Benjamin Bierwirth > Baker McKenzie > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Baker McKenzie
280 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4RB
England
280 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4RB
England
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Benjamin Bierwirth
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Benjamin is a New York qualified partner in the Firm’s Corporate Finance group in London, focusing on leveraged finance transactions and high yield bonds. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, he worked in a leading US law firm in London. With a focus on high yield bonds, Ben has experience advising clients on a wide range of leveraged finance transactions, including high yield debt offerings, related debt and equity products, syndicated credit facilities, US securities law matters, restructuring and liability management. His clients comprise sponsors, top-tier investment banks and some of the largest international companies in their industries. Ben has also worked on secondment at a leading global investment bank its leveraged finance legal team.
Benjamin’s practice focuses on leveraged finance transactions with a particular emphasis on high yield debt offerings. Ben regularly acts for corporations, private equity funds, investment banks and underwriters on leveraged finance transactions involving high yield debt offerings and committed financing processes. Ben also regularly works on the syndicated loan and liability management transactions, including restructuring, debt exchange and tender offers. He is a US Securities laws practitioner focusing on complex cross-border Rule 144A and Regulation S debt offerings and restructurings.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > High yield
(Next Generation Partners)Baker McKenzie is ‘an emerging franchise in high yield and leveraged finance, and it is very dedicated to clients‘. Long known for its work for trustees and securities agents, the firm continues to build out a full-service high yield practice that counts top-tier investment banks, private equity sponsors and FTSE-500 global corporates among its clients. High yield specialist Rob Mathews leads the ‘client-focused and commercial‘ team. He works with the promising Benjamin Bierwirth, who exhibits ‘great client focus and enthusiasm‘, on million-euro financings, acting for the initial purchasers and agents. Global chair of capital markets Adam Farlow and leveraged finance specialist David Becker also stand out.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Real estate > Environment
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > High yield
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation