

Banking and Finance
Allen & Overy is at the heart of the world's banking and financial markets. We have more than 1,000 banking and finance lawyers worldwide - one of the largest and most international teams of any global law firm. Few practices can match our top tier position across the full range of financial products. We have been instrumental in nearly all the major developments in modern financial markets, starting with the first ever eurobond issue in the 1960s. With such depth and global reach, international and industry-leading ‘first-of-a-kind’ transactions are our hallmark.
Our Team
In Germany, we field the market's pre-eminent banking and finance practice with over 40 German, English and U.S. law qualified lawyers. Renowned for our intellectual rigour and in-depth knowledge of the German market, our lawyers draw on deep product expertise and regularly work alongside our regulatory, litigation and restructuring specialists. It is important in the current market to develop innovative solutions for our clients, often incorporating complex financing techniques that lead the industry. Numerous global corporate and financial institutions entrust us with the full range of their domestic and cross-border transactions. Our excellence is reflected in our top tier position in all major legal directories, such as JUVE, Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR.
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News: 09 NOVEMBER 2020
Allen & Overy has advised a syndicate of eight banks in connection with the refinancing of Global Tech I, an offshore wind park in the German North Sea, with a volume of more than half a billion…
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News: 03 NOVEMBER 2020
Allen & Overy advises Hg on the sale of STP Group to Bregal
Allen & Overy has advised Hg on its sale of STP Group, a leading DACH-based provider of legal tech solutions, to Bregal Unternehmerkapital. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant…
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Publications: 04 SEPTEMBER 2020
Covid-19 coronavirus: Amendment to COVInsAG
Suspension of obligation to file for insolvency on the grounds of over-indebtedness until 31 December 2020 and consequences of suspension
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Publications: 02 APRIL 2020
Real estate and Covid-19 coronavirus - the questions we are being asked in Germany
This note discusses a number of issues and queries that are arising in the commercial real estate investing and lending markets in Germany as a result of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Law Firm of the Year 2017 - Finance
Best Lawyers in Germany 2017 / Handelsbatt
Allen & Overy LLP’s ‘well-embedded’ finance practice is considered to be ‘market leading for corporate finance’, both on the lending and borrowing side.
Legal 500 Germany 2016
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