Taylor Wessing's team cooperates closely with the firm's other practices, including real estate, tax and investment law, and assists both lenders and borrowers with acquisition financing and refinancing. The practice is led by Clemens Niedner (acquisition financing and restructuring) and also advises on project developments across all asset classes; this is complemented by expertise in cross-border matters. Salary partner Jennifer Maiworm is another key contact and comprehensively advises on national and international banking and finance law.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Highly professional legal advice. Incredible experience built up over generations of lawyers, pragmatic legal advice, special ability to respond to highly individual situations and to think and act outside of the box.'

  • 'Peter Seemann is an extremely experienced financing expert who understands how to develop highly individual solutions pragmatically and efficiently and implement them reliably.'

  • 'Good availability and a strong team in the background.'

  • 'In-depth legal advice, efficient and very high-quality work, practical solutions in the client's interests and negotiation and coordination skills in order not to lose sight of the essential legal issues in the interests of all parties and to reach a conclusion quickly.'

  • 'Jens Wiesner: Outstanding transaction support, which is characterized above all by a quick, high-quality and efficient way of working, with great negotiating skills and a good instinct for negotiating practical solutions in the client's interests.'

Key clients

  • DZ Hyp AG
  • Hamburg Commercial Bank AG
  • Covivio Immobilien SE
  • Helaba – Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
  • NATIXIS Pfandbriefbank AG
  • PGIM
  • HYPO NOE Landesbank für Niederösterreich und Wien AG
  • Bayerische Landesbank
  • Investec Bank Plc
  • Tishman Speyer

Work highlights

  • Advising Tishman Speyer on the refinancing of Quartier 205 in Berlin by Helaba.
  • Advising Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) on the acquisition financing of €160 million for the International Campus Group.
  • Advising Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) on all matters relating to the financing provided by the bank to the investment manager Peakside Capital in the amount of €30.9 million for the purchase and revitalization of a hotel complex, including an office building, in Frankfurt am Main.

Lawyers

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Taylor Wessing
Salary Partnerin  Jennifer Maiworm is specialised in national and international banking and finance law with a particular focus on domestic and cross-border acquisition finance, real estate finance and syndicated lending. She represents both borrowers and lenders.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Clemens Niedner

Other key lawyers

Hauke Bornschein, Jens Wiesner, Peter Seemann, Jennifer Maiworm