Verena Birke

verena.birke@lw.com

+49.69.6062.6531

Profile

Verena Birke, a finance associate in Latham & Watkins’ Frankfurt office, advises German and international clients on a range of domestic and cross-border finance transactions.

She represents financial institutions, direct lending funds, private equity funds, and corporate borrowers in:

Cross-border and domestic acquisition financings
General corporate financings
Financial restructurings

Prior to joining Latham as an associate, Verena studied law in Frankfurt and Linköping, and completed her legal training in the Finance Department of the Frankfurt and Singapore offices of Latham & Watkins.

Experience

Verena’s experience includes advising:

Acrotec (a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group) on the acquisition of Mebus MIM-Technik
Apollo on the €1 billion investment in Deutsche Wohnen SE
Ares Management on the financing of the partnership between Summitas and BVUK
Brookfield on its preferred equity investment in a Cologne residential project
Kelvion Group on €235 million super senior revolving credit and guarantee facilities to refinance outstanding notes
Main Capital Partners on the sale of software company Perbility to Rivean Capital
Minimax Viking on the maturity extension of its existing syndicated loan facility (amend and extend)