Ralph Dräger
Counsel
Frankfurt
ralph.draeger@lw.com
+49.69.6062.6573
PRACTICES
- Banking
- Private Equity Finance
INDUSTRIES
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Energy Transition
- Financial Institutions
EDUCATION
- Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Frankfurt, 2016
- LLM, University of Stellenbosch, 2013
- First German State Exam, University of Mannheim, 2012
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
- German
PROFILE
Ralph Dräger advises German and international clients on a range of domestic and cross-border finance transactions.
Ralph represents financial institutions, private equity funds, and corporate borrowers in:
- Cross-border and domestic acquisition financings
- General corporate financings
- Financial restructurings
Prior to joining Latham, he gained experience in the banking and finance department of another major international law firm.
EXPERIENCE
Ralph’s recent experience includes advising:
Private Equity-Driven Transactions
- Alpha Private Equity on the acquisition financing of EUROPART Holding GmbH
- Bank consortium on the financing of Capvis’ shares in Thermamax Group
- Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone on the attempted public takeover financing of Scout24
- Hg on the MediFox acquisition financing
- Hg on the financing agreements in connection for the acquisition of Mobility Concept and advice on the financing of an add-on acquisition
- Morgan Stanley and Société Générale on the Schur Flexibles Group refinancing
Corporate Loans
- Banks and institutional infrastructure investors on the financing of Quartz Healthcare
- Bank consortium on the refinancing of inexio Informationstechnologie und Telekommunikation KGaA
- Bank consortium on the refinancing of Tom Tailor
- Bank consortium on the extension of existing revolving credit facilities totaling €4.7 billion for TUI
- Bank consortium on the refinancing of MAHLE
- Capvis on the Kaffee Partner Group refinancing
- Kongsberg on the refinancing (bonds and super senior revolving facility)
- Lenders on the financing in connection with the acquisition of the Thermal Commercial Vehicles Division from Valeo