General Lending
Our German group is a core part of Allen & Overy’s global general lending practice and market leader across a variety of sectors.
The team of German, English and New York qualified lawyers regularly acts for some of the most active banks in the German loan market as well as for a large number of borrowers. We’ve built our strength through a broad client base and from working on small, local deals as well as big ticket cross-border transactions.
Our focus
Our experience of advising domestic and international financiers and borrowers enables us to help our clients with all types of financing transactions and anticipate potential issues.
Our clients often call on us for advice on groundbreaking deals and structures, which can lead to a new market standard. We offer advice across every discipline and have a track record of advising on some of the most complex equity and debt offerings. This is invaluable when corporates are demanding alternative sources of funding. These sources include: high-yield bonds which are emerging as essential in the mix of possible finance structuring in debt capital markets; banking and leveraged finance; and restructurings of corporate debt. Few law firms can match our range of clients for large-scale structured financings, corporate mainstream lending, acquisition financings and refinancings.
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News: 26 March 2024
Allen & Overy advises lenders on Germany’s first land-based terminal for liquefied gases
Allen & Overy has advised the financing banks in connection with the project financing of the Hanseatic Energy Hub, which is being developed as Germany's first land-based terminal for liquefied gases…
News: 21 March 2024
Allen & Overy advises arrangers on takeover of Encavis by KKR
Allen & Overy has advised arrangers in connection with the planned takeover of Hamburg-based wind farm and solar park operator ENCAVIS AG ("Encavis") by Elbe BidCo AG, a holding company controlled by…
News: 07 March 2024
Advising banks on TUI’s EUR 500m sustainability-linked senior notes
Allen & Overy has advised the initial purchasers on the offering by TUI AG of EUR 500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% sustainability-linked senior notes due 2029.
News: 04 March 2024
Allen & Overy advises Commerzbank on sustainability linked syndicated loan for Vossloh
Allen & Overy has advised Commerzbank AG as documentation agent in connection with a syndicated loan of EUR 240 million for global rail technology company Vossloh.