독일 바덴뷰르텐베르크 주립은행 서울 시점 오픈

현재 서울에는 도이치은행이 지점으로서 은행업무를 하고 있습니다. 독일 3대 상업은행이라고 할 수 있는 은행이 도이치은행, 코메르쯔은행, 드레스드너은행인데 도이치를 제외한 나머지 두 은행은 서울사무소 만 두고 있습니다.

독일에는 상업은행 외에도 저축은행의 주 단위 중앙회인 주립은행이 각 주마다 있습니다. 이 주립은행 중에 노르트라인 베스트 팔렌 주립은행과 바덴뷰르텐베르크 주립은행이 가장 큰 규모 입니다. 최근에 바덴뷰르템베르크 주립은행이 우리나라에 지점을 개설하고 은행업무를 시작했습니다. 아래에는 그 영문 기사입니다.

바덴뷰르템베르크 주는 벤즈 등 대기업이 많이 소재하고 있는 슈튜트가르트가 주 수도입니다. 전통적으로 공업이 발달한 곳입니다. 로타 스페트라는 주 수상이 오랫 동안 이 주의 산업 발전에 기여했는데, 수뢰혐의로 제가 독일에 있을 때 주 수상자리에서 물러난 적이 있습니다.

혹시 슈튜트가르트 지역으로 유학을 가거나 기업 거래 관계가 생기는 분들은 이 은행에 구좌를 개설하여 이용하면 편리해 집니다. 독일은 온 라인 뱅킹이 우리나라처럼 잘 발달되어 있지 않아서 송금이 매우 더딘 편입니다.

 

LBBW enters Korean market

May 15^th, 2008

• Korea is one of the most important trading partners for German companies 
• LBBW expands its international network to 26 locations 
• Dr. Kaemmerer, Member of LBBW’s Board of Managing Directors: "With our new branch in Seoul we support German companies entering the important Korean market."

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) now has a presence in Seoul, South Korea, following the opening of a branch there. It is the second German institution with a full-scale branch in the country. The branch's main task is to provide services to German mid-sized companies and their Korean subsidiaries and to engage in business with Korean multinational conglomerates – the so called chaebols.

 

"In opening our branch in Seoul we are responding to the challenges of the market and the requirements of our customers. At the same time, we use the opportunities provided by the regional capital markets," explained Dr. Peter Kaemmerer, member of LBBW's Board of Managing Directors with responsibility for international business, at the opening. LBBW in Seoul offers German companies financing in Korean won and related currency hedging transactions as well as national and international payments services.

 

Kaemmerer explained the concept as follows: "Thanks to long-term customer relationships that are based on trust, we are able to provide quick financing at favourable terms – without any currency risk for the customer." LBBW will also advise on corporate start-ups, acquisitions and disposals and will support customers entering the market and in their search for suitable locations. If required, it will also provide advice and act as intermediary if contacts to Korean businesses, authorities and banks are sought.

 

Later, LBBW will also build up business with Korean financial institutions and the public sector. It also plans to enter into the derivatives business and provide syndicated and structured forms of financing.

 

With the new branch in Seoul the bank has expanded its international network to 26 locations. Besides the branches in London, New York and Singapore and the representative offices, the network also includes the German Centres. In Asia, LBBW already has a presence in Hanoi, Jakarta, Mumbai, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

 

Korea is a strong trading partner for German companies

 

Today, the Republic of Korea is one of the fastest growing industrial states in the world. In 2007, German exporters recorded a disproportionate 19.1 percent rate of increase in trade with the former "tiger state". In recent years, the Korean economy has been one of the most important trading partners for German, and especially Baden-Württemberg, companies from the shipbuilding, electronics, steel and automobile sectors as well as from biotechnology, nanotechnology and information technology.

 

The Korean Sung-Goo Lee will head the LBBW branch in Seoul. He has had many years of experience doing business with chaebols. The first point of contact for German companies is René Wittenberg, who is the deputy head of branch.

 

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
LBBW Seoul Branch
14th Fl. Seoul Finance Centre
#84, Taepyungro – 1 ga, Chung-gu
Seoul 100-768 KOREA

Phone:  +822 6730 0110/0120
Fax:        +822 6730 0200

E-mail:    sung-goo.lee@LBBWkr.com »
                 rene.wittenberg@LBBWkr.com »