Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Dr. Thomas Freund
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
German, English, French
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Chambers Europe, 2024He provides high-quality service and demonstrates very strong commercial vision.
Dr. Thomas Freund is a partner at Hogan Lovells' Munich office and leads the firm's German Banking practice. Thomas focuses his practice on leveraged buyouts, unitranche financings, bank/bond financings as well as corporate lending for large- and mid-cap companies.
Thomas has built strong relationships with a broad range of clients including national and international financial institutions, private credit funds, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers.
In addition, Thomas has broad experience advising on complex debt restructurings, out-of-court solutions, insolvency proceedings and distressed M&A transactions.
Before joining Hogan Lovells, Thomas was the co-Head of the Banking & Finance practice group at Eversheds Sutherlands. Prior to this, Thomas spent time in the Banking groups at Latham & Watkins and Ashurst.
Chambers Europe, 2024He provides high-quality service and demonstrates very strong commercial vision.
Representative experience
Apera Asset Management in connection with the refinancing of Meyra Group GmbH.
Vidia Equity in connection with the refinancing and add-on financing of the acquisition of Tectus Flachdachabdichtungen GmbH (Tectus) by dach energiezukunft (DEZ).
Apera Private Debt Fund III SCSp in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the MontiPower Group by Bencis Capital.
Ares Asset Management in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Hanseatic Broking Center (HBC) by Bridgepoint.
Baring Asset Management Limited in connection with the financing of the acquisition of HRK Lunis AG by Seven2 SAS.
Sparkasse Bremen AG in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the MC Shape Group by RheinInvest.
Katjes International GmbH & Co. KG in connection with the financing of Willy Bogner GmbH.
Apera Private Debt Fund III SCSp in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the Ubitec Group by Bencis Capital.
Oldenburgische Landesbank AG in connection with the acquisition of the OMEGA Group by Bencis.
Auctus Capital Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the Panarium Group.
Auctus Capital Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the Assessimus Group.
Kartesia Management S.à r.l. in connection with the refinancing of a healthcare specialist.
Rantum Capital in connection with the financing of a leading B2B software company.
Apera Asset Management in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Vecos by Ardian.
Oldenburgische Landesbank in connection with the financing of the acquisition of almapharm by Armira Beteiligungen.
BlackRock Investment Management in connection with the refinancing of the auxalia group by SOPHORA Unternehmerkapital.
Pictet Asset Management in connection with the financing of Syncpilot SE.
Sparkasse Bremen in connection with the acquisition of slashwhy by MAXBURG Capital Partners.
AURELIUS Wachstumskapital in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the seleon group.
Federated Hermes and DZ BANK AG in connection with the acquisition of CoCoNet by EMERAM Beteiligungen.
HF Debt in connection with the financing of the Entro Group.
AURELIUS Wachstumskapital on the financing of the acquisition of the BVN Group.
HF Debt in connection with the financing of Hentrich Personaldienstleistungen GmbH.
Consortium of lenders led by LBBW in connection with the financing of the acquisition of the alphacaps Group by Armira Beteiligungen.*
Oldenburgische Landesbank AG as super senior lender in the financing of FSN Capital VI's investment in MEGABAD.*
AURELIUS Wachstumskapital in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Kilian Kanalsanierung GmbH.*
Fritz Schäfer GmbH & Co. KG (SSI SCHÄFER) in connection with a syndicated loan.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- Dr. iur., University of Bonn, Finance Law/ Restructuring Law, 2013
- LL.M. Corporate and Commercial Law, Queen Mary University of London, 2011
- Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf, 2011
- First State Exam in Law, University of Bonn, 2007
Recognition
Events
Sponsorships and Speaking Engagements
10 September 2024| 8:15 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (CEST)