Ashurst advised private debt funds managed by Bluebay Asset Management LLP (BlueBay) and Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (Berenberg) on the refinancing of Deutsche Fachpflege Group (DFG), a portfolio group of financial investor Chequers Capital. 

Ashurst advised the refinancing trees with separate teams:

BlueBay private debt funds as unitranche lenders were advised by a team led by partner Dr Bernd Egbers, assisted by senior associate Isabell Pöller, associate Dr. Jan Ulrich Heinemann and transaction manager Anna Jevsejeva (all finance, Munich and Frankfurt).

Berenberg as super senior lender was advised by partner Sebastian Schoon (lead), counsel Dr Endrik Kramski and senior associate Gabrielle Metherall (all finance, Munich and Frankfurt).

Ashurst Germany has one of the largest banking and finance teams in the market with over 20 lawyers, paralegals and transaction managers across Frankfurt and Munich, including four partners. The team advises banks, alternative lenders and private equity companies and corporates on domestic and cross-border acquisition, real estate, asset and infrastructure/ project financings as well as on financial restructurings and corporate loans. Ashurst is market-leading in relation to mid-cap LBOs.