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Baker McKenzie
Junghofstrasse 9
60315 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
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Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Dr. Oliver Socher is EMEA Banking & Finance Chair and member of Global Banking & Finance Steering Committee. His practice covers banking and finance and distressed debt matters. Prior to joining the Firm in January 2006, he worked as an associate for a “Magic Circle” law firm in Frankfurt and London. He also worked as an associate for a Wall Street law firm in New York. Dr. Socher studied law at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, where he also earned his doctor’s degree in law, and at Fordham School of Law in New York. He was admitted to the German bar in 2001.

Dr. Socher advises banks and investors in all aspects of banking and financing transactions, including national and international syndicated financing transactions.

Languages

English, German

Education

  • Fordham University (LL.M.) (2002)
  • Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Referendar Exam) (1998)

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > Kreditrecht

Baker McKenzie setzt den Beratungsschwerpunkt auf die Begleitung von Exportfinanzierungen sowie von internationalen Akquisitions-, Unternehmens- und Projektfinanzierungen, wobei man sowohl auf Kreditgeber- als auch -nehmerseite aktiv ist und von dem weit gespannten Kanzleinetzwerk in Schwellenmärkten profitiert. Neben internationalen Banken und Mandanten in den Immobilien- und Infrastrukturbereichen zählt das Team auch diverse Private Equity-Sponsoren zu seinem Mandantenstamm. Praxisgruppenleiter Oliver Socher besticht insbesondere durch seine Expertise in Akquisitionsfinanzierungen und berät ferner zu Finanierungsfragen im Restrukturierungskontext.

Germany > Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing

Baker McKenzie focuses on export financing as well as cross-border acquisition, corporate and project financing, where the team acts on both the lender and borrower side and regularly cooperates with the international network. The client roster includes international banks and clients from the real estate and infrastructure sectors as well as various private equity sponsors. Practice head Oliver Socher impresses with expertise in acquisition financing and is also well versed in financing issues in the restructuring context.