Clifford Chance is instructed by both lenders and borrowers, which benefit from the close cooperation with the real estate team as well as capacities at the intersections with banking, capital markets and tax law. The team's mainstays include cross-border financing, structured finance transactions, which are often handled by Beda Wortmann and practice head Tobias Schulten, as well as refinancing, bonds and securitisations and, increasingly, alternative financing.
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Testimonials
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- 'Tobias Schulten: Excellent advice; very high level of expertise in complex financing contracts; very good negotiation skills.'
Key clients
- COLCAP
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co L.P.
- NATIXIS Pfandbriefbank AG
- Goldman Sachs Bank USA
- BentallGreenOak
- Exeter Europe Industrial Core HoldCo S.a.r.l.
Work highlights
- Advising COLCAP on the financing of the sustainable building complex EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin.
- Advising Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP as lead arranger on the refinancing of several real estate companies in connection with a real estate portfolio and the acquisition of several properties.
- Advising Exeter Europe Industrial Core Holdco S.à rl on the refinancing of the ongoing acquisition of some industrial properties in Germany as part of a Europe-wide refinancing of portfolio debt.
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Practice head
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Tobias Schulten