ChristianTrenkel

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Christian Trenkel is a solution-driven partner in real estate and real estate finance with more than 15 years of experience advising international and domestic clients. He follows a holistic approach and advises on a wide range of transactions, including single property and portfolio projects to purchase, sell, or finance office, retail, hotel, residential, and industrial assets. Christian's practice also extends to restructuring, insolvency, and securitization matters. He has advised on several landmark transactions both in terms of high-profile assets and legal complexity; the aggregate value of these transactions exceeds €2 billion.

The clients Christian serves include open-ended and closed-ended funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors, private equity firms, family offices and asset managers, as well as developers, German and international financial institutions, and alternative financing providers. Christian counsels clients during the entire term of their investment or financing as he also has extensive knowledge in tenancy laws, restructurings of real estate investments and loans, nonperforming loan transactions, and enforcement of security over real estate. He also advises clients regularly on all types of hotel documentation and on asset, property, and facility management agreements.

Christian regularly lectures at the European Business School (EBS) and is a speaker on various occasions at real estate and real estate seminars. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Experience

  • STERIS sells dental segment to an affiliate of Peak Rock CapitalJones Day is advising STERIS Plc in the $787.5 million sale of Dental segment to Peak Rock Capital, a leading middle-market private investment firm.
  • GfK sells European Consumer Panel (GfK CP) business to YouGovJones Day advised GfK SE in the €315 million sale of its European Consumer Panel business (GfK CP) to YouGov PLC, a leading international online research data and analytics technology group headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: YOU).
  • LaSalle forms JV with Swiss Life Asset ManagersJones Day advised LaSalle Investment Management on a German-focused logistics real estate joint venture with Swiss Life Asset Managers.
  • LyondellBasell acquires minority stake in Source OneJones Day advised LyondellBasell in the acquisition of a minority share in Source One GmbH, Leiferde, Germany, a plastic waste sourcing and engineering company, specialized in developing technical solutions for hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste.
  • LyondellBasell forms joint venture with AFA Nord to recycle secondary plastic packagingJones Day advised LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V. in the formation of a joint venture company with AFA Nord to create LMF Nord GmbH, a joint venture to build a mechanical recycling plant in Northern Germany to turn Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) waste into quality recycled plastic materials for use in flexible packaging.
  • Stellex completes buyout of David Brown Santasalo GroupJones Day advised Stellex Capital Management LLC on its buyout of DB Santasalo S.à r.l from N4 Partners.
  • Ansys acquires automotive simulation channel partner DYNAmoreJones Day is representing Ansys, Inc. in the acquisition of the DYNAmore business (“DYNAmore”), a Stuttgart, Germany-headquartered company who has historically distributed Ansys’ LS-DYNA crash test simulation software to virtually all major European car manufacturers.
  • LyondellBasell forms joint venture to build plastic waste sorting and recycling facilityJones Day advised LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V. in the formation of a joint venture with 23 Oaks Investments GmbH to create Source One Plastics, a joint venture that will build an energy efficient, advanced plastic waste sorting and recycling facility in Germany.
  • Aurelius acquires three European paper mills from Sappi Limited in complex pan-European carve-out transactionJones Day is advising Aurelius in the acquisition of three European paper mills from Sappi Limited.
  • ArchiMed acquires PlasmidFactoryJones Day advised ArchiMed, a leading trans-atlantic private equity healthcare specialist, on its acquisition of PlasmidFactory, a globally renowned high-quality producer of plasmid DNA with strong research capabilities, from IP due diligence to structuring of acquisition and rollover re-investment.
  • Bayerische Landesbank subsidiary Real IS buys Innovationspark KisselbergJones Day advised Bayerische Landesbank subsidiary Real IS AG in the acquisition of Innovationspark Kisselberg in Mainz from a joint venture between J. Molitor Immobilien GmbH and Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft mbh (MAG).
  • Arsenal acquires ATP Group from Bregal UnternehmerkapitalJones Day advised Arsenal Capital Partners in the acquisition of ATP Group, a leading Swiss based manufacturer of water-based adhesive tapes, from Bregal Unternehmerkapital.
  • EPH completes US$163 million public offering of shares, private placement of shares, and listing of new equity shares on SIX Swiss ExchangeJones Day advised EPH European Property Holdings Ltd., as German counsel, in connection with a US$163 million public offering of shares in Switzerland, private placement of shares to international investors, and the subsequent listing of the new shares on SIX Swiss Exchange, the Swiss regulated market.
  • Furukawa Electric and Superior Essex global joint venture finalizedJones Day advised Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. in its finalization of a global joint venture with Superior Essex Inc.
  • EPH buys Nhow hotelJones Day advised Eastern Property Holdings (EPH), which is listed on the Swiss stock exchange, in the acquisition of the shares of the owner of Nhow Hotel in Berlin-Friedrichshain, a Berlin design hotel with 304 rooms and a total area of 20,000 square meters.
  • Milliken & Company acquires Borchers from The Jordan CompanyJones Day advised Milliken & Company in its acquisition of Borchers Group Limited, a global specialty chemicals company known for its innovative high-performance coating additives and specialty catalyst solutions, from The Jordan Company, L.P.
  • Pandox acquires seven hotel properties in Germany from HR Group for €290 millionJones Day advised Pandox AB, a leading hotel investor in Northern Europe, on the acquisition of seven German hotel properties with a total of 1,532 rooms from HR Group for €290 million.
  • Pandox AB purchases two hotel properties in Hanover and The Hague (Netherlands)Jones Day advised Pandox AB on the €83 million purchase of two hotel properties and the respective hotel operations in Hanover and The Hague (Netherlands) from Grape Hospitality.
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG sold investment in InfianaJones Day advised DBAG Fund VI, a fund advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), on the auction sale of the portfolio company Infiana Group GmbH and indirectly all of its subsidiaries to funds advised by Pamplona Capital Management.
  • StepStone Group forms joint venture with ActivumJones Day advised StepStone Group LP on the formation of a joint venture with Activum SG, an investor in European real estate related sectors, in connection with its investment in four residential and commercial real estate assets located in Spain and Germany.
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    April 2020 White Paper

    Act to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Under Germany's Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Procedure Law of 27 March 2020

    March 2020 Commentary

    Berlin Rent Cap Act Finally Adopted but Uncertainties Remain

    August 2019 Alert

    German Government Implements Stricter Anti-Money Laundering Rules for Real Estate Sector

    July 2019 Alert

    Berlin Government Proposes Rent Cap for Residential Space

    January 2018 Commentary

    German Court Voids Defect-Curing Clauses in Written Form Lease Agreements

    Speaking Engagements

    • 2015 and 2017
      European Sales and Tenancy Law, EBS Executive Education

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