- Scope of services
Banking & Finance
We will provide you with full legal support in connection with your financing needs - from drafting and reviewing financing agreements and all types of collateral agreements, to bond issues and securitizations.
Our legal advice and proposed solutions are tailor-made, taking into account the specifics of the client's industry and scale of operations. Thanks to our long-standing experience in international and M&A projects, we provide the highest standards of legal services.
Creation and negotiation of financing agreements
- Financing agreements for financed entities and financiers (based on the LMA standard or the standard documentation of financiers)
- Term and revolving credit/loan agreements, both secured and unsecured
- Syndicated loan agreements
- Collateral agreements related to loan agreements
- Securitization agreements
- Financial and operating lease agreements
- Refinancing documentation
- Hedging contracts (in accordance with international ISDA standards)
- Cash-pooling agreements
- Legal opinions (capacity and authority and/or validity and enforceability opinions)
- Verification of conditions precedent for the disbursement of loans
- Loan repayment letters (pay-off letters)
- Letters releasing collateral under loans (release letters)
Legal advisory regarding corporate reorganizations of financed entities
- Corporate reorganizations (divisions, mergers, transformations)
- Ownership structure changes of financed entities
- Global financing or refinancing projects for capital groups
- Documentation for comprehensive security packages (in cooperation with a network of trusted law firms worldwide)
Due diligence on financing agreements
- Reports (especially for acquisition transactions) on financing agreements
Bonds and other debt securities
- Financing projects using debt securities (on the part of issuers, offerors or bondholders)
- Legal documentation for the issuance of bonds and other securities
Securitizations
- Transaction structuring, effective solutions tailored to the customer's specific business and market requirements
- Documentation, contracts and documents (in accordance with ISDA international standards)
- Verification of the compliance of transactions with legal regulations and market standards
- International service comprising the provision of advise on the implementation of complex cross-border transactions (also under English law and with documentation in German)
Structuring cross-border and domestic M&A and reorganization transactions
- Structuring financing for M&A transactions and reorganizations
- Execution of financing transactions in cooperation with other M&A transaction advisory teams
Leasing, factoring
- Contracts and documentation that guarantee security and financial flexibility
- Legal risk analysis, detection of potential risks and minimization of leasing and factoring risks
- Tax optimization of concluded contracts and transactions
- Comprehensive representation in disputes (court and arbitration proceedings)
Cash pooling
- Structuring of cash pooling
- Documentation, drafting of agreements and regulations that allow the effective and safe use of cash pooling systems
- Regulatory and tax consulting
- International service comprising supporting capital groups with ensuring the effective management of funds on a global scale and taking into account local regulations
