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About Dr. Dennis Chinnow
Dennis advises corporations, investors and financial institutions on domestic and international finance and banking transactions.
Based in our Frankfurt office, he regularly advises large corporates on their debt financing needs, often in a transformation or stabilisation context and in relation to acquisitions.
In addition, his practice includes advising investors and lenders on the financing of real estate investments.
Dennis has been recognised by Handelsblatt Best Lawyers as "One to Watch" (Anwalt der Zukunft) for Banking and Finance Law.
He speaks German and English.
Recent work
- Advising companies, commercial banks and KfW on numerous stabilisation and rescue financings in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, volatile gas and energy markets and the transition to a sustainable economy with an aggregate loan volume of more than €50bn
- Advising AGC Equity Partners on real estate financings, including in relation to THE SQUAIRE (the largest office building in Germany), a hyperscale data center in Frankfurt am Main and a European last mile logistic portfolio
- Advising Vonovia SE on various financings, including in connection with acquisitions (including the takeover offer for Deutsche Wohnen SE in 2021)
- Advising Peach Property Group AG on its first syndicated financing in the form of a €100m credit facility
- Advising a German lender on the sale of non-performing real estate loans
- Advising Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA on various financings, including facilities agreements and Schuldschein loans (both including sustainability-linked)
- Advising REWE Group on various financings, including facilities agreements (including sustainability-linked) and USPP
- Advising RWE AG on various financings, including facilities agreements (including sustainability-linked) and financing of offshore wind farm projects
- Advising Merck KGaA on various financings, including facilities agreements
- Advising LANXESS AG on various financings, including facilities agreements (including sustainability-linked) and in connection with acquisitions
- Advising Nemetschek SE on various financings, including facilities agreements and Schuldschein loans and in connection with acquisitions
- Advising TUI AG on its €2.7bn syndicated loan financing (sustainability-linked)
- Advising a consortium of banks on a €2.5bn syndicated loan financing (sustainability-linked) for Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Sustainability-Linked Loan of the Year at GlobalCapital's Syndicated Loan Awards 2023)
- Advising a consortium of banks on a syndicated loan financing (sustainability-linked) for Viessmann
- Advising a consortium of banks on a syndicated loan financing for Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG
- Advising a consortium of banks on a €1.5bn syndicated loan financing (sustainability-linked) for EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (Sustainability-linked loan of the year at Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021)
- Advising BNP Paribas on a €4bn syndicated loan financing (sustainability-linked) for Continental AG
- Advising a consortium of banks on a €11bn syndicated loan financing for a DAX-listed company
- Advising AUTO1 on various financings, including a €500m ABS financing based on used vehicles
Qualifications
Education
- University of Frankfurt, Germany (Dr. iur.)
- University of Cambridge, England (LL.M.)
- Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, Germany (Second State Examination)
- University of Freiburg, Germany (First State Examination)
Professional Qualifications
- Rechtsanwalt, Germany