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Dr Bettina Steinhauer

Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Bettina Steinhauer specialises in acquisition finance and general bank lending, including restructuring. Bettina advises leading German and international banks, private equity houses and corporates on domestic as well as cross-border financings, including transactions involving mezzanine and/or high yield debt and public to private transactions. Bettina’s other areas of expertise include restructuring, infrastructure finance and property finance.
Education
University of Konstanz (Dr. jur.) 1996
University of Oxford (M. Juris) 1995
Admitted as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany 1997
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Bank- und Finanzrecht > Kreditrecht
(Führende Namen)Banken, Private Equity-Investoren, Direct Lending Funds und Unternehmen mandatieren das Team von Clifford Chance bei Akquisitions- und Unternehmensfinanzierungen, Restrukturierungen und Refinanzierungen sowie bei der Finanzierung von Übernahmen börsennotierter Gesellschaften nach deutschem und englischem Recht. Zuletzt wurde man hier verstärkt an der aufsichtsrechtlichen Schnittstelle aktiv wie beispielsweise im Rahmen der Beratung der KfW zur Umsetzung des Corona-Sonderprogramms ‘Direktbeteiligung für Konsortialfinanzierung’. Die Gruppe steht unter der Führung von Bettina Steinhauer, deren Expertise Mezzanine- und High-Yield-Finanzierungen sowie Public-to-Private-Transaktionen umfasst. Ende 2020 verlor man Barbara Mayer-Trautmann, die zuvor gemeinsam mit Steinhauer die Praxis leitete, samt einem Team aus Senior Associates an Milbank.
Germany > Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
(Leading individuals)Banks, private equity investors, direct lending funds and companies instruct Clifford Chance to assist with acquisition and corporate financing, restructuring and refinancing as well as with the financing of takeovers of listed companies under German and English law. Recently, the group advised on an increasing number of regulatory-related issues, for example when advising KfW on the implementation of its Corona special program ‘Direct Participation for Syndicated Financing’. The group is led by Bettina Steinhauer, whose expertise includes mezzanine and high-yield financing as well as public-to-private transactions. At the end of 2020, former practice co-head Barbara Mayer-Trautmann joined Milbank with a team of senior associates.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals - Germany > Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Lending and borrowing - Germany > Banking and finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- White-collar crime > Advice to companies
- Compliance > Compliance
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Banking and finance > Investment funds
- Banking and finance > Project finance
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Capital markets > Structured finance and securitisation
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Energy
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Dispute resolution > Financial services: litigation
- Banking and finance > Financial services: regulatory
- Compliance > Internal investigations
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Corporate and M&A > M&A: large deals (€500m+)
- Corporate and M&A > M&A: mid-sized deals (sub-€500m)
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Tax
- Private equity > Transactions
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Public sector > State aid
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics