Kirkland & Ellis International LLP — Germany

Achim Herfs

Dr. Achim Herfs is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises listed companies on capital markets transactions, corporate restructurings and M&A transactions, as well as corporations and their bodies on general capital markets and stock corporation law, including the support of general meetings, and internal investigations. Furthermore, Achim Herfs advises issuers and banks on capital markets transactions, including IPOs, rights offerings, share placements without pre-emptive rights and block trades, as well as the issuance of convertible bonds and high yield bonds. · Capital Markets

Alexander Längsfeld

Dr. Alexander Längsfeld is a finance partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises German and international clients in national and cross-border acquisition finance transactions and other general finance and restructuring matters. Alexander has a varied experience in banking, securitization and structured finance, as well as in capital markets law. · Acquisition Finance

Ann-Kathrin Ziegler

Ann-Kathrin Ziegler is a restructuring partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She focuses on cross-border restructurings advising both debtors and creditors on acquisitions, disposals and reorganizations of stressed and distressed businesses. · Restructuring

Anna Schwander

Dr. Anna Schwander is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She advises clients on all aspects of corporate law and focuses in particular on capital markets transactions and general capital market advice as well as foreign trade law. Anna advises issuers and financial sponsors on capital markets transactions including IPOs, right offerings, private placements and block trades, as well as the issuance of high yield bonds and convertible bonds. She also advises corporations and their bodies on general capital market and stock corporation law. Furthermore, Anna is a member of our International Trade and National Security practice group and advises companies and financial investors on cross border transactions as well as public takeovers with regard to foreign trade law. · Corporate Law

Attila Oldag

Attila Oldag is a retired partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. With his many years of in-depth experience, Attila focused on domestic and cross-border M&A as well as private equity transactions. In addition, Attila regularly advised on joint venture transactions, corporate reorganizations and selected capital markets issues. He advised German and foreign corporations as well as financial sponsors. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Benjamin Leyendecker

Ben Leyendecker is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He focuses on M&A and private equity transactions. · Private Equity

Christian Halàsz

Dr. Christian Halàsz is a restructuring partner in the Frankfurt office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on complex cross-border and domestic restructurings. He advises clients on strategic and legal issues related to distressed debt and special situations and has many years of experience across multiple sectors, including automotive, telecommunications, packaging, paper, transport, real estate, chemicals and energy. He represents hedge funds, high-yield investors, institutional lenders, creditor committees, private equity funds and domestic and international companies. Christian has been involved in some of the most contentious landmark restructuring situations in the last decade, such as the three biggest Icelandic banks (Glithnir, Kaupthing and Landsbanki), Galapagos and Adler. · Complex Cross-Border Restructuring

Christoph Jerger

Dr. Christoph Jerger is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises financial sponsors and corporate clients on national and cross-border M&A projects. Christoph also advises corporates and investors in corporate law and capital markets law. · Private Equity

Friedrich Schlott

Friedrich Schlott is a restructuring partner in the Frankfurt office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Friedrich has longstanding experience in restructuring, insolvency-related corporate law and insolvency law. He focuses on both in-court and out-of-court restructurings and advises companies, directors and stakeholders across the capital structure on all types of insolvency and restructuring-related (cross-border) aspects of debt and equity transactions. · Restructuring

Friedrich von der Heydt-von Kalckreuth

Friedrich von der Heydt is a corporate partner in the Frankfurt office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises corporations, financial institutions and financial sponsors on all aspects of corporate law, with a strong focus on M&A transactions in the infrastructure space. · M&A

Hendrik Braun

Dr. Hendrik Braun is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He focuses on private equity transactions and M&A and advises on all aspects of business and corporate law. Hendrik has many years of experience advising private equity investors on domestic as well as cross-border M&A, public takeovers and corporate reorganizations. · Private Equity

J. Melchior Raiser

Dr. J. Melchior Raiser is a finance partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Melchior focuses on acquisition financing, syndicated financing and financial restructuring. He has extensive experience in the financing of leveraged buyouts and complex cross-border acquisitions, syndicated loans, unitranche financing, secured and unsecured bank loans and other financial instruments. His clients include private equity sponsors, financial institutions, direct lenders and companies from a variety of industries. · Acquisition Financing

Johannes Lappe

Dr. Johannes Lappe is a restructuring partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He focuses on cross-border restructurings advising both debtors and creditors on acquisitions, disposals and reorganizations of stressed and distressed businesses as well as on related litigation matters. · Restructuring

Jörg Weber

Dr. Jörg Weber is a finance partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises German and international clients in national and cross-border banking and finance law transactions. Jörg’s work particularly focuses on syndicated loans, acquisition finance and financial restructurings. · Banking

Maximilian Liegl

Maximilian Liegl is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises private equity firms and other financial as well as strategic investors on national and cross-border private equity transactions and M&A projects as well as corporate reorganizations. · Private Equity

Michael Ehret

Dr. Michael Ehret is a tax partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Michael is qualified as German tax lawyer and tax advisor (Steuerberater) and has specialized tax experience in advising mergers & acquisitions and (re-)financing transactions, in particular as regards domestic and international M&A, private equity, acquisition financing, capital markets transactions, tax restructurings and fund investments. · Mergers And Acquisitions

Philip Goj

Dr. Philip Goj is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises clients on the preparation and implementation of M&A transactions as well as public takeovers. He also advises clients on structural measures and on questions of corporate and capital markets law. · Private Equity

Sebastian Heim

Dr. Sebastian Heim is a corporate partner in the Munich and London offices of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. His practice focuses on M&A and private equity transactions. Sebastian advises on the entire spectrum of complex domestic and international buy-outs, joint ventures, carve-outs, public market transactions and growth and minority investments. His experience spans various industries, including software, industrials, services, retail, infrastructure and technology. · M&A

Sebastian Pitz

Sebastian Pitz is a corporate partner in the Frankfurt office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises leading global private equity, energy and infrastructure funds as well as other financial institutions on private M&A transactions, growth, minority and co-investments, public takeovers, joint ventures, disposals and other complex transactions. · Private Equity

Tamara Zehentbauer

Dr. Tamara Zehentbauer is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She advises corporate clients, private equity and other financial investors on national and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions as well as public takeovers and corporate reorganizations. · Corporate

Thomas Hornberger

Dr. Thomas Hornberger is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He focuses on all aspects of German business and corporate law and advises corporate clients, private equity funds and other financial investors on national and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions as well as public takeovers and corporate reorganizations. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Tim Nobereit

Tim Nobereit is a tax partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Tim is qualified as German tax lawyer and tax advisor (Steuerberater) and has particular experience in providing tax advice in connection with M&A and private equity transactions, reorganizations of corporate groups, financing transactions and internal investigations. · M&A

Tobias Larisch

Dr. Tobias Larisch is a corporate partner in the Frankfurt office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises private equity funds, infrastructure investors and global companies on cross-border M&A transactions, take privates, structured minority investments, carve-outs and joint ventures. He has broad experience advising on investments in the energy and infrastructure sectors. · Private Equity

Wolfgang Nardi

Wolfgang Nardi is a debt finance partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises national and international clients in acquisition and corporate finance transactions, restructuring and general finance matters. His particular focus lies on advising investors on the financing aspects of private equity transactions and financial restructuring in a private equity environment and in finding solutions for the non-consensual refinancing or restructuring of syndicated debt to German debtors. · Debt Finance