Banking & Finance
Germany
16 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Winfried Carli
Germany 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Carli’s practice focuses on domestic and cross‐border finance and restructuring matters, with a particular focus on leveraged finance. He represents national and international private equity firms, financial institutions, debt funds and companies on all types of debt transactions.
Personal
LLM 2000
New York University
(Fulbright Scholar)
1st German State Law Examination 1997
University of Munich
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Banking & Finance - Germany
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Individual Editorial
Winfried Carli excels at advising private equity firms and portfolio companies as well as direct lenders on mid-cap acquisition financing and refinancing transactions. He offers expertise in both German and cross-border mandates, aided by his firm's international network.
Indviduelles Editorial
Winfried Carli berät Private-Equity-Gesellschaften und Portfoliounternehmen sowie Direktkreditgeber erfolgreich bei mittelständischer Akquisitionsfinanzierungen und Refinanzierungstransaktionen. Er verfügt über Expertise in deutschen und grenzüberschreitenden Mandaten und profitiert dabei vom internationalen Netzwerk seiner Kanzlei.
Strengths
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He has very strong relationships with lenders and sponsors and knows exactly what points will be most relevant to his clients. . He can jump into anything quickly.
Banking & FinanceChambers GermanyHe gives a clear explanation of what we need, what will work and what won't. He gives not just pure legal knowledge but also practical and contextualised knowledge.
Banking & FinanceChambers GermanyHe can draw connections and solutions I have not thought of.
Banking & FinanceChambers GermanyWinfried Carli has an excellent reputation in the market. He has very good market knowledge and sees a vast number of deals - more than anyone in Germany.
Banking & FinanceChambers GermanyWinfried Carli genießt einen ausgezeichneten Ruf am Markt. Er verfügt über sehr gute Marktkenntnisse und betreut eine Vielzahl von Transaktionen – mehr als jeder andere in Deutschland.
Banking & FinanceChambers GermanyEr erklärt mir klar und verständlich, was wir brauchen, was funktionieren wird und was nicht. Er vermittelt nicht nur reines juristisches Wissen, sondern auch praktisches und kontextbezogenes Wissen.
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