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Kerstin Schaepersmann

Kerstin Schaepersmann

Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel
Senior Counsel
Kerstin Schaepersmann
Kerstin Schaepersmann

Kerstin Schaepersmann specialises in the area of banking and capital markets, with a particular emphasis on regulatory issues and structured finance transactions.

She advises on licensing and approval procedures, cross-border banking and investment services as well as the regulation of derivatives and financial market infrastructures. Her experience in respect of German and international structured finance transactions includes advising sponsors, arrangers, lenders, lead managers, issuers and originators on synthetic and cashflow securitisations (including CLOs, CMBS, repackagings and securitisations of trade and lease receivables) and secured loan transactions, as well as the restructuring thereof.

Kerstin Schaepersmann ist im Bereich Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht mit den Schwerpunkten Aufsichtsrecht und strukturierte Finanzierungen tätig.

Sie berät bei der Errichtung von Banken und Zweigniederlassungen in Deutschland, zur Erbringung von Dienstleistungen auf grenzüberschreitender Basis und zur Regulierung von Derivaten und Finanzmarktinfrastrukturanbietern. Im Bereich der strukturierten Finanzierung berät sie Sponsoren, Arrangeure, Lead Manager, Emittenten und Originatoren bei synthetischen und cashflow Verbriefungen (einschließlich CLOs, CMBS, Repackagings und Verbriefungen von Handels- und Leasingforderungen) und besicherten Darlehensstrukturen, sowie bei deren Restrukturierung.

  • BNP Paribas REIM Germany on the acquisition of a loan for real estate debt fund
  • BGP Investment on the refinancing of a residential property portfolio through the issuance of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS)
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank on the third securitisation of real estate loans granted to the GAGFAH Group
  • UniCredit Bank on the securitisation of German SME loans, amounting to EUR 863 million
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the securitisation of its commercial mortgage loan to WOBA Dresden
  • A subsidiary of RBS on the sale of its stake in the "Die Welle" building complex and "Neues Kranzler Eck" 
  • WestLB on the sale of business divisions of its subsidiary readybank
  • BNP Paribas REIM Germany on the acquisition of a loan for real estate debt fund
  • BGP Investment on the refinancing of a residential property portfolio through the issuance of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS)
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank on the third securitisation of real estate loans granted to the GAGFAH Group
  • UniCredit Bank on the securitisation of German SME loans, amounting to EUR 863 million
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the securitisation of its commercial mortgage loan to WOBA Dresden
  • A subsidiary of RBS on the sale of its stake in the "Die Welle" building complex and "Neues Kranzler Eck"
  • WestLB on the sale of business divisions of its subsidiary readybank

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Career and qualifications

  • Joined Clifford Chance 2000
  • Admitted as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany 2003
  • Secondment to KfW 2003
  • Counsel since 2010
  • Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales 2012

Qualifikation

  • Referendariat und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit bei Clifford Chance 2000
  • Zugelassen als Rechtsanwältin in Deutschland seit 2003
  • Als Anwältin bei Clifford Chance seit 2003
  • Secondment bei der KfW 2003
  • Counsel seit 2010
  • Zugelassen als Solicitor (England & Wales) seit 2012

Awards and citations

  • "Rising star, extremely high knowledge"
    JUVE 2023/24 - Bonds / Structured Finance
  • "calm, structured, knowledgeable, hard-working, and offers high quality"
    Chambers Europe 2023 - Capital Markets: Structured Finance
  • Rising Star
    Legal 500 Germany 2022 - Banking and Finance
  • "very reliable and available and the work is delivered fast"
    Chambers Europe 2020 - Capital Markets: Structured Finance

    Auszeichnungen

    • "Aufsteigerin, extrem hohes Wissen"
      JUVE 2023/24 - Anleihen / Strukturierte Finanzierung
    • "ruhig, strukturiert, sachkundig, fleißig und bietet hohe Qualität"
      Chambers Europe 2023 - Capital Markets: Structured Finance
    • Rising Star
      Legal 500 Deutschland 2022 - Bank- und Finanzrecht
    • "sehr zuverlässig und erreichbar und die Arbeit wird schnell erledigt"
      Chambers Europe 2020 - Capital Markets: Structured Finance