Dr. Alper Utlu

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.

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Since 2022 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2015 - 2022 Principal Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt

2012 - 2015 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt

Career

Since 2022 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2015 - 2022 Principal Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt

2012 - 2015 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt

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

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Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

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JUVE 2025/2026

Legal 500 2025

Experience

Helaba – Financing of battery hybrid vehicles for DB Regio

Advising Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) on the financing of five FLIRT Akku battery hybrid vehicles manufactured by Stadler for DB Regio AG. The financing was structured and implemented in collaboration with the lessor LHI Group as part of a sale and leaseback structure.

Dr. Alper Utlu

Ulf Gosejacob

Paul-David Kahl

BayernLB – Financing of 18 electric multiple units for the Ostsee-Alster subnetwork

Advising BayernLB on the financing of 18 Alstom Coradia Stream electric multiple units for the Ostsee-Alster subnetwork. The lessor of the multiple units is a special purpose vehicle of DAL (Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing GmbH & Co. KG). The transaction supports the electrification of regional rail transport.

Dr. Alper Utlu

Ulf Gosejacob

Paul-David Kahl

BayernLB – Financing emission-free fuel cell local trains

Advising BayernLB on the financing of three local trains with emission-free fuel cell propulsion for regional train services in the Mühldorf 2025+ network. The lessor of the multiple units is a special purpose vehicle of DAL (Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing GmbH & Co. KG). The mandate combines innovative mobility solutions with structured project financing.

Dr. Alper Utlu

Ulf Gosejacob

Paul-David Kahl

Advising BayernLB on the financing of three local trains with zero-emission fuel cell propulsion for regional train services in Bavaria

A team led by Dr. Alper Utlu advised BayernLB on the green financing of three hydrogen-powered Siemens Mireo Plus H trains for the "Linienstern Mühldorf 2025+" regional transport service. The trains will replace diesel railcars from December 2026 and promote emission-free local transport in Bavaria.

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Dr. Alper Utlu

Paul-David Kahl

Advising BayernLB on the financing of 18 electric multiple units for the subnetwork "Ostsee-Alster"

A team led by Dr. Alper Utlu advised BayernLB on the green financing of 18 Alstom electric multiple units for the subnetwork "Ostsee-Alster". The trains will be operated by DB Regio from 2027 and will promote sustainable local transport between Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. BayernLB acted as lead arranger with KfW IPEX Bank; the leasing partner is DAL.

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Dr. Alper Utlu

Paul-David Kahl

Advising Helaba on the financing of five battery hybrid vehicles for DB Regio AG

Our team advised Helaba on the financing of five battery-hybrid FLIRT trains for DB Regio in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The financing is provided through a sale-and-lease-back structure with the LHI Group.

Press release

Dr. Alper Utlu

Paul-David Kahl

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Energy & infrastructure

German Special Fund for Infrastructure and Climate Neutrality

24 March 2026

by multiple authors

Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises Topp Holdings on the majority sale of UK based Correll Group - active in the offshore wind sector - to French listed SPIE Group

8 December 2023

by multiple authors

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises Global Savings Group on financing the joining of forces with Pepper

8 December 2022

by multiple authors

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Dr. Alper Utlu

JUVE 2025/2026

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