Oliver Dreher > Dentons > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 6
60313 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Oliver Dreher, LL.M. (King’s College), is a partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office and Head of the Debt Capital Markets (DCM) practice group in Germany. His main areas of expertise include corporate, bank and sovereign bonds, MTN-, CP- and structured issuance programmes, structured finance products, Schuldschein loans and registered bonds (Namensschuldverschreibungen), derivatives and advising on financial infrastructure, such as the clearing and settlement of financial instruments.

Career

  • Partner, Dentons, Frankfurt, 2019 to date
  • Partner, CMS, 2013-2019
  • Partner, Linklaters, 2007-2013
  • Associate / Managing Associate, Linklaters (London and Frankfurt), 2000-2007
  • J.P. Morgan (legal department), 1999

Education

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 2000

King’s College London, 2000, LL.M.

Legal clerkship, 1997-1999, Frankfurt am Main

Goethe University Frankfurt, 1996, Legal studies

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Capital markets > Debt capital markets

Dentons primarily assists banks and financial services providers and is experienced in bond issues, often linked to ESG criteria, as well as in program matters. Due to the close cooperation between the DCM and restructuring practice, the group possesses further expertise in advising on financial restructurings, including promissory note financing. Oliver Dreher leads the team and focuses on structured issuance programs, registered bonds and structured products.