The banking consortium consisted of Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG, as co-mandated lead arrangers and lenders, ING as sustainability coordinator and lender, and Landesbank Baden Württemberg, HASPA, and HSBC Germany as lenders.

Headquartered in Hamburg, Biesterfeld SE is a globally active distribution group specialising in plastics, specialty chemicals, and additives. The company continues to pursue a long term growth strategy combining organic expansion with targeted M&A activities.

Hogan Lovells provided comprehensive legal advice to Biesterfeld SE throughout the entire financing process.

Hogan Lovells team for Biesterfeld SE

Bianca Engelmann (Partner), Clara Rego Calderón (Senior Associate), Christian Knoth (Senior Associate) (Banking, Frankfurt);

Dr. Ingmar Dörr (Partner, Tax, Munich);

Carlos Meijide (Counsel), Laura Wouters (Senior Associate), Carlos Arias (Banking, Madrid);

Alexander Premont (Partner), Guergana Zabounova (Counsel), Doan Boudon (Associate) (Banking, Paris);

Kaveeta Sandhu (Partner), Wei Lun Koh (Senior Associate) (Banking, Singapore);

Francis Booth (Partner), Matthew Maguire (Associate) (Banking, London).

Biesterfeld SE Inhouse team

Kai Froböse (CFO), Marie Tack (Head of Group Treasury and M&A), Erik Heidbrink (Treasury)