Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE is the European banking subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., incorporated as a Societas Europaea and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It holds a German credit institution license and operates across the EU/EEA via passporting through branches, acting as the group’s primary EU hub for investment banking and markets activities after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The bank focuses on services for corporate and institutional clients, including advisory and underwriting, trading and risk management across fixed income, currencies, commodities and equities, and certain lending and treasury functions. It is classified as a significant institution under the Single Supervisory Mechanism and is directly supervised by the European Central Bank with involvement from BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank; resolution planning falls under the Single Resolution Board, and the entity is subject to EU prudential and conduct frameworks including CRR/CRD, BRRD/SRMR, MiFID II/MiFIR and EMIR. Eligible deposits held with the bank, if any, are protected up to €100,000 per depositor by Germany’s statutory deposit guarantee scheme (Entschädigungseinrichtung deutscher Banken). Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE publishes audited financial statements and Pillar 3 disclosures and is consolidated for reporting purposes within The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., while remaining legally distinct from Goldman Sachs Bank USA and UK entities such as Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs International Bank. Prospective clients typically engage under professional or eligible counterparty classifications and are subject to the bank’s terms of business, risk disclosures and applicable EU and German regulatory requirements.