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RobinGoeritz

I work on financial regulation: crypto and DLT licensing, capital markets law and supervisory law. Alongside that I build things that make dense regulation easier to read, like datasets, maps and small tools.

Law school ran alongside a rowing career, for a while on the German national team.

Robin Goeritz in a navy suit, smiling, in front of a building on the UCLA campus

Projects

CSD Link Atlas

Explore how securities markets connect through central securities depositories. Locate 91 institutions and settlement systems, inspect reported link types, and compare their roles in the network. Use it to scope legal due diligence, investigate dependencies or discuss an illustrative MISP hub scenario.

The atlas distinguishes 294 original records (291 drawable) from 257 reconciled network relationships. Five DLT settlement systems are included without recorded links. Coverage, source differences and limitations are explained in the data audit.

MaRisk: the obligations, 2006 to 2026

Ten versions of BaFin's risk management circular, read clause by clause. 2,641 obligations extracted, matched across amendments and traced back to the version they came from. The 2026 amendment cuts the text by about a third and still contains more requirements than the version before it.

Work

YPOG

Oct 2024 – Jul 2025, Cologne & Hamburg
Research assistant & legal tech developer, Funds + Regulatory

Regulatory documentation for DLT marketplaces, custodians and settlement systems under MaRisk, BAIT, DORA, the DLT Pilot Regime and CSDR, plus research on TARGET settlement (T2, T2S) for connecting DLT systems to central bank money. I built a DORA tool in Bryter that reviews IT outsourcing contracts and automated the ownership control filings across five jurisdictions.

Also: BCM (BSI 200-4) and AML templates, licensing process mapping in Miro, AI workflows and internal prompt engineering sessions.

KPMG Law

Apr 2021 – Sep 2024, Cologne
Research assistant, insurance law & alternative investments

Coordinated the Insurance Regulatory Atlas, wrote memos on D&O, E&O, W&I and cyber programmes, and did the research behind four articles in VersR and seven in Versicherungsmonitor.

Also: 20+ monthly alternative investment newsletters and prompt engineering workshops for international KPMG teams.

Maas Lawyers

Feb 2018 – Apr 2021, Cologne
Research assistant, trademark, copyright & internet law

Research for trademark and copyright litigation, a VBA tool for data protection risk assessments and the firm's case law knowledge base.

Education

UCLA School of Law

2025 – 2026
LL.M., Business Law & Securities Regulation

Securities regulation, investment funds, financial risk measurement, complex financial transactions, Silicon Valley law. Officer of Blockchain at UCLA and on the UCLA rowing team.

Dean's Tuition Fellowship, GPA 3.84.

University of Cologne

2017 – 2024
First State Examination in Law (J.D. equivalent), business law

Seminar paper on electronic shares under the Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz. Captain of the university rowing team.

9.56 points (top 20%). Scholarships from Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Sportstiftung and Sportstiftung NRW.

Rowing

Robin rowing a single scull in the German national team kit

I rowed competitively from 2015 to 2024, including time in the German national team's Olympic development squad.

2015 – 24Multiple national titlesTeam boats
2019U23 World Championships, 5thEight
2020U23 European ChampionCoxed four
2021U23 World Championships, 4thCoxed four
2022 – 24Große Sportplakette Köln
2024European University Championships, bronzeCologne eight

Cologne Rowing Club (est. 1877)

since Apr 2023
Vice President & Head of Competitive Sport

600+ members. I recruit athletes and coaches, run the annual events and reports and oversee a €400,000 yearly budget. The club was among the strongest at the 2023 and 2024 national championships.

Toolbox

Law
Blockchain & DLT regulation, securities and capital markets law, DORA, MaRisk, MiFID
Building
AI & legal operations, n8n, VBA, Bryter, legal design thinking
Everyday
Jira, Miro, PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Obsidian
Languages
German (native), English (C1/C2, TOEFL 113), French (basic)

Contact

kontakt@robin-goeritz.de

Currently in Los Angeles. Open to roles in law, fintech and blockchain regulation.