Philipp Guggeis, an associate in Latham & Watkins’ Munich office and member of the Finance Department, advises national and international clients on matters of banking and finance law.

Philipp represents debt funds, private equity funds, banks, and corporate borrowers in a range of domestic and cross-border finance transactions including:

  • Acquisition finance
  • Direct lending (including unitranche/super senior structures)
  • Leveraged buy-outs
  • Structured finance 
  • Corporate finance

Prior to joining Latham, Philipp gained experience in the finance departments of other major international law firms in London.

He is a member of the Munich Bar Association. 

Philipp's experience includes advising:

  • Alcentra on the financing of the acquisition of Telio by Charterhouse
  • Apheon on the financing of SVT Group including financing of the acquisition of Odice group
  • Arcmont Asset Management on the refinancing of Acura Group
  • Ares Management on the financing of the partnership between Summitas and BVUK
  • Bank consortium on the financing of the acquisition of HR Works GmbH by Maguar Capital
  • A bank consortium on a new €750 million credit line for Sixt
  • A bank consortium on a €2 billion credit facility for Fresenius
  • A bank consortium on a €2 billion credit facility for Fresenius Medical Care
  • Banks and institutional infrastructure investors on the financing of Quartz Healthcare
  • BlackRock on the refinancing of Netzkontor Group
  • Chequers Capital on the:
    • Acquisition financing of 7days
    • Acquisition financing of Nayak-LM
  • CORDET on the financing of the acquisition of hsbcad by Maguar
  • Crescent Capital on the financing of the acquisition of 3B Scientific by G-Square 
  • Deutsche Intensivpflege Holding on the financing of Opseo's acquisition of A.I.H. 
  • DPE Deutsche Private Equity on the refinancing of Lutrina Klinik Kaiserslautern, Mediapark Klinik Köln, and Rose Gelenkzentrum Leipzig 
  • Ergon Capital on the financing of the acquisition of Fair Doctors Dental Group
  • Goldman Sachs on the financing of the acquisition of Sanner by GHO Capital
  • Hayfin on the financing of the acquisition of Dantherm by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
  • Hg on the:
    • Investment of Permira in GGW Group
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in F24
    • Financing of the acquisition of LucaNet AG
  • IceLake Capital on the acquisition financing of quattron and NEXTRAIL
  • Investec Bank on the financing of the acquisition of Pathologie Viersen and Elbe-Jeetzel-Klinik Dannenberg by Capiton 
  • Lenders on the refinancing of OCU Group
  • Oldenburgische Landesbank on the:
    • Financing of the Petromax Group's partnership with the private equity firm Bluegem Capital Partners
    • Financing of Petromax group’s partnership with Bluegem Capital Partners 
  • SGB-SMIT GmbH in connection with the amendment and extension of its existing loans under a UK Restructuring Plan
  • Trilantic on the financing of the acquisition of Smile Eyes Group
  • UniCredit on the:
    • New €750 million credit line for Sixt
    • Financing of the acquisition of VTU group by Altor Equity Partners
  • Unsere Grüne Glasfaser on the acquisition of Infrafibre Germany  

Bar Qualification

  • Certificate of Attestation from Law Society of Ireland
  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LLM, King's College London, 2015
  • BA (Hons), University of Kent, 2014

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • German

Practices