Dirk Auerbach

Dirk Auerbach, auditor and tax consultant, is CEO of Schalast Auerbach AG, and advises companies on matters related to banking supervisory law, risk management, banking organization, and accounting according to the HGB and IFRS. Other focal areas include transaction consulting (design, due diligence, handling) as well as consulting on special matters (including restructuring). In addition, he handles statutory auditing tasks.

Dirk Auerbach has been advising and auditing companies in the financial sector for over 33 years, in particular national and international banks of every size. Before joining Schalast Auerbach AG, he spent 30 years in consulting and auditing at big four companies, including in international roles. In this context, he was a member of several different working groups of the Banking Committee of the Institute of Public Auditors, such as the “money laundering” working group, for many years.

His consulting focuses on the areas of banking supervisory law (including compliance and money laundering prevention), risk management, banking organization, transaction consulting (design, due diligence, handling) including founding and restructuring regulated companies, capital measures, and specialty matters.

Dirk Auerbach is the co-author of the commentary “Schwennicke/Auerbach, Banking Act” and author of the “Handbuch Banken- und Wertpapieraufsicht” (Handbook on baking and securities supervision), both of which were published by the Beck-Verlag, along with a large number of other publications. He has been an instructor in the areas of “financial law” at the Frankfurt School of Finance and “banking supervisory law” at Ludwigshafen University.