LRechtsanwalt (German qualified lawyer) · Associate
Leon Aretz
Corporate Finance / Private Capital
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Leon Aretz supports the team on financing and private capital matters — from acquisition and buy-and-build financings to venture debt and private credit.
As an Associate he works at the interface of Corporate Finance and Private Capital, closely with the founding partners on current matters.
Leon Aretz read law at Freie Universität Berlin (from 2017) and completed his legal traineeship (Referendariat) from 2020 to 2022 in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Brussels.
Focus areas
- PE sponsored acquisition financings
- Buy-and-build financings
- Venture debt
- Private credit
- Schuldschein loan notes
Selected matters
- KME Group — continuation of the approx. €1.2bn group debt financing comprising a high-yield bond, syndicated bank financing and factoring
- berlinovo — debut issuance of approx. €500m in bonds, Schuldschein loan notes and registered debt notes (Namensschuldverschreibungen)
- bmp greengas / Erdgas Südwest — restructuring of more than €2bn in liabilities by way of an insolvency plan and StaRUG proceedings
- Landwärme — advising and representing several creditors in the insolvency proceedings
- Utimaco TS / Nexburg GmbH — advising Nexburg on the carve-out acquisition of a business division
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