Dr. Bodo Bender

Bank syndicate, 2024
Advised a bank syndicate of initial purchasers, led by Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan SE, on the issuance of various financial instruments by Mangrove LuxCo III S.à r.l. and its subsidiaries for the early and full repayment of Kelvion's existing restructuring liabilities.

Hyundai Capital Bank Europe, 2024
Advised Hyundai Capital Bank Europe GmbH (Hyundai Capital Bank Europe) on a €700 million asset-backed securities (ABS) auto loans transaction.

CECONOMY AG, 2024
Advised a banking syndicate of initial purchasers, led by BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Société Générale, on CECONOMY AG's €500 million issuance of sustainability-linked senior notes due 2029.

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, 2024
Advised Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on the successful placement of unsubordinated and unsecured convertible bonds due 2030 for an aggregate principal amount of €100 million.

Adler Group, 2024
Advised Adler Group S.A. and its subsidiaries on the agreement with a steering committee of bondholders supporting a comprehensive recapitalization of the Group.

ABN AMRO, 2024
Advised ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (ABN AMRO) on its acquisition of Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG (Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe) from Fosun International Limited, which is subject to regulatory approvals.

Tier on sale of nextbike to Star Capital, 2024
Advised Tier Mobility on the sale of nextbike to Star Capital. The sale was preceded by a spin-off of nextbike that was driven by differences in business and operating models.

Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley, 2024
Advised Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley on the committed financing provided to SES S.A. (SES) for its US$3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) acquisition of Intelsat Holdings S.à r.l. (Intelsat).

Teylor, 2024
Advised the Swiss-headquartered digital lending platform Teylor on the acquisition of the business operations of its competitor Creditshelf AG including Creditshelf Solutions GmbH.

Delivery Hero SE, 2024
Advised Delivery Hero SE on extending the maturity of its existing US$813 million and €300 million term loans, raising additional term loans with an aggregate amount of approximately €740 million equivalent, increasing its existing revolving credit facility to €500 million and borrower-friendly amendments to the loan terms.

Emirates Global Aluminium, 2024
Advised Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), a producer of premium aluminium, on the acquisition of the German aluminium recycling company Leichtmetall Aluminium Gießerei Hannover GmbH (Leichtmetall).

ENVIRIA Energy Holding GmbH, 2024
Advised commercial and industrial decentralized energy solutions provider ENVIRIA Energy Holding GmbH (ENVIRIA) on a capital commitment of over US$200 million from BlackRock through its Global Renewable Power Fund IV. ENVIRIA offers solar solutions for companies in the commercial and industrial space with a projected development pipeline of over 2,000 projects across Germany and a projected generation capacity of 2.3GW.

Prax Group, 2023
Advised the Prax Group, an independent global energy conglomerate, on its agreement to acquire a 37.5 percent interest in PCK Raffinerie GmbH (PCK) and its associated logistics assets from Shell Deutschland GmbH.

Oaktree/Cornerstone, 2023
Advised Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (Oaktree) and Cornerstone Investment Management L.P. (Cornerstone) on the sale of Avenga to KKCG, a European investment and innovation group.

SigmaRoc, 2023
Advised SigmaRoc pls on the acquisition of CRH plc's European lime businesses for a total deal value of approximately €1 billion.

Stabilus Group, 2023
Advised global motion control solutions supplier Stabilus on a €250 million acquisition-related syndicated bridge financing credit facility.

Prax Group, 2023
Advised Prax Group, a multinational, independent energy group on its acquisition of OIL! Tankstellen GmbH, a petrol station operator with subsidiaries and activities in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark, from Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG, an energy company belonging to the Marquard & Bahls Group.

Pollen Street Capital, 2023
Advising Pollen Street Capital (PSC) on the acquisition and integration of niiio finance groupAG (niiio), fundsaccess AG (fundaccess), FundHero SA (FundHero), FinTecc (FinTecc) and MiFID-Recorder GmbH (MiFID-Recorder).

Equens SE, 2015
Advising Equens SE, one of the largest payment service providers in Europe, on a strategic business combination with the European market leader in payment and transactional services, Worldline SA.

ACP Allianz Capital Partners and others, 2015
Advising an international syndicate consisting of Allianz Capital Partners, Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc., Infinity Investments SA and MEAG, the asset management arm of Münchener Rück, on its acquisition of Autobahn Tank & Rast GmbH, the German autobahn services company.

Greenbrier, formation of global joint venture with Astra Rail Management, 2016
Advising US-listed The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (Greenbrier) on a joint venture with Astra Rail Management GmbH (Astra Rail).

Battery Ventures, 2015
Advising the private equity investor Battery Ventures, the private equity and venture capital investor, on its sale of Trust Group to NASDAQ-listed Sabre Corporation.

IK Investment Partners, 2016
Advising the private equity investor IK Investment Partners on the acquisition of ZytoService Group (ZytoService) from its founders and capiton AG.

Ardian (formerly Axa Private Equity), 2016
Advising the private equity investor Ardian on the acquisition of a majority stake in SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH & Co. KG.

Qatar Investment Authority
Advising Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) on its acquisition of shares in Volkswagen and Porsche and the sale of seven million shares, its entire ten percent stake, in HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, to institutional investors through an accelerated book-building.

Tractebel Engineering (GDF SUEZ), 2014
Advising GDF SUEZ subsidiary and leading engineering company Tractebel Engineering on the acquisition of Germany-based Lahmeyer, specializing in energy and water infrastructure.

Clariant's sale of its leather services business, 2013
Bodo advised Clariant, the Swiss world leader in specialty chemicals, on the sale of its Leather Services business to Stahl, a chemicals group based in the Netherlands. This pan-European project, led by White & Case's Frankfurt team, involved due-diligence investigation from lawyers from the Firm's offices in China, France, Mexico, Singapore, Spain and the United States. As a result of the deal, Clariant, a company listed on the Zurich stock exchange, received 23 percent of the shares in Stahl and a cash payment of approximately CHF 85 million (€69 million).

Scholz Holding, 2016
Advising creditors on the financial restructuring of German based Scholz Holding.