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Taylor Wessing
SENCKENBERGANLAGE 20-22
60325 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany

Work Department

Banking & Finance, Financial Institutions

Position

Partner

Clemens Niedner heads up the Practice Group Banking & Finance. He advises international banks, investors and multinational corporations on corporate and acquisition financing and other types of syndicated loans. Another focus of his practice is advice on restructuring. Clemens is regarded as an experienced legal adviser in complex, multinational financing transactions and, with his in-depth knowledge of the European syndicated loan market, is a recognised specialist in this field. With his expertise, far-reaching network and close relationships with globally active banks, Clemens opens up a wealth of financing options and scope for action for his clients.

Excellent relationships with all contractual partners – even long after the contracts have been signed – characterise his advice and positively reflect his practice-oriented approach.

Career

  • Since 2016 Partner, Taylor Wessing
  • 2013 – 2016 Partner, international law firm
  • Since 2012 Lecturer on subject of acquisition finance, School of Finance & Management
  • 2006 – 2012 Associate and subsequently local partner, leading international law firm

Languages

German, English

Memberships

  • German–South African Lawyers Association

Education

  • 2006 Admitted as a lawyer, Frankfurt
  • 2006 Second state examination
  • 2003 – 2005 Legal clerkship Hessen, Germany and South Africa
  • 2003 First state examination

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Banking and finance > Real estate finance

Taylor Wessing advises banks as lenders, companies, real estate management companies and real estate funds as borrowers on the financing and refinancing of real estate transactions, including individual and portfolio financing, project developments and investments in real estate. Most recently, these mandates pertained to the asset classes logistics, commercial, hotel, office and residential, including sustainability-related matters. Head of the banking & finance practice Clemens Niedner (financing and restructuring) also leads the real estate financing team. Salary partner Jennifer Maiworm (national and cross-border acquisition and real estate financing as well as syndicated loan financing) moved to Jebens Mensching PartG mbB in February 2025.

Germany > Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing

Taylor Wessing comprehensively supports all aspects of financing and is frequently instructed by banks and borrowers from the industrial and infrastructure sectors in connection with corporate and acquisition financing. The team also advises on sustainability-related loan transactions and supports project and real estate financing in connection with large-scale infrastructure projects. Practice head Clemens Niedner is well versed in financial law as well as restructuring issues.

Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > Immobilienfinanzierung

Taylor Wessing betreut Banken als Darlehensgeber sowie Unternehmen, Immobilienmanagementunternehmen und Immobilienfonds als Kreditnehmer bei der Finanzierung und Refinanzierung von Immobilientransaktionen, darunter Einzel- und Portfoliofinanzierungen, sowie bei Projektentwicklungen und bei Investitionen in Immobilien. Zuletzt betrafen diese Mandate insbesondere die Assetklassen Logistik, Gewerbe, Hotel, Büro und Wohnen und waren dabei oftmals an Nachhaltigkeitskomponenten gebunden. Als Leiter der Praxisgruppe Banking & Finance steht Clemens Niedner, der neben der Finanzierungsberatung einen weiteren Schwerpunkt auf die Mandatsarbeit im Restrukturierungsbereich legt, auch dem Immobilienfinanzierungsteam vor. Salary Partnerin Jennifer Maiworm (nationale und internationale Akquisitions- und Immobilienfinanzierungen sowie syndizierte Kreditfinanzierungen) wechselte im Februar 2025 zu Jebens Mensching PartG mbB.

Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > Kreditrecht

Taylor Wessing begleitet sämtliche Finanzierungsmandate und wird besonders häufig von Banken und Kreditnehmern in den Industrie- und Infrastrukturbereichen im Rahmen von Unternehmens- und Akquisitionsfinanzierungen mandatiert. Hierbei berät das Team zudem zu nachhaltigkeitsgebundenen Kredittransaktionen und begleitet darüber hinaus Projekt- und Immobilienfinanzierungen im Zusammenhang mit größeren Infrastrukturvorhaben. Neben seiner Expertise im Kreditrecht ist Praxisgruppenleiter Clemens Niedner auch ein zentraler Ansprechpartner für Restrukturierungsfragen.