About Manuel

Welcome to my blog!

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Deep background in Law⚖️ , Financial Industries, Compliance, AML/CFT 🕵️♂️🛡 and Fintech 💻 .
Opinions are my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.

Here's my background: 

  • Deputy AMLO (Payments and Financial Services), Bitpanda GmbH, Vienna - Austria, 2023 - present
  • Senior Manager Financial Crime AML (last role), Paysafe Group, 2018 - 2023
  • Consultant, Consilio LLC, 2017
  • Consultant in Forensic and Integrity Services, EY 2017
  • Associate Lawyer, bpv Huegel Law Firm, 2014 - 2015
  • Legal Clerk at Courts in Vienna, 2013 - 2014
  • Vice President (last role), Austrian Union of Students, KUG Graz
  • Studies in Law and Musicology in Graz, Austria
  • Project Management at La Salle BCN, Barcelona
  • World Intellectual Property Organisation Summer School