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Dr. Alper Utlu
Dr. Alper Utlu

Dr. Alper Utlu

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Alper is a lawyer for finance and a qualified freight forwarding agent. He is specialised in domestic and cross border asset finance transactions in the transportation sector covering aircraft and rolling stock financings.

He advises lenders, borrowers, lessors and lessees on all transaction - related aspects of financing, leasing and security agreements on the basis of the commercial and client-specific requirements of the deal.

The spectrum of his expertise comprises the sale of portfolios in loans to the aviation and land transport sector as well the restructurings in the energy sector.

Expertise

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Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
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CV

Since 2022 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2022 Principal Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt
2012 - 2015 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt
2009 - 2012 Scientific research assistant, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität in Hannover
2007 - 2009 Scientific research assistant, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Hannover
1999 - 2002 Professional training as freight forwarding agent, Langenhagen
2009 Second state examination, Higher Regional Court in Celle
2002 - 2007 Legal studies and first state examination, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

Career

Since 2022 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2022 Principal Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt
2012 - 2015 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt
2009 - 2012 Scientific research assistant, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität in Hannover
2007 - 2009 Scientific research assistant, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Hannover
1999 - 2002 Professional training as freight forwarding agent, Langenhagen

Education

2009 Second state examination, Higher Regional Court in Celle
2002 - 2007 Legal studies and first state examination, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

Publications

Utlu, Der Schutz des Bürgen bei Abschluss des Bürgschaftsvertrags im türkischen und deutschen Bürgschaftsrecht, Gieseking, 2017

Additional languages

English, Turkish

Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

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“Highly committed, always available, very knowledgeable”, client

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Frequently recommended lawyer for lending and acquisition finance

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Our contact person Alper Utlu is particularly characterized by the fact that he is always available, works in a solution-oriented manner, is a very good listener and is open to solutions.

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Recommended Lawyer for Credit Law

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Recommended lawyer for the transport sector

Nominated stand-out lawyer: "He is very precise, very analytical, very thoughtful, confident impression. He seems to think about things very thouroughly and thinks them through in all directions and discovers facets of an issue which are not obvious."

Experience

Advising Topp Holdings on the majority sale of Correll Group

A team led by Dr. Philip Cavaillès, Josef Fuss and Bryce Bartlett advised Topp Holdings GmbH on the majority sale of UK based Correll Group, a global leader in the provision of engineering, installation and maintenance services in the offshore wind sector, to French listed SPIE Group, an independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications.

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