Germany

The American-British headquartered international law firm Hogan Lovells has operations in 40 countries on all continents. The firm’s German offices are located in the cities of Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg. 

Focusses / specialisms 

Areas of activity for the firm’s banking team include acquisition finance, syndicated loans, corporate finance, debt restructuring, real estate finance, project finance, trade and export finance and promissory notes. The firm’s work for non-bank lenders has intensified in the recent past, whilst it also continues to regularly advise national and international banks on various aspects of banking law, as well as large corporate groups on international cash-pooling arrangements. 

The firm has an able financial services regulatory practice, whose work ranges from advice on all aspects of legal banking supervisory requirements, financial market stabilisation measures and contractual trust agreements to assistance on BaFin licence applications and security regulatory law. 

In capital markets, the firm is especially well recognised in structured finance and securitisation work, where it is among the market leaders for fintech and startup securitisations and retail structured products, but also has credible equity and debt offerings. 

The M&A practice group, bolstered by the firm’s global profile, has a strong market penetration. The firm has improved its share of work for DAX30 companies in recent years and has made significant strides in infrastructure M&A, where the team increasingly works on complex and high-profile matters. 

Key clients 

Key recent clients include AkquiVest, BayernLB, Commerzbank, Bundesrepublik Deutschland -Finanzagentur, Daimler Group, Marex Financial, Voxeljet, Dana Incorporated, OMV, Boston Consulting Group and Gilead Sciences. 

Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023) 

Capital markets: Debt 

“Extremely responsive, knowledgeable and competent. They demonstrate high levels of expertise, work efficiently to deadlines and are a pleasure to work with.” 

Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation 

“Solution-focused and with the ability to solve tricky negotiation issues by providing clear and solid opinions. Quick response times.”