Goodwin's German team acts integrated into the European debt finance practice and is led by Winfried Carli, who is experienced in national and cross-border financing and restructuring matters. The practice regularly advises private equity firms as well as debt funds and financial institutions on acquisition financing and refinancing.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Very good with a team of competent partners and associates. They are very customer-oriented, hard-working and technically excellent.'

  • 'Winfried Carli is the person we work with the most. Winfried is extremely experienced and has been in the LBO business for many years. He is also very up to date with what is currently acceptable in the market and what is not. He is always available and a good negotiator. A very competent partner for complex transactions.'

  • 'The team around Winfried Carli is superbly positioned in terms of both breadth and depth, is available at all times and always delivers top performance in terms of both content and project management. We cannot currently imagine working with any other law firm in this area.'

  • 'Winfried Carli: Simply a top lawyer. In addition to the "requested" quality of content, the "unrequested" quality is indispensable for me. Due to his experience, Winfried usually sees the questions that we don't ask in cases of doubt and is an indispensable sparring partner for us not only on the legal side, but also on the economic side.'

  • 'Marius Garnatz: In addition to his strengths in terms of content, his project management skills are what set him apart. Because of our own staffing, we often need to be held by the hand or reminded of things. Nothing ever went unnoticed here and we could always be sure that someone had the process under control.'

Key clients

  • Ardian
  • Bencis Capital
  • Arcmont
  • EMZ Partners
  • EOS Partners
  • Equistone Partners
  • FLEX Capital Management
  • Gilde Healthcare
  • Aurelius
  • Joh Berenberg Gossler & Co
  • Marlin Management
  • Nalka Advisors
  • PINOVA Capital
  • Sophora Unternehmerkapital
  • Trill Impact

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Winfried Carli

Other key lawyers

Andreas Breu, Marius Garnatz