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About Nicholas Lütgerath
Nicholas advises financial institutions, investors and corporations in M&A transactions and corporate law matters.
His expertise includes banking regulation and governance.
Nicholas is a German and US national and currently based in our New York office. He has worked in our offices in Berlin, London and Hamburg.
Recent work
- Advising various financial institutions and their sponsors on M&A projects and portfolio transactions.
- Advised NREP A/S, a leading Nordic real estate investor, on its acquisition of M3's Germany-focused real estate credit business
- Advised Hamburg Commercial Bank AG
- in the first ever privatization of a German Landesbank, particularly regarding the transition of deposit protection schemes,
- the sale of multi-billion euro performing and non-performing loan portfolios
- its post-privatization transformation process, including a liability management exercise and board-room matters.
- Advised Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale on its restructuring.
- Advised Siemens Gamesa in its acquisitons of part of the insolvent Senvion Group.
- Advised Maersk Line A/S, the world’s largest container shipping line, on its takeover of Hamburg Süd.
Qualifications
Legal Education
Universities of Göttingen and Berlin
Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.), doctoral thesis on banking supervisory law
Legal Clerkship in Berlin and New York
Professional qualifications
Admitted to the German Bar (Rechtsanwalt)