Bio

Wolfgang Kotzur has been an attorney and partner at Oppenhoff since 2020. Previously, he worked at Simmons & Simmons in the Banking and Finance department as a Rechtsanwalt and solicitor and previously spent 10 years in in London working as a solicitor for Linklaters and Freshfields. Wolfgang Kotzur studied law at the University of Durham (LL.B.), the College of Law in Guildford (Diploma in Law) and the University of Gießen (Dr. iur.). Wolfgang Kotzur has in-depth expertise in advising borrowers and lenders on debt financing transactions under both German and English law. He has worked for all types of borrowers and lenders on a variety of different financing structures for around two decades. A focus of his advisory practice is on corporate finance, senior and mezzanine real estate finance, receivables finance transactions and restructurings. Wolfgang Kotzur also has extensive experience in advising on transactions relating to acquisition financing and fund financing such as capital call facilities.