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Peter Gierl
Counsel
Languages
English, German
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Peter Gierl is a counsel in Hogan Lovells' Munich office and advises financial institutions, debt funds, private equity sponsors and companies on syndicated and unitranche lending transactions.
His experience includes advising on domestic and cross-border acquisition finance, corporate finance, sustainability linked finance and debt restructurings.
Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Peter worked in the banking practice group at Clifford Chance.
Representative experience
NORD/LB in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Scora Liquidity by Maxburg.
Waterland in connection with the financing of the acquisition of BODE.
*Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in connection with the financing of Trill Impact's acquisition of a majority stake in Primutec group.
*Sunfire AG in connection with EUR 200 million syndicated loan agreement.
*Ardian in connection with intended acquisition of Vecos.
*MiddleGround Capital in connection with investment agreement with STEMMER IMAGING AG and intended voluntary public takeover offer.
*ING in connection with EUR 3 billion credit facility for Uniper.
*BNP Paribas in connection with EUR 5 billion refinancing for Daimler Truck.
*Partners Group in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Dataciders by Rivean Capital.
*UniCredit in connection with EUR 2.5 billion credit line for Springer Nature.
*ING in connection with EUR 200 million ESG credit facility for KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA.
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- Second State Exam in Law, Oberlandesgericht Nürnberg, 2018
- First State Exam in Law, University of Regensburg, 2016
Memberships
- Rechtsanwaltskammer für den Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk München
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28 May 2026