Bio

Dr. Kerstin Henrich has more than 15 years of experience advising corporates and financial investors on complex and distressed M&A transactions, venture capital investments, and transactions in the renewable energy sector. Clients in the automotive, logistics, chemical, plastics, and other industries have relied on her negotiating skills and her hands-on, practical approach. Kerstin's recent engagements include advising a global owner and operator of toll roads on the capital restructuring of a German toll road. In addition, Kerstin has represented financial investors and family offices on the acquisition and sale of wind and solar energy projects with a total capacity of hundreds of megawatts. Her recent engagements in the renewable energy sector include advising a German developer on a co-development agreement with Italian ERG group to implement a 600 MW early-stage photovoltaic power portfolio in Germany, a European family office on the acquisition of the project rights for and the development of an offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, and a German investment holding on the sale of the majority shareholding in Italy's largest photovoltaic power plant. In the venture capital space, Kerstin advised one of the founding shareholders of Jumia, the first African-focused start-up unicorn, in connection with Jumia's IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Prior to joining Jones Day, Kerstin represented U.S., French, and Indian investors on distressed M&A transactions in Germany. Kerstin is an alumna of the prestigious German National Merit Foundation. She is a member of the Düsseldorf Bar and the German American Lawyers Association.