Sandra Kamper has extensive experience, both as outside and in-house counsel, and on some of the most complex, high-profile financing projects, helping clients effectively respond to significant sourcing issues. She handles all aspects of banking and finance matters, in particular corporate finance, real estate finance, and acquisition finance, as well as related practice areas, including fund work. Sandra represents corporate and institutional clients as borrowers and investors and advises clients on structuring, financing, and management of their real estate and other investments. She also has in-depth experience in the restructuring of real estate investments and workouts. She advises on general banking and regulatory matters.
Recent representative transactions include the voluntary public tender offer for all shares of GfK SE by KKR, OM Group's US$1 billion acquisition of Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co KG and the related financing and refinancing, Goodman European Logistic Funds €800 million refinancing, and the acquisition financing for The Riverside Company projects.
Sandra is Partner-in-Charge of the Firm's Frankfurt Office, where she started her career in 1995. From 1999 to 2000, she was head of legal affairs for Das Werk AG, and she worked at another international law firm from 2000 to 2002.
Experience
Speaking Engagements
- März 2009
JDialog: Distressed M&A im Wege des Debt-Equity Swaps - March 2009
JDialog: Distressed M&A through Debt-Equity Swaps
"The toughest lawyer I know" — Chambers Europe
- Second State Examination (State of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 1995); University of Passau in Bayern, Germany (First State Examination 1993); University of London (Intermediate Examinations in Law 1991)
- Federal Republic of Germany
JUVE Handbook: "frequently recommended" in the areas of M&A (2012/2013) and banking and finance (2011/2012)
Chambers Europe (2011): cited by a client as "the toughest lawyer I know" and recommended as a "leader in the field" in the area of real estate
- English, German