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About Matthis Grenzer
Matthis is an associate in the global transactions group.
He is part of the Berlin based Banking/Finance team and specialises in national and international finance law. His focus is on corporate and acquisition finance as well as on financial restructurings. He advises both lenders and borrowers.
He started his careeer at Freshfields as a legal trainee in the Frankfurt M&A team and made the switch to Banking/Finance in 2020 when he as admitted as a lawyer by the Frankfurt bar association.
Matthis speaks German and English.
Recent work
- Advising Grammer AG on the refinancing of its finance instruments in an aggregate volume of € 460m, comprising of syndicated and bilateral loans provided by Chinese and European financial institutions
- Advising a European group of hypermarket and departmentstores on the full refinancing of its € 595m syndicated loan agreement
- Advising Vitesco on its sustainability-linked € 800m syndicated credit line
- Advising Apera as the debt provider on various finaincings, most recently the full refinancing of Amoena Group's € 49m financing
- Advising Hellman & Friedman and AutoScout on acquisition financings, most recently for the acquisition of the TRADER Corporation
- Advising Permira on a € 1bn acquisition financing
- Advising CVC Growth on a € 200m acquisition financing for the acquisition of TOPdesk, an IT service desk platform
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on the financing of its acquisition of Tipico Group
- Advising Eurazeo as the financing provider on an acquisition financing for Waterland Private Equity
- Advising JPMorgan and other banks on a € 575m syndicated financing for Schur Flexibles
- Advising Commerzbank AG and the initial purchasers on a €250m high yield bond issued by Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH
- Advising BNP Paribas on the € 750m and € 650m high yield bond issued by AccorInvest
- Advising Rabobank and certain other financial institutions and direct lending entities the € 1.4bn increase of TIP Trailer’s new financing arrangements
- Advising Berenberg Group as the super senior lenders on a € 690m term and revolving facilities agreement
- Advising Proprium Capital Partners on the sale of its stake in MotelOne Group
- Advising an asset management group on the refinancing of the finance instruments provided for two real estate funds
- Advising SumUp on its € 1.5bn private credit loan
- Advising Razor Group on various financing solutions, including the strategic acquisition of Perch
- Ongoing advice for KraussMaffei, one of the world's leading manufacturers of machines and systems for roducing and processing plastics and rubber, on our client's external financing as well as on shareholder driven financing solutions
- Advising Revlon on a $ 350m revolving credit facility agreement
- Advising Röhm, one of the leading manufacturers in the methacrylates business, on its term and revolving facilities agreement
- Advising an agricultural cooperative producing dairy products on its sustainability-linked € 360m revolving credit facility
- Advising a high networth individual on a $50m financing linked to the net asset value of a private equity funds participation
- Advising Hayfin on the restructuring of a portfolio company's € 130m financing
Qualifications
Education
- Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (Second State Exam)
- Georg-August University Göttingen (First State Exam)
- Georg-August University Göttingen (Dr. iur.)
Admission
- Rechtsanwalt (Germany)