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Bernhard Kloft
Bernhard Kloft

Bernhard Kloft

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Bernhard comprehensively advises both German and international clients in the areas of corporate law and M&A. His practice focuses on structured sales processes and acquisitions, LBO, LBI and joint ventures.

His clients include international companies, financial investors, private equity funds as well as medium-sized and family-owned companies. Bernhard’s professional career is characterised by advising on a large number of transactions in Germany with international elements and this continues to constitute the core of his practice in selected industries. Furthermore, he has long-standing experience in the field of restructuring and reorganization of companies as well as the representation of companies and parties in crisis situations and insolvency proceedings.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Restructuring & insolvency
Distressed M&A
Financial restructuring for corporates

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Consumer & retail
Manufacturing & industrials
Automotive & mobility

CV

Since 2021 Of Counsel, Taylor Wessing
1987 - 2020 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1981 – 1987 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1980 – 1981 In-House Lawyer, A.C. Toepfer (Archer Daniels Midland)
1980 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
1980 Second state examination, Hamburg
1977 First state examination, Freiburg

Career

Since 2021 Of Counsel, Taylor Wessing
1987 - 2020 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1981 – 1987 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1980 – 1981 In-House Lawyer, A.C. Toepfer (Archer Daniels Midland)

Education

1980 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
1980 Second state examination, Hamburg
1977 First state examination, Freiburg

Memberships & Associations

Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum e.V.
Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung
Bankrechtliche Vereinigung

Additional languages

English

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

Leading individual: Private Equity Law

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2021/ 2022

Leading individual: Private Equity

Leading individual: Private Equity

Frequently recommended: Corporate/M&A

Experience

Taylor Wessing advises GARBE on sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment

International law firm Taylor Wessing, led by Hamburg partner Anja Fenge and Hamburg partner Bernhard Kloft, provided comprehensive legal advice to GARBE Industrial Real Estate on the sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment. The portfolio consists of six development projects and two existing buildings with a total area of 218,144 square meters. The purchases are being made for two new pan-European logistics special funds launched by Union Investment together with GARBE Industrial Real Estate.

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Dr. Anja Fenge, LL.M.
Bernhard Kloft
Dr. Jan Riebeling
Hannes Tutt
Niels Heim
Nikolaus Vaerst, LL.M. (LSE)
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Galya Stareva, LL.M. (Hamburg)

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12 July 2019

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