Hagelüken, Alexandra E.

Alexandra E. Hagelüken

Partner

alexandra.hagelueken@lw.com
    Hagelüken, Alexandra E.

    Alexandra E. Hagelüken

    Partner

    alexandra.hagelueken@lw.com
    Band 1 – Banking & Finance

    Chambers Germany 2025

    "Has years of experience with finance transactions and finds understandable and practical solutions."

    Chambers Germany 2025

    Leading Name for Bank Lending and Acquisition Finance

    JUVE 2025/2026

    Among the most renowned lawyers for Banking & Finance

    Wirtschaftswoche 2025

    "Reliable, commercial and communicates clearly."

    The Legal 500 EMEA 2024

    Hall of Fame – Lending & Borrowing

    The Legal 500 EMEA 2021-2024

    Band 1 – Banking & Finance

    Chambers Europe 2015-2024

    "A towering figure in the German banking and finance world. She is renowned for her excellence in acquisition, corporate and leveraged finance."

    Chambers Europe 2024

    "She is clearly one of the strongest in the market."

    Chambers Europe 2023

    Profile

    Alexandra Hagelüken advises creditors and borrowers on complex national and cross-border financings, drawing on more than two decades of experience with German and English law transactions. Alexandra formerly served as Co-Vice Chair of the firm’s Global Finance Department.

    Alexandra regularly advises on:

    • Acquisition financing transactions
    • Infrastructure financings
    • Financial restructurings
    • General corporate lending

    She excels at establishing long-term relationships with clients who value her pragmatic and unflappable approach. With a keen knowledge of both the products and the players in the German market, she has become a trusted advisor for clients pursuing landmark and innovative deals.

    Accolades

    Alexandra has earned widespread recognition for her practice work. Financial News lists her among the Fifty Most Influential Lawyers 2022. Handelsblatt Best Lawyers named her Lawyer of the Year for Banking & Finance 2019. She is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Europe 2024, and has been recognized by Wirtschaftswoche 2025, JUVE 2024/2025, IFLR1000 2024, Who's Who Legal Germany 2023, and Legal 500 Deutschland 2024.

    Experience

    Alexandra’s representative expertise includes advising:

    • 3i on Financing of OMS Prüfservice acquisition
    • Apterra on the financing acquisition of a 49% stake in BALANCE Erneuerbare Energien
    • Ares Management on the refinancing and recapitalization of Zytomics
    • Banks, led by UniCredit, on the financing of Interhome’s acquisition by HomeToGO SE
    • Bank consortium on the €1.8 billion syndicated term loan for SEFE
    • Bank consortium on a €203 million super-senior credit facility for the refinancing of Takko Group
    • Bank consortium on the financing of the public takeover of Stada AG, the largest private equity transaction in Germany with an overall value of €5.4 billion
    • Bank consortium on the financing of the acquisition of CeramTec GmbH by BC Partners 
    • Bank consortium on the financing of all shares in Thermamax Group by Capvis 
    • Bank consortium on the financing of the acquisition of PlusServer GmbH by BC Partners
    • Bank consortium on the financing of Henkel 
    • Bank consortium on the refinancing of KAEFER Group (loan-bond) 
    • Banks and institutional infrastructure investors on the financing of Quartz Healthcare
    • Befesa Group on its refinancing
    • Cheplapharm on its refinancing 
    • DYWIDAG on the refinancing of existing credit facilities (secured Nordic bond of €90 million and senior revolving credit facilities agreement)
    • Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst on the extension of the financing consisting of syndicated loan and promissory note loan
    • IFCO on its refinancing (term loan B of €2.4 billion and RCF of €400 million)
    • IK Partners and the IK Small Cap III Fund on the acquisition financing of Lohoff Pension Services GmbH
    • Kaffee Partner Holding on its refinancing 
    • Kongsberg on its refinancing (bonds and super senior revolving facility)
    • Lenders on a €150 million credit facility for Stabilus
    • Lenders on the refinancing of OCU Group
    • NORMA Group on the placement of an ESG-linked promissory note loan
    • Porsche on its €2.5 billion sustainability-linked syndicated financing
    • Siemens Healthineers on the acquisition of Varian
    • Trench on the refinancing of its existing debt capital structure
    • Triton on the financing of the acquisition of the cathode, furnace linings, and carbon electrodes (CFL/CE) business of SGL Carbon, the first covenant-lite unitranche transaction in the German market 

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • Rechtsanwältin (Germany)
    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • Master of Laws, McGill University
    • Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Bamberg
    • First State Exam, University of Wuerzburg

    Languages Spoken

    • German
    • English
    • French
    • Spanish
    • Russian

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