Philipp Hagenbuch represents clients in sophisticated cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on acquisition and leveraged financing.

Philipp draws on extensive experience and a secondment to Goldman Sachs’ Principal Loan Financing legal team to advise banks, credit funds, and other financial institutions across a broad range of financing structures.

A recognized leader at the firm, he previously served on Latham’s Recruiting Committee. 

Philipp’s representative experience includes advising:

  • The arrangers in connection with a debut €535 million EUR Term Loan B and a €100 million revolving credit facility for AUTODOC
  • A group of bank arrangers on the US$2 billion US dollar and Euro senior financing for VFS Global, a visa outsourcing services business majority-owned by Blackstone
  • The pool of banks on PeopleCert’s €300 million high-yield bond issuance
  • The financing sources on Proofpoint’s acquisition of Hornetsecurity
  • The initial purchasers on a €1.2 billion bond and €175 million revolving credit facility for Maxam
  • The arrangers and underwriters on the financing for Apollo’s acquisition of Evri
  • The lead arrangers on the US$8.3 billion financing for Atlas Investissement’s public tender offer for the shares and SDRs of Millicom
  • The arranger and global coordinator on the €525 million EUR Term Loan B and €100 million revolving credit facility for the refinancing of indebtedness of Schülke & Mayr
  • The bookrunners on the cross-border refinancing for gategroup Holding AG and its subsidiaries, consisting of a €675 million term loan B, a US$500 million term loan B, and a CHF 300 million multicurrency revolving credit facility
  • The mandated lead arrangers on the £1.6 billion term loan B and high-yield bonds for Motor Fuel Group’s acquisition of 340 petrol forecourts from Morrisons
  • The mandated lead arrangers and underwriters on the additional financing aspects for Stada Arzneimittel AG’s acquisition by Bain Capital and Cinven
  • Barclays Bank as sole physical bookrunner of the term loan B add-on provided to Pharmanovia
  • J.P. Morgan as sole bookrunner of the senior and second lien refinancing of Euroports and subsequent add-on financing
  • HPS as lender in relation to the refinancing of The Ambassador Theatre Group, a portfolio company owned by Providence Equity Partners, and the acquisition financing for Jujamcyn Theatres
  • A private credit provider in relation to the financing of the UK P2P acquisition by Valtech, a BC Partners portfolio company, of Kin and Carta
  • The mandated lead arrangers of the super senior revolving facility and senior secured notes refinancing of CBR Fashion
  • The underwriters on the debt financing for Pamplona’s acquisition of EET
  • The arrangers of the debt financing for HG Capital’s acquisition of P&I
  • The arrangers on the bank/bond refinancing for McLaren
  • J.P. Morgan Securities in relation to an up to €750 million holdco PIK financing for Sazka Group’s tender offer for OPAP, a Greek lottery and gaming operator
  • The lead arrangers in connection with Triton Partners’ acquisition of Atnahs International Holdings Limited, a specialty pharmaceutical business
  • MV Credit in connection with the second lien financing to fund Permira’s acquisition of Universidad Europea, a group of Portugal-based and Spain-based providers of higher education
  • Goldman Sachs, as second-lien lender, on Thomas H. Lee’s acquisition of the Autostore Group
  • The mandated lead arrangers in connection with Triton Partners’ carve-out acquisition of Bormioli Pharma, Bormioli Rocco’s pharmaceutical business
  • The bookrunners on various term loan B and RCF amend-and-extend and upsize transactions
  • Various investment banks and financial institutions in connection with the commitment paper and bid processes for several European top-tier, sponsor-led acquisition debt financings 

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School
  • Law with German Law LLB, University College London

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Japanese