Milbank routinely cooperates across locations and is instructed by companies, banks and private equity funds on cross-border matters under German, English and New York law; primarily on acquisition financing, as well as corporate and infrastructure financing. Other cooperations include the capital markets interface, thus the assistance with transactions in connection with complex financing structures and capital market products is one of the team's mainstays. Recent instructions pertain to refinancing and transactions in the energy sector as well as ESG-related syndicated loan financing and bonds. Barbara Mayer-Trautmann and Thomas Ingenhoven jointly head the team; Trautmann focuses on infrastructure financing, corporate loans and restructuring and recently advised on financing matters in the fibre optic sector, while Ingenhoven covers acquisition and asset financing as well as syndicated loans.
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'Solid and efficient work, pragmatic solutions.'
'Barbara Mayer-Trautmann: Outstanding expertise, even in challenging situations.'
'Very pleasant collaboration with the entire team down to individual associates.'
- 'Very good dealings with management teams.'
- 'Innovation focus – new trends in the market are taken up directly.'
'Barbara Mayer-Trautmann is very competent and experienced not only in normal LBO financing, but also in alternative financing structures.'
'Thomas Ingenhoven: Fast, efficient, very high level of competence and real advice. Very high reputation among financing partners and very good negotiating skills.'
'I see Thomas Ingenhoven as the best in his field. He provides first-class advice, is a highly skilled negotiator and speaks his mind. Very short lead times and response times.'
Key clients
- Ardian Private Equity
- Ares Management
- Axel Springer SE
- Barings LLC
- Best Secret
- BofA Securities Inc.
- Bregal Unternehmerkapital GmbH
- Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
- EIG Global Energy Partners
- FUNKE Mediengruppe
- Hayfin Capital Management LLP
- Hensoldt AG
- H.I.G. Capital
- HPS Investment Partners
- HSBC Contintental Europe S.A.
- IK Partners
- ING Bank
- Investec Bank plc
- KAEFER SE & Co. KG
- Körber AG
- Leonine Holding GmbH
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Maguar Capital Partners
- Pemberton
- PharmaSGP SE
- ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
- UniCredit Bank AG
Work highlights
- Advising the lender Pemberton on the refinancing of the Energiekonzepte Deutschland Group.
- Advising KAEFER SE & Co. KG in connection with the refinancing of the existing bond and the super senior credit facilities through new long-term syndicated financing.
- Advising Benteler International AG as lender on the refinancing of Benteler International AG through a combination of bond issues and credit agreement facilities with a total volume of over €2 billion.
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Thomas Ingenhoven, Barbara Mayer-Trautmann