Hogan Lovells International LLP's team is jointly led by project and real estate financing expert Carla Luh and banking and financial law specialist Katlen Blocker, who, in addition to acquisition and corporate loans, also handles export financing and restructuring. Luh's project financing expertise complements the overall focus on the infrastructure and energy sectors. The practice advises on cross-border financing transactions as well as on ECA-covered financing and sustainable finance-related matters. Clients include companies, banking syndicates and, increasingly, debt funds.

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  • 'The team is very experienced, always keeps up with current market developments and has excellent connections in the industry. We value the team for their excellent specialist knowledge, service orientation and collaboration on an equal level.'

  • 'Hands-on approach, practical solutions, legally well thought out.'

Key clients

  • AkquiVest-Debt Fonds
  • ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
  • EB – Sustainable Investment Management (EB-SIM)
  • FMS Wertmanagement
  • goetel GmbH
  • Hapag-Lloyd
  • HR Group
  • LHI Group
  • Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich / Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
  • Sparkasse Rhein-Nahe / Volksbank eG
  • Strategic Fiber Networks GmbH (SFN)
  • Teufel-Gruppe
  • Tilta Fintech GmbH
  • UniCredit Bank Austria AG
  • Wirelane GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advising a banking syndicate on a €1.035 billion financing package for the Frankfurt data center operator maincubes.
  • Advising a banking syndicate on the signing of an extensive debt financing package for the German fiber company TNG Glasfaser GmbH, controlled by the Intermediate Capital Group, with a volume of €325 million.
  • Advising the Berlin hotel operating company HR Group on the acquisition of the Vienna House Hotelgesellschaft and its operating companies.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Katlen Blöcker, Carla Luh

Other key lawyers

Bianca Engelmann, Christian Herweg, Julian Fischer