Bio

Daniel Kress advises companies, banks and financial investors on joint ventures as well as M&A and financing transactions with a particular focus on the real estate and travel industries. He also specializes in financial restructurings and insolvency law issues. Recent real estate M&A transactions Daniel has advised on include various sales by J.P. Morgan Real Assets fund companies as well as the acquisition of various logistics properties, the acquisition of an industrial portfolio by Frasers, the acquisition of the Interboden Group's development business by Arrow Gloabl and the Space Genie Group on the development of a portfolio of self-storage properties. In addition to acquisitions, Daniel also advises on acquisition financing, refinancing and development financing and their workout, in particular in various mandates for Oaktree (acquisition of assets of the Imfarr and Aggregate Group by enforcement of creditor rights and subsequent repositioning), Roundshield on the enforcement against the Solidare Group as well as various debt funds in connection with the insolvencies of the Signa and Centrum groups. He also regularly acts for financial investors on the acquisition of debt instruments in distressed situations and advises on their workout. Daniel has advised Lufthansa on the COVID 19 stabilization measures vis-à-vis KfW and the Economic Stabilisation Fund of the German government (ESF) as well as the majority shareholder Fortum in connection with the de facto nationalization of Uniper as a result of the gas crisis in 2022. Most recently, he advised FTI Touristik on its out-of-court restructuring efforts (search for capital and dealing with COVID 19 stabilization measures by the ESF) in negotiations with investors and the German government. In the area of joint ventures, Daniel has advised J.P. Morgan and APL, among others, on the establishment of various joint ventures with co-investors.