduled missions: ALTUN/CMB/TR2011/0740.26-2/SER/004 TA for Strengthening the Capital Market Board of Turkey
• Request for Services no 2014/353575 Institutional Capacity building of the Central Bank of Egypt in the areas of banking supervision, e-banking and financial inclusion
• Expert assistance to the SADC Secretariat and EU Delegation in Program on « Support to the Investment and the Business Environment in the SADC Region South Africa, Botswana.
• Analytical Assessment of NBRM’s (National Bank Republic of Macedonia) domestic Regulatory framework on ICAAP (Basel III)
• Co-author with London Economics (LE) Europe. Rating and Scoring Methods for SME, legislations and regulations.
• Final External evaluation of EC Project LAO/B7-3010/IB/97/0210 Euro-TAL Bank Training Project, Lao PDR, EuropeAid/119860/C/SV7multi, Central Bank
• Financial Training Plan for Jordan Securities Commission: international standards in matters of Accounting and Audit.
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/Dutch Grant TF 055212 project: Consultant on development of regulatory and legal framework for the implementation of risk-based supervision, National Bank of Ukraine.
• Capital Markets Board Turkey; Comparison report of Turkish and European Union legislations and regulations applicable to capital requirements for investment firms.
• Syria: Banking Sector Support Program II: Provide advice on banking sector reform to Minister of Finance, the Central Bank (banking and financial sector Regulator) and the Credit and Monetary Council.
• Central Bank Kosovo: Gap Analysis: Draft Law on micro-finance institutions and non-bank financial institutions, Law on Banks, microfinance Institutions and non-bank financial Institutions, Law on payment system and law on the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo.