Dr Sebastian Kaufmann > King & Spalding LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Anwaltsprofil

Dr Sebastian Kaufmann

+49 (69) 257 811 026 skaufmann@kslaw.com View profile

Abteilung

Corporate, Finance and Investments

Position

Dr. Sebastian Kaufmann is a partner in King & Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice in the King & Spalding Frankfurt, New York and London offices.

Karriere

Sebastian Kaufmann advises clients in all positions of a project’s capital stack: He represents private equity as well as institutional investors in the development, acquisition, disposition, structuring and financing of real estate and other projects. He also represents financial institutions and other debt providers as lenders in a broad range of debt transactions, including mezzanine debt, preferred equity, structured debt, nonperforming loans and restructurings.

Trained and actively practicing as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt), English solicitor and New York attorney, one focus of Sebastian’s practice is advising German regulated investment funds and banks in corporate, tax and regulatory matters concerning their U.S., UK and German investment and lending activities. On the equity side, he advises regulated fund vehicles on compliance with the German Investment Act (KAGB) in relation to real estate investments in the U.S. and abroad. On the debt side, he frequently counsels banks on the eligibility of real estate, aircraft and export financings as cover for German covered bonds (Pfandbriefe).

Sprachen

• Deutsch
• Englisch

Mitgliedschaften

• Amerikanische Rechtsanwaltskammer (Business and International Section)
• Rechtsanwaltskammer des Bundesstaates New York
• Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main
• Anwaltskammer von England und Wales

Ausbildung

• LL.M.-Abschluss von der Columbia University in 1999
• Erstes Staatsexamen an der Universität Hamburg in 1997
• Dr. iur. an der Universität Hamburg in 2004