Baker McKenzie impresses with its expertise in advising banks, whereas the team also assists private equity sponsors, companies, debt funds and other financial institutions with national and international leveraged buyout financing, restructuring as well as corporate and project financing. The practice covers various sectors, including most recently real estate and infrastructure. Practice head Oliver Socher comprehensively covers all financing matters as EMEA Banking & Finance Chair and as a member of the Global Banking & Financing Steering Committee. Matthias Töke recently advised on growth and acquisition financing and was appointed partner in July 2023.
Testimonials
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'Professional, available at any time, pragmatic, trusting cooperation, good understanding of and practical experience with economic contexts and the regulatory environment.'
'Patrick Mittmann is an excellent lawyer with commercial expertise.'
'Committed and good at communication.'
'Very good cooperation in an extremely complicated case.'
'Oliver Socher was always approachable; legal and economic issues were discussed with pointing to viable solutions.'
Key clients
- Commerzbank
- DZ Bank
- ING
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
- Deutsche Bank
- ING Bank, Intesa, SACE and UKEF
- Berlin Hyp AG
- DZ Bank
- Credit Suisse
- BNP
- KBC
- Adiuva Capital
- Sanecum Gruppe GmbH
- Credit Suisse
- Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba)
Work highlights
- Advising Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) as arranger, agent and lender on a €505 million refinancing of a diversified logistics portfolio with 45 properties for VIB Vermögens AG, a subsidiary of DIC Asset AG.
- Advising Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG on all aspects of the financing of the acquisition of VitalQIP from Nokia Solutions & Network Oy by Cygna Labs.
- Advising DZ Bank on a syndicated loan of €100 million to GELITA AG.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Oliver Socher