Debt capital markets

Linklaters

Linklaters‘ DCM team is led by Christian Storck, who advises on DCM, structured finance and derivatives under German and English law, and is renowned among clients – including leading financial institutions and companies – for its broad range of advice. In addition to issuing bonds, which regularly include green, social and sustainability-linked bonds as well as hybrid, convertible and exchangeable bonds, the group is experienced in the restructuring of outstanding bonds and in updating debt issuance, commercial paper, deposit and EMTN programs. Peter Waltz (focus on convertible and exchangeable bonds as well as hybrid issues; also structured finance and derivatives) as well as Alexander Schlee and counsel Martin Rojahn, who are both extensively active in the DCM and ECM areas, form part of the core team alongside Storck. In October 2024, Wolfgang Ettengruber (bond issues, convertible and exchangeable bonds, promissory notes and registered bonds) joined from Clifford Chance as managing associate.

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Testimonials

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'Peter Waltz, Alexander Schlee, Martin Rojahn: Excellent team for debt capital market transactions.'
'Extremely experienced dealers, extensive market knowledge of approaches and solutions, legally secure and goal-oriented, strong resources: quality remains the same despite high workload.'
'Martin Rojahn: Very supportive / procedurally sound / reliable / legally to the point, a real relief.'
'Market leader in the DCM/capital market sector in Germany. High level of expertise, broad knowledge and a wealth of experience.'
'Alexander Schlee and Martin Rojahn: Fast response time and high level of commitment, best know-how in the areas of DCM and ECM, high reliability.'
'Extraordinary transaction experience and pragmatic, client-oriented solution approaches.'
'Alexander Schlee and Martin Rojahn are our team at Linklaters. We always feel that we receive very good advice and can recommend them without reservation.'
'Our two colleagues Alexander Schlee and Martin Rojahn are hands-on. They have excellent product and market knowledge and are very pleasant to work with.'

Work highlights

Advising Sartorius AG on the issuance of a €3 billion debut bond.
Advising Deutsche Börse AG on the issuance of a €3 billion digital corporate bond.
Advised Daimler Truck Finance North America on the issuance of $1.6 billion of guaranteed notes.

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