Dr. Thomas Freund, LL.M. (London)

Partner

Rechtsanwalt, Co-Head Banking & Finance (Germany)

Languages

German, English

Practice areas

• Banking and finance
• Financial services
• Private equity
• Project and infrastructure finance
• Real estate finance

Practice notes

Thomas is a partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Munich and Co-Head of the Banking & Finance practice group in Germany.

He advises in particular national and international financial institutions, debt funds, sponsors and corporate borrowers on leveraged buyouts, unitranche financings, bank/bond financings as well as corporate lending for large- and mid-cap companies.

His core expertise comprises:

• acquisition financing
• direct lending (including senior/super-senior structures)
• project and infrastructure financing
• leveraged buy-outs
• corporate loans (including borrower's note loans)
• restructurings

Thomas has many years of experience with creditors and lenders, including unitranche and other direct lending financing. He has also broad experience in advising on complex debt restructurings, out-of-court solutions, insolvency proceedings and distressed M&A transactions.

In addition, he is a co-author of the handbook “Acquisition Finance Agreements in Germany” (Beck 2017).

Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, Thomas had been working in the Banking practice group of Latham & Watkins LLP in Munich. He started his career in the Banking & Finance practice group of Ashurst LPP in Munich.

Thomas’ recent experience includes advising:

• Fritz Schäfer GmbH & Co. KG (SSI SCHÄFER) on a EUR 400m guarantee facility and revolving credit facility loan
• ZAPF GmbH in connection with a EUR 45m bank/bond financing
• AURELIUS Wachstumskapital on the financing of the acquisition of DF-ING Group
• AURELIUS Wachstumskapital on the financing of the acquisition of PRIORIT AG
• Siemens Bank as super senior lender on the refinancing of the PLIXXENT group
• Oldenburgische Landesbank AG as super senior lender on the refinancing of FSN Capital V’s investment in ecovium
• Oldenburgische Landesbank AG as super senior lender on the financing of FSN Capital VI’s investment in MEGABAD
• Alcentra Limited (Alcentra) and Deutsche Bank AG with regard to the financing of the acquisition of Congatec Holding AG (congatec) by DBAG*
• a bank consortium with regard to the financing of the acquisition of Castolin Eutectic Group by Paragon*
• Waterland with regard to the financing of the acquisition of Leupold Group*
• IK Investment Partners with regard to the financing of the acquisition of MDT Technologies*
• DPE Deutsche Private Equity with regard to the unitranche/super senior financing of the acquisition of Valantic Group*
• Ergon Capital with regard to the re-financing of Opseo Group (Deutsche Intensivpflege)*

* advised before joining Eversheds Sutherland