Yannick Adler
Yannick Adler
Yannick Adler
Yannick Adler

Biography

Yannick advises a broad range of clients, including major corporations, banks and private equity houses, across a wide spectrum of capital markets and corporate transactions. His practice includes high-yield bonds, investment grade debt, leveraged loan financings, liability management transactions as well as general U.S. securities law advice. He also has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions and multi-jurisdictional restructurings, enabling him to provide integrated advice in complex situations.

Prior to joining White & Case, Yannick worked for a renowned US law firm in New York and London, where he focused on capital markets transactions, including cross-border high-yield debt and equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Experience

Advised Delivery Hero SE, the world's leading local delivery platform, on raising an aggregate amount of US$1.4 billion in additional term loans maturing in June 2032. (2026)

Advised Adler Group on its tender offer, refinancing and consent solicitation for its €300 million senior secured notes due 2028. (2025)

Advised Adler Group on a dual-tranche corporate bond issuance comprising €700 million 1.875% senior notes due 2026 and €800 million 2.250% senior notes due 2029. (2025)

Advised Adler Group on the €422.5 million sale of a 89.9% stake in its Cosmopolitan residential portfolio in North Rhine-Westphalia to Orange Capital Partners and One Investment Management. (2025)

Advised Berenberg as subscription agent on BioNTech SE's public exchange offer for all outstanding shares in CureVac N.V., valuing CureVac at approximately US$1.25 billion. (2025)

Advised BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan SE, Morgan Stanley Europe SE and UniCredit Bank GmbH on the issuance by Czechoslovak Group a.s. of US$1 billion 6.500% and €1 billion 5.250% senior secured notes due 2031. (2025)

Advised Adler Group on the €1.3 billion sale of a residential portfolio to LEG Immobilien SE. (2024)

Advised Adler Group on its agreement with bondholders supporting a comprehensive recapitalization of the Group. (2024)

Advised Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and a syndicate of initial purchasers on the refinancing of Kelvion's restructuring liabilities through new debt instruments issued by Mangrove LuxCo III S.à r.l.. (2024)

Advised BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Société Générale on CECONOMY AG's €500 million sustainability-linked senior notes due 2029. (2024)

Advised Delivery Hero on the US$950 million sale of its foodpanda business in Taiwan to Uber and Uber's US$300 million equity investment in Delivery Hero. (2024)

Advised Delivery Hero on the extension and upsizing of its US$813 million and €300 million term loans and €500 million revolving credit facility. (2024)

Advised Meyer Burger Technology AG on a capital increase with gross proceeds of CHF 206.75 million. (2024)

Advised Adler Group on its €3.2 billion debt restructuring and new money financing of up to €937.5 million. (2023)

Advised BENTELER Group on its €2.1 billion refinancing, including €525 million and US$500 million high-yield bonds due 2028, a €810 million term loan and a €250 million revolving facility. (2023)

Advised Proman AG on a green loan ship financing in support of the launch of an industry-first sustainable shipping fund in partnership with Stena Bulk AB, an internationally recognized and leading European shipping company. (2023)

Advised Adler Group on financing commitments for a new secured debt package of up to €937.5 million and related lock-up agreement covering bonds with an aggregate nominal amount of €3.2 billion. (2022)

Advised Delivery Hero on a Term Loan B comprising US$825 million and €300 million term facilities and a €375 million revolving credit facility. (2022)

Advised Consolidated Energy Finance on the issuance of US$525 million and €250 million high-yield bonds. (2021)

Advised on high-yield debt offerings (representing either the initial purchasers or the issuer) of Benteler Group, Braas Monier, Burford Capital Limited, Dufry, Consolidated Energy Finance S.A. (a Proman subsidiary), Hess Midstream Partners, Jewel UK Bondco (an Apollo Global Management special purpose vehicle), Lowell, Löwen Play, Platin 1426. (a Blackstone special purpose vehicle), PrestigeBidCo (a Permira debt vehicle), Rossini (a CVC Capital Partners debt vehicle), Vista Outdoor and Yell.

Advised on investment grade debt offerings (representing either the underwriters or the issuer) of AXIS, Baker Hughes, Enstar, KLA-Tencor, Level 3, Naspers, Prosus and Uniti.

Advised on IPOs for Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, innogy and Knorr-Bremse, and other equity offerings for HDFC Bank and Kion.

Advised Linde on its $70 billion merger of equals with Praxair.

Advised Naspers on a share exchange transaction with Ctrip.com.

Advised Novartis on the $29.8 billion spin-off of Alcon.

New York
Juris Doctor
Albany Law School
Masters in Business Administration
Union Graduate College
Bachelor of Science
Bielefeld University
German
English

"Ones To Watch" Germany in Corporate Law, Handelsblatt 2025

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