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Birgit Friedl

Birgit
Friedl

Of Counsel

CONTACT INFO

bfriedl@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+49 89 189 33-251

FAX:+49 89 189 33-351

Munich

Marstallstrasse 11, 80539 Munich, Germany

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PRACTICE

Mergers and Acquisitions Business Restructuring and Reorganization Global Finance Private Equity

BIOGRAPHY

Birgit Friedl is an of counsel in the Munich office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Business Restructuring and Reorganization and Global Finance Practice Groups.

Ms. Friedl has a broad experience in advising on all forms of German and international mergers and acquisitions, including private equity and joint venture transactions. Her practice also focuses on complex corporate and financial restructurings in crisis situations and on financing transactions including multinational cash pooling solutions. In addition, she has expertise in compliance investigations in the context of M&A and joint venture transactions.

Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers™ 2022/2023 list her among the best lawyers for Restructuring and Insolvency Law and for Private Equity in Germany.

Ms. Friedl regularly represents German and international companies across a wide variety of industries (including automotive, paper, building materials, telecommunications, digital security technology, and service providers) as well as financial investors and investment funds.

She is a member of Gesellschaft für Restrukturierung – TMA Deutschland e.V., the German section of the Turnaround Management Association TMA, and a member of Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung e.V., the German British Jurists’ Association.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Friedl practiced as a junior partner at a renowned German law firm. From 1993 to 1996, she was a lecturer at King’s College, London, the London School of Economics and University College London.

She speaks German and English and has a working knowledge of Spanish and French.

 

Experience

Advising on M&A Transactions and Joint Ventures include:

  • CCL Industries Inc. on the multi-national acquisition of Treofan America Inc. and Trespaphan Mexico Holdings GmbH from M&C S.p.A.
  • One Equity Partners on the acquisition of transformer manufacturer SGB-SMIT from private equity investor BC Partners.
  • Stone Canyon Industries and its subsidiary BWAY on the US$2.3 billion acquisition of Mauser Group, a leading industrial packaging company, from Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
  • Neenah Gessner, a global leader in specialty filter media, on the sale of a German subsidiary to the Kajo Neukirchen group and on the acquisition of a minority interest in Indian company AIM Filtertech Ltd.
  • Giesecke+Devrient on the successful separation of a 50% : 50% joint venture with Wincor Nixdorf, a provider of solutions for cash handling processes in the banking and retail industry, into two joint ventures one of which is controlled by Giesecke+Devrient and the other one by Wincor Nixdorf.
  • A Russian Conglomerate on various corporate restructurings, M&A transactions for a family office as well as financing transactions.
  • The Asset Management Division of one of the largest US private equity investors: Secondary purchase of fund of funds interests in Germany.
  • German Premium Car Manufacturer in connection with a compliance investigation and the corporate structuring of a joint venture with Asian and Arab partners, as well as the structuring of interim continuation of business relationship with Russian distributor.
  • The Gores Group on the structuring, negotiation and set-up of its joint venture with Siemens AG relating to the acquisition of Siemens Enterprise Communications and the subsequent restructuring of the Siemens Enterprise Communications Group.

Advising in connection with Restructuring and Bankruptcy include:

  • PDL BioPharma, Inc. on the $50 million credit agreement with Direct Flow Medical, a developer of transcatheter heart valve technologies.
  • The parent company of a video-on-demand provider in connection with strategies to overcome financial crisis.
  • A major creditor in the insolvency of Kresta Anlagenbau regarding an unfinished machine installation at one of the creditor’s US sites required for the completion of the entire investment project.
  • Investor in Motor Cycling Equipment Company in connection with insolvency proceedings of investment target and release of collateral.
  • BCBG Max Azria Groupon its successful bid for the acquisition of the German department store chain, Karstadt (with 25,000 employees), out of insolvency, together with Berggruen Holdings Ltd.
  • A major international bank, in its position as member of several bank syndicates, in the restructuring of independent loans granted to several members of a group of companies in financial distress.
  • A Hotel Holding Company in a financial restructuring during financial distress of hotel operating entities in several jurisdictions.
  • FiberMark, Inc., a U.S. paper manufacturer in various financing transactions, as well as a corporate reorganization and operational restructuring of its German subsidiaries in the context of the U.S. parent company’s filing for chapter 11 and its emergence from insolvency thereafter.

Advising on Financing Transactions include:

  • Neenah Group in the restatement of its Global ABL Facility.
  • Polyconcept Investments B.V. on a debt refinancing including refinancing of German operations.
  • Russian Conglomerate in the negotiation of a financing and security package in a vessel financing transaction.
  • Computer Sciences Corporation on the set up of multi-national cash-pool, consolidation of local cash pools into multi-national cash-pool and related collateral matters.
  • ADCO Global, Inc on the refinancing of its German subsidiaries.
  • Porex Corporation on the corporate restructuring and refinancing of its German operations.
  • Capital Bank in connection with various financing transactions (Skala Capital City Invest GmbH , Fair Value REIT-AG, RWB).
  • Delek Belron International and Israel Phoenix Assurance (both listed at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange) on the purchase of three loan portfolios from an international investment bank. The loans were backed by 30 income-producing properties in Germany and Switzerland with an underlying value of €315 million.
  • Hagemeyer, a distributor of electrical supplies on various refinancings and a receivables securitization.

EDUCATION

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - 1993 Dr. jur.

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - 1990 Law Degree

ADMISSIONS

Germany - Rechtsanwältin

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - May 8, 2023 | German Corporate Law Update – 2023
Article - February 23, 2023 | Deutsches Gesellschaftsrecht 2023: Ein turbulentes Jahr
Firm News - June 24, 2022 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2023 Recognizes 26 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Article - February 2, 2022 | German Corporate Law 2022: At the Cross-Roads of Continued Globalization and Keeping Your Own House in Order
Client Alert - January 13, 2022 | 2021 Year-End German Law Update
Firm News - July 1, 2021 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2022 Recognizes 25 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - June 28, 2021 | Zum Anpassungsbedarf bei Gewinnabführungsverträgen
Publications - January 29, 2021 | German Corporate Law 2021: A New Dawn Beyond Covid-19, Protectionist Tendencies and the Wirecard Fall-Out
Client Alert - January 14, 2021 | 2020 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - September 21, 2020 | Temporary German COVID-19 Insolvency Regime Extended in Modified Form
Publications - July 6, 2020 | The M&A Lawyer: Corporate M&A in Times of the Corona Crisis – Specific Consequences of the Pandemic for the German Transaction Business
Firm News - June 26, 2020 | Best Lawyers in Germany 2021 Recognizes 19 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - May 7, 2020 | Corporate M&A in Times of the Corona Crisis – Specific Consequences of the Pandemic for the German Transaction Business
Client Alert - April 14, 2020 | Corporate/M&A in Times of the Corona Crisis – Current Legal Developments for German Business
Client Alert - March 25, 2020 | European and German Programs Counteracting Liquidity Shortfalls and Relaxations in German Insolvency Law
Client Alert - January 10, 2020 | 2019 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 11, 2019 | 2018 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 7, 2018 | 2017 Year-End German Law Update
Article - March 2, 2017 | Legislators Broaden Employee Codetermination
Client Alert - January 13, 2017 | 2016 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 8, 2016 | 2015 Year-End German Law Update
Article - April 15, 2015 | Germany’s New Hammer to Glass Ceilings
Client Alert - January 9, 2015 | 2014 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - September 25, 2014 | Quo vadis capital maintenance?
Client Alert - January 15, 2014 | 2013 Year-End German Law Update
Webcasts - December 2, 2013 | Webcast – Munich Practice Academy Corporate / M&A
Client Alert - January 10, 2013 | 2012 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 10, 2012 | 2011 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 14, 2011 | 2010 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - August 17, 2010 | The German Draft Law on Restructuring Insolvent Companies – A German Version of Chapter 11?
Client Alert - January 20, 2010 | 2009 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 2, 2008 | German Aspects of Acquisition Financing
Client Alert - February 1, 2006 | German Courts Tighten Principles on Cash-Pooling
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