Dr Wolfram Distler M.Sc.

Partner

Wolfram Distler has represented the interests of our company in the best possible way.

— CFO of a German corporate

About

Professional QualificationsRechtsanwalt admitted with Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main

EXPERIENCE

CORPORATE FINANCE

Advising VARTA AG on the refinancing and extension of an existing syndicated credit facility, in connection with an additional bridge financing and the further reorganisation of their financing structure.
Advising the internationally operating Montana Aerospace AG (Montana Group) on a syndicated corporate financing of EUR 450 million provided by an international group of lenders.
Advising Georgsmarienhütte Group on the refinancing of its existing EUR400m syndicated loan agreement.
Advising STI Group – Gustav Stabernack GmbH, a packaging and POS solutions specialist, on a syndicated corporate financing provided by a German club of lenders.
Advising Feralpi Group, a pan-European steel producer, on a syndicated corporate financing provided by UniCredit Bank AG and BNP Paribas S.A..
Advising LINET, a European healthcare specialist, on a syndicated corporate financing provided by Commerzbank, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Comercni banka and Ceska sporitelna.

ACQUISITION FINANCE/ LEVERAGED FINANCE

Advising Danish alternative lender Capital Four on the unitranche acquisition financing of KGS Software by GENUI.
Advising French alternative lender Eurazeo on several add-on acquisition financings granted to:

Avenga Group, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management and Cornerstone Investment Management, and
Kinetics Group, a leading solution provider for critical processes.

Advising a club of lenders on the financing of the acquisition of eduPRO Group by Invision AG, a German-Swiss investment company, and several add-on financings.
Advising a club of international bank lenders on the financing for the acquisition by Morellato from 3i of Christ Juweliere und Uhrmacher.
Advising French investor Keensight Capital on the financing of the acquisition of:

Onventis, a leading provider of cloud procurement solutions for SMEs;
Quanos Solutions, a leading software developer for after-sales&service and technical documentation, and
Aconso AG, a leading software provider for HR processes.

Advising UK based investor BlueGem Capital Partners on the financing and refinancing of the acquisition of:

Advising Dutch investor Bencis Capital on the financing of the acquisition of digital services provider DevelopX.
Advising Credit Suisse on the financing of the acquisition of Reichelt Elektronik Group by Invision.
Advising Golding Capital Partners on several debt investments in the German and international markets.

GROWTH FINANCE AND VENTURE DEBT

Advising Israel-based growth financier The Phoenix on a borrowing base facility for telecom start-up everphone, provided together with Deutsche Bank as well as on the refinancing.
Advising HSBC Innovation Capital on a financing provided to German software specialist easy Software AG.
Advising an international financier in connection with a growth financing for Vienna-based GoStudent Group.
Advising a leading US-based capital debt platform in connection with the second lien venture debt financing and issuance of warrants for a Germany-based start-up provider of medical software solutions.
Advising Riverside Partners on various investments in various tech start-ups in Germany.

PROJECT FINANCE

Advising BASF SE as well as the borrowers on the financing of the acquisition and the construction of the offshore wind parc Hollands Kust Zuid, one of largest offshore wind parcs in the world.
Advising a consortium of lenders on the intended acquisition financing of a portfolio of battery storage systems in Germany.
Advising scale-ups in the renewables space on convertible loans, growth financings as well as pre-IPO financings.
Advising the financing banks on the financing of numerous international onshore wind and solar projects, amongst others in Italy, France, the UK, Ireland, Norway and Spain.
Advising Prime Capital on the financing of numerous onshore wind projects in Scandinavia.

Languages

Education

University of Nicosia, M.Sc. (Blockchain and Digital Currencies), 2023

University of Munich, Second State Examination, 2000

University of Oxford, University of Munich, PhD, 2000

University of Passau, first state examination, 1997

Awards & Recognitions