That rarefied world provided the perfect entrée into the nation’s spy service: As a lifelong friend of Franklin Roosevelt, Astor simply made a habit of passing dispatches from The Room to the President throughout the 1930s. Bruce, and Winthrop Aldrich traded international and financial intrigue. In that clandestine club, titans of finance, captains of industry, and society swells including Kermit Roosevelt, Nelson Doubleday, David K. Vincent Astor began trading in secrets as early as 1926 when he founded “The Room” in his townhouse at 34 East 62nd Street. When John Jacob Astor died on the Titanic, his son, Vincent, a spy, inherited his holdings, including the St. But in addition to complimentary turndown service, the Astors had a penchant for clandestine service. Officially, the Astors were real estate tycoons, building luxury hotels throughout the city including the Astor House Hotel, the Waldorf-Astoria, the Knickerbocker Hotel and what is now the Sherry Netherland. That they chose WFW Germany to advise them on the sale of Luxembourg and UK-based companies to a Spanish buyer also underlines our experience and expertise in cross-border M&A transactions”.John Jacob Astor IV built the St. Torsten commented: “We are very pleased that Deutsche Börse once again instructed us to advise them on a cross-border disposal, having previously done so on the sale of Regulatory Services GmbH. Frédéric Franckx, Ana Andreiana and Farah Jeraj from Loyens & Loeff advised on matters relating the laws of Luxembourg. Internationally the teams was assisted by Jenny Hodges from the WFW London office and Javier Ortega from WFW Madrid. Senior Associate Matthias Murr (Corporate) and Counsel Torge Rademacher (IP/IT) assisted Torsten and the Frankfurt team.

The cross-border WFW team that advised Deutsche Börse was led by Partner and Frankfurt Office Head Dr Torsten Rosenboom, working closely with Associate Dr Marius Rothermund (Corporate), assisted by Frankfurt Partner Dr Sebastian Wulff (Capital Markets), Hamburg Partner Dr Christine Bader (Regulatory), London Partner Christina Howard (Corporate) and Madrid Partner Gonzalo Aranzabal (Corporate). Clearstream Banking and Clearstream Holding are wholly owned affiliates of Deutsche Börse. It offers its customers a wide range of services and technologies covering the entire value chain of financial markets including clearing, trading and keeping custody of securities, the provision of market data and the management of securities and liquidity as well as IT solutions and services. was incorporated in 2019 to offer EMIR services in the UK following Brexit.ĭeutsche Börse is an international stock market organisation and provider of innovative market infrastructure active in 38 locations worldwide.

is one of the leading European trade repositories, offering reporting services that cover major European trade repository obligations including EMIR, SFTR and FinfraG services. The deal was signed on 3 September 2021 and is expected to close in the first half of 2022.Įstablished in 2010 in Luxembourg, REGIS-TR S.A. Unipersonal (“Iberclear”), part of the SIX Group. The shares were sold to joint venture partner Sociedad de Gestión de los Sistemas de Registro, Compensación y Liquidación de Valores, S.A. by Clearstream Holding AG (“Clearstream Holding”). (“Clearstream Banking”) and a 50% stake in REGIS-TR UK Ltd. Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Deutsche Börse AG (“Deutsche Börse”) on the sale of a 50% stake in REGIS-TR S.A.

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