Jochen Schnepper

Jochen Schnepper is a member of the Real Estate Finance & Restructurings practice, and its Financial industry group. He focuses his banking practice on real estate finance transactions, acting for family offices, private equity firms, debt funds, and other institutional investors. He advises on senior / mezzanine structures, domestic and cross-border financings and has expertise in different types of financing products, including credit agreements, Schuldschein-loans, debt capital markets and hybrid instruments. He also advises on leverage and buy-out finance.

Recently, Jochen Schnepper has dedicated a considerable part of his practice to financial restructurings, distressed debt investing, and other special situations.

• Melcombe Partners and GIC on various acquisition financings and refinancings for German logistics properties as part of their pan-European logistics portfolios with a total financing volume exceeding EUR 1 bn
• Clarion Partners on various single asset and portfolio financings for properties throughout Germany with a total financing volume exceeding EUR 500 m
• Marcol and a US hedge fund on the financing for their German self-storage portfolio managed by an Opco/Propco structure
• Arax Properties and Eurazeo SA on acquisition financing for German mixed-use portfolio in Berlin
• Inovalis S.A. on various single asset and portfolio financings for properties throughout Germany
• Rock Co. Capital Limited on the financial restructuring for an industrial site in Germany
• One of Germany’s largest Pfandbrief banks on various acquisition and development financings, including for an urban development in Berlin and a commercial property in Munich, the latter financed in a structure involving three layers of mezzanine debt with a total financing volume exceeding 300 m
• German pension fund on financial restructurings and workout situations relating to Schuldschein loans
• Senior lender on the financial restructuring of their notes for one of Germany’s largest commercial project developments, including a security enforcement in a senior / mezzanine structure
• RWE AG on the financial restructuring of their 18 corporate bonds with an aggregate nominal amount exceeding EUR 11 bn*
• Blackstone, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Bank of America Merril Lynch and J.P. Morgan AG on the financing of the acquisition of real estate properties or portfolios*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Jochen was admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) in 2013. Prior to joining Goodwin in 2021, Jochen worked for Hengeler Mueller in their Frankfurt, London, and Munich offices and was last partner at a real estate boutique in Frankfurt.