Ashurst LLP‘s finance team is called upon by debt and private equity funds for support on the structuring of acquisition and leveraged facilities, in addition to acting for syndicates of lenders on the provision and restatement of revolving facilities. Germany co-managing partner Anne Grewlich advises on financing for LBOs, in addition to assisting PE houses with the arrangement of mezzanine and senior loans. She leads the team alongside Derk Opitz, whose expertise lies in asset and infrastructure financing, spanning rail and road, data centre and renewable energy projects.
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Key clients
- ABN AMRO
- ING Bank
- KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH
- Investec Bank Plc
- Kommunalkredit Austria AG
- Norddeutsche Landesbank – Girozentrale
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
- MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
- Bridgepoint
- Pemberton Asset Management
- Oldenburgische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft
- DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Work highlights
Advised a banking syndicate in the €475m financing of the development of several data centres in the Frankfurt area by Mainova WebHouse GmbH.
Advised Duke Street on two parallel transactions in the ostomy care sector, including the acquisition of the ForLife Group from GHD and the acquisition of the ostomy care business of Trio Healthcare Limited.
Advised Pemberton Asset Management on supporting Inflexion's acquisition of the Finanzen.net Group.
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Practice head
Anne Grewlich; Derk Opitz
Other key lawyers
Sabrina Bremer; Judit Körmöczi; Christopher Clerihew