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Jannis is an associate in the Finance Department advising financial sponsors, including private equity funds and their portfolio companies, as well as debt funds, banks and strategic investors on all levels of the capital structure. This also includes domestic and cross-border acquisition financings and direct and syndicated debt financing deals as well as bank/bond financings. 

Prior to joining Willkie, Jannis worked in the Los Angeles and Munich office of another international law firm.

Jannis is fluent in German and English.
 

Experience

  • Apera Asset Management –on an initranche/Super Senior Refinancing of Terras together with Oldenburgische Landesbank
  • Syndicate of banks on a EUR 750 million bond offering of Progroup AG
  • EMZ Partners on the acquisition of a significant stake in H&Z Unternehmensberatung
  • Kelvion Group on €235 million super senior revolving credit and guarantee facilities to refinance outstanding notes
  • The arrangers and lenders on the financing for AutoScout24’s agreement to acquire TRADER Corporation
  • LBBW on a refinancing for Weishaupt Group
  • LGT Private Debt on the acquisition financing of Trill Impact’s takeover of TT medic
  • HG on the sale of business divisions of MeinAuto
  • HG on an investment of Permira in GGW Group
  • Partners Group on the acquisition of Rosen Group
  • White Peaks on the refinancing for EVEX and Financing for the acquisition of Optix

*Some of the above matters were handled by Jannis prior to joining Willkie.

 

Credentials

Education


Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, Second State Exam, 2023 University of Göttingen, First State Exam, 2021

Bar Admissions


Germany