Baker McKenzie is particularly experienced in cross-border securitisation transactions and focuses on advising originators and banks on asset-backed securities in the automotive sector as well as on ABCP transactions in the commercial receivables sphere. ESG compliance issues are increasingly contributing to the team's workload as well. Sandra Wittinghofer usually leads on matters and handles term and ABCP transactions as well as banking regulatory issues; she jointly heads the practice with Oliver Socher, who is very active in the banking and finance sector.
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- 'Excellent know-how; excellent negotiation and moderation skills; fully recommended.'
Key clients
- Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing AG & Co
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
- Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
- DZ Bank
- Alecta
- Ratepay
- Porsche Financial Services GmbH
- UniCredit Bank AG
- Adient
- Kroll
- N26 Bank
- BNP Paribas Securities Services
- Hewlett-Packard GmbH/HPE Financial Services
Work highlights
- Advising Landesbank Baden-Württemberg as joint lead manager on the VCL 36 transaction, the securitisation of leasing receivables of Volkswagen Group with a transaction volume of €705 million Class A Notes and €16.5 million Class B Notes.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Oliver Socher, Sandra Wittinghofer