MRechtsanwalt (German qualified lawyer) · Partner · Co-Founder
Michael Kohl
Corporate Finance / Private Capital
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Michael Kohl has been advising on complex corporate financings for more than twenty years. Before founding elvenstein he spent over fourteen years at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and was most recently a partner at a Berlin business law firm.
He combines Corporate Finance and Private Capital: Schuldschein loan notes, syndicated loan facilities and acquisition financings as well as venture debt, private credit and the restructuring of large bond issues. Handelsblatt has listed him as a “Best Lawyer” for Banking & Finance since 2017.
He advises in German and English and also works in Spanish, Italian, Czech and French.
Focus areas
- Schuldschein loan notes
- Syndicated loan facilities & corporate financings
- PE sponsored acquisition financings
- Venture debt & private credit
- Buy-and-build financings
- Turnaround & restructuring
Selected matters
- Trading Hub Europe — approx. €33bn revolving credit facility provided by KfW for Germany’s strategic gas procurement
- KME Group — 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)
- Demire — restructuring of the €600m corporate bond (representing around 50% of the bondholders)
- bmp greengas / Erdgas Südwest — restructuring of more than €2bn in liabilities by way of an insolvency plan and StaRUG proceedings
- Urban Sports Club — venture debt and private credit financings
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