Overview
Ludwig Zesch advises national and international private equity funds, corporate borrowers, debt funds and financial institutions on a range of complex domestic and cross-border financings. His practice includes acquisition finance, direct lending, leveraged buyouts and corporate financing.
Ludwig has particular experience handling significant acquisition financings involving a range of debt structures, including unitranche/super senior structures.
Prior to joining McDermott, he worked for other leading international law firms with the same advisory focus in Munich and Frankfurt.
Ludwig is the co-author of Acquisition Finance Agreements in Germany, a comprehensive commentary on credit agreements for leveraged buyouts under German law.
Results
Ludwig advised:
- Sparkasse Allgäu, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich and HF Debt on financing of acquisition of Tec-Folien Allgäu by AURELIUS
- NORD/LB on financing of the merger of Main Capital backed mps and MACH groups
- NORD/LB on acquisition financing for Main Capital backed enventa Group
- Pricoa on financing the acquisition of Nayak Aircraft Services by Chequers
- VR Equitypartner on financing of acquisition of ASSDEV by solectrix
- Eurazeo on financing the acquisition of a controlling stake in UNITY AG by DBAG
- Kreissparkasse Biberach on financing of acquisition of Hürner Luft- und Umwelttechnik by VTC
- Nord/LB on financing of acquisition of mps public solutions by Main Capital
- Great Point Partners on financing of acquisition of Lyocontract
- VR Equitypartner on investment in Accso
- Majority shareholder on EUR 214 million capital increase of Northern Data AG
- Soennecken eG on acquisition of Erstling
- Eurazeo on financing of DBAG backed AOE Group
- Nord/LB on financing of acquisition of cisbox by Main Capital
- Berenberg on super senior financing for Battery Ventures backed AnalytiChem Group
- Oldenburgische Landesbank on financing of acquisition of E+Service+Check by Rhein Invest
- Edelmann Group on refinancing by a bank consortium led by Commerzbank
- Contentserv Group and its majority shareholder Investcorp on financing of acquisition of Shoppingfeed
- VR Equitypartner on financing of acquisition of a significant minority stake in Midoco Holding
- European Depositary Bank on financing for econnext, an investment platform supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Elos Medtech on combination with Klingel Medical Group
- SüdBG on financing of acquisition of a majority stake in m+m Gebäudetechnik
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, Germany: Banking and Finance Law, 2023-2025
- IFLR1000, Banking and Finance, 2023
- IFLR1000, “Rising Star”: Banking and Finance, 2022
Community
- sdw Alumni e.V. (Verein der ehemaligen Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten der Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft)
- Recht und Wirtschaft in Bayreuth e.V. (RW Alumni)
- German-Polish Lawyers’ Association (Deutsch-Polnische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.)
