Paul-David Kahl

Frankfurt Germany

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Paul-David is a member of the Finance Practice Area. He advises on complex national and cross-border transactions, in particular in the fields of acquisition, project and corporate finance.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Banking & finance

Corporate finance

Acquisition & leveraged finance

CV

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 - 2022 Graduate research assistant in the fields of Finance and Corporate / M&A

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 - 2022 Graduate research assistant in the fields of Finance and Corporate / M&A

Education

2022 Second state examination, Frankfurt am Main

2020 - 2022 Legal clerkship, disctrict court, Frankfurt am Main

2019 First state examination, Gießen

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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.

Press release

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.

Press release

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