Banking & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Germany
Band 2
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+49 69 2648 5000Chambers Review
A highly reputed law firm with an excellent international network, it offers strength across the full financing spectrum. The team is particularly well regarded for complex, cross-border syndicated lending, acquisition and corporate finance transactions. The department also offers significant expertise in asset finance and leveraged finance matters as well as Schuldschein loans. Financial services clients additionally benefit from the law firm's regulatory practice, ranging from M&A transactions and compliance with new and existing directives, to IT outsourcing projects, joint ventures and fintech projects. Its clientele, which consists of notable international banks, corporates and asset management companies, further serves as a testament to the law firm's standing. Due to its extensive international network, the firm is well placed to handle multi-jurisdictional mandates, closely cooperating with its US and other European offices. On 1st May 2024, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling merged to form A&O Shearman.
Work Highlights
- The firm advised Mercedes-Benz Group on converting its existing EUR11 billion syndicated revolving credit facility into a sustainability-linked loan.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm has a good finance team with broad expertise and an excellent ability to handle complex matters."
"The team offers a very good service level."
"The firm has a good finance team with broad expertise and an excellent ability to handle complex matters."
"The team offers a very good service level."
Notable Practitioners
German corporates from the IT, manufacturing and packaging sectors as well as debt and PE funds mandate Thomas Neubaum for his expertise in the financing world. He often advises on acquisition finance, with further strength in corporate finance and IPO financing, including syndicated and senior term B loans.
"Thomas Neubaum has profound knowledge, is very proactive, clear in his advice and with excellent market knowledge. His advice is worth every cent you pay."
Walter Uebelhoer is highly respected for his experience in the German and European financing scene. He is regularly involved in large-scale syndicated financings in connection with M&A transactions as well as corporate finance mandates.
Alexander Behrens is well regarded for his regulatory work on cross-border mandates, especially those pertaining to mergers and joint ventures in the financial sector, the setting up of new financial institutions as well as business expansions into and beyond the German market. He also assists banks with withdrawals from the German market.
"Alexander Behrens is a lawyer with excellent expertise and very strong commercial awareness."