Düsseldorf Office
Allen & Overy LLP
Dreischeibenhaus 1
40211 Düsseldorf
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)211 2806-7000
Fax: +49 (0)211 2806-7800
Frankfurt Office
Allen & Overy LLP
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2
60306 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)69 2648-5000
Fax: +49 (0)69 2648-5800
Hamburg Office
Allen & Overy LLP
Kehrwieder 12
20457 Hamburg
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)40 82 221-20
Fax: +49 (0)40 82 221-2200
Munich Office
Allen & Overy LLP
Maximilianstraße 35
80539 Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)89 71043 3000
Fax: +49 (0)89 71043 3800
Martin Scharnke
Partner
Tel: +49 (0)69 2648-5835
E-mail: martin.scharnke@allenovery.com
Martin is a German Rechtsanwalt with broad expertise advising on German and international capital markets transactions. Martin specialises in advising on securitisation and other structured finance transactions (encompassing both true sale and synthetic structures and a wide variety of asset classes). Another focus of his practice is the advice on bonds, structured products and derivatives. He has also wide experience advising on all related regulatory matters.
Dr Stefan Henkelmann
Partner
Tel: +49 (0)69 2648-5997
E-mail: stefan.henkelmann@allenovery.com
Stefan is a German Rechtsanwalt with broad expertise advising on German and international capital markets transactions. Stefan specialises in advising on securitisations and other structured finance transactions (covering true sale, secured loan and synthetic structures across a broad range of asset classes) and on restructurings in the capital markets sector (including bond restructurings and restructurings of securitisations and related assets). Another focus of his practice is the advice on bond transactions including Pfandbriefe, covered bonds, structured notes, hybrid and corporate bonds. Stefan has also broad experience in advising on all related regulatory and insolvency law matters. He is a lecturer for capital markets law at the Institute for Law and Finance of the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Dr Alexander Behrens
Partner
Tel: +49 (0)69 2648-5730
E-mail: alexander.behrens@allenovery.com
Alexander advises banks and other financial service providers, including FinTech companies, as well as unregulated companies on all aspects of financial regulatory law. In addition to German and European banking regulatory law, he focuses on payment services law and capital markets regulation as well as issues related to the Banking Union. Furthermore, Alexander has broad experience in the areas of M&A of regulated entities, NPL transactions, civil banking law and in internal investigations in the finance sector.
Jens Nollmann
Counsel
Tel: +49 (0)69 2648-5812
E-mail: jens.nollmann@allenovery.com
Jens, a German Rechtsanwalt, has broad experience advising on international and German capital markets transactions, in particular on securitisations of various assets (trade receivables, auto loan receivables, CMBS and RMBS) and on issuances of bonds (including covered bonds) as well as Namensschuldverschreibungen and Schuldscheine (including structured and secured NSVs and SSDs). He also advises on all related regulatory matters.
Our Securitisation team is part of Allen & Overy’s international Securitisation practice which is recognised as a global market leader, with expertise throughout the securitisation spectrum. The group is well renowned for being innovative and creating benchmarks in the market and, most importantly, providing clients with commercially viable structures in the increasingly regulated international markets.
Our Securitisation team regularly advises arrangers, originators and trustees on transactions involving a wide variety of asset classes and structures, including “true sale” and synthetic securitisations and the establishment of securitisation programmes. Our service is comprehensive and includes advising on all regulatory and tax issues. Our experience includes advising on ground-breaking and innovative commercial mortgage-backed securitisations, whole business and public sector securitisations, as well as securitisations of auto loans, consumer loans and trade receivables. In addition to our transactional work, we regularly advise on complex restructurings of German securitisation transactions.
Allen & Overy LLP, founded in London in 1930, is one of the leading international legal practices with around 2.800 professional advisors, working in 44 offices worldwide. We advise businesses, financial institutions and public institutions on all major areas of commercial law. In Germany, with around 220 lawyers including 47 partners in our offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich, our clients rely on us to advise them on ground-breaking transactions.
In Germany our principal areas of advice include banking and finance, corporate, M&A, capital markets, private equity, real estate, investment funds, public law, antitrust/competition, intellectual property, employment and benefits, energy law, insurance regulation, dispute resolution, tax, restructuring and insolvency.
Establishing and maintaining long-term relationships with our clients is a fundamental element of our mission and a cornerstone of our culture. Trust and transparency are key to joint success. It is particularly important to us to understand our clients’ business objectives and specific needs. We offer our clients specialist sector knowledge combined with a hands-on approach and the ability to deliver solutions.
Tier 1 Law Firm in Structured Finance and Securitisation
Chambers Global 2021
Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe – Top three for a record-breaking 14 years
FT Innovative Lawyers Awards