Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises UBS Asset Management and Northern Fiber Holding on €550 million financing for fiber roll-out
28 April 2023
Dr. Carla Luh
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +49 40 419 93 0 (Hamburg)
Fax +49 40 419 93 200 (Hamburg)
LanguagesEnglish, German
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Dr Carla Luh ("very good in contract matters", client)
JUVE Handbook, 2022/2023
Carla Luh leads the finance practice group in Germany as well as our Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects Practice Group in Germany and focuses with her practice on the financing of complex transactions in the infrastructure, renewables and real estate space. She advises lenders, sponsors, borrowers and investors on a wide range of international and domestic transactions in these sectors. With many years of experience in the drafting and negotiating of finance deals, she is the right person with the necessary project management and negotiation skills to bring your financing transactions successfully to financial close.
Carla is regularly recognized and recommended for her work by numerous leading lawyer handbooks. The international legal directory Best Lawyers for example includes her in the very few Best Lawyers in "Project Finance and Project Development" in Germany since 2014. Legal 500 Germany 2021 writes: “The team led by Carla Luh excels in many ways. In addition to detailed knowledge of the transaction, Carla also brings her enthusiasm to the table. If for some reason the negotiations reach a dead end, Carla leads the banking syndicate with very creative solutions.” Legal Germany 2021 adds: “Carla Luh has unique leadership skills. In addition to her deep knowledge of the transaction, she also contributes in a very constructive way. Carla Luh leads an outstanding team, including Amy Wienke and Marco Weibrecht, who are both exceptional. Carla Luh is different from partners in other law firms in a positive sense. Great knowledge of transactions and incredible drive.”
Awards and recognitions
2023
Recommended Lawyer for Projects - Tier 2
Chambers Europe
2023
Recommended Lawyer for Banking and Finance: Regulatory
Chambers Europe, Chambers Global
2023
Recommended Lawyer for Real Estate Financing
Legal 500 Germany
2023
Recommended Lawyer for Credit Law
Legal 500 Germany
2023
Recommended Lawyer for Project Finance
Legal 500 Germany
2023
Recommended Lawyer for Construction Law (including Dispute Resolution)
Legal 500 Germany
2023
Next generation name for Project Finance
Legal 500 Germany
2022/2023
Often recommended for Energy Law: Transactions/Financing
JUVE Handbook
2022/2023
Often recommended for Transport: Financing
JUVE Handbook
2022/2023
Often recommended for Loans and Acquisition Financing
JUVE Handbook
2022
Notable practitioner for Project Finance, Energy and Transport
IFLR 1000
2019-2020
Banking and Finance: Project Finance, Germany, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2019-2020
Banking and Finance: Project Finance, Germany, Next Generation Partner
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
Industry Focus: Energy
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
Public Sector: PPP, Next Generation
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
Banking and Finance: Lending and Borrowing, Germany, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2018/2019
Carla is recognized in the Legal 500 2018 and 2019 ranking as the only lawyer in the financing sector as “Name of the Next Generation”.
Legal 500
2018-2019
Banking and Finance: Project Finance, Next Generation
Legal 500 EMEA
2018
Public Sector: PPP
Legal 500 EMEA
2018
Carla Luh was included in the 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers™ in Germany for Project Finance and Development Practice
Best Lawyers
2017
Carla Luh was included in the 2017 Edition of Best Lawyers™ in Germany for Project Finance and Development Practice
Best Lawyers
2016
Carla Luh was included in the 2016 Edition of Best Lawyers™ in Germany for Project Finance and Development Practice
Best Lawyers
2014/2015
Recommended lawyer for Project Finance and Development Practice
Best Lawyers
Education and admissions
Education
Second State Exam in Law, Regional Court of Mainz, 2009
First State Exam in Law, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 2006
Representative experience
Advising a bank consortium on a > EUR 1 billion financing package for the Frankfurt data centre operator maincubes.
Advising on the borrower side in the financing of the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland (ongoing).
Advising on the refinancing of a geothermal power plant owned by a leading UK infrastructure investor.
Advising the fibre-optic and telecommunications network operator Strategic Fiber Networks GmbH (SFN) from iCON Infrastructure Fund on a fibre roll-out financing.
Advising Berenberg Green Energy Junior Debt Funds on the portfolio financing of solar parks in Italy and Chile.
Advising Göttingen-based fibre optic company goetel GmbH from Basalt Infrastructure on a EUR 345m syndicated fibre roll-out financing.
Advising Statkraft on the acquisition of the Breeze Three portfolios of 350 MW onshore wind turbines in Germany and France.
Advising the sponsors on the successful bidding process and financial close for the Umm Al-Hayman PPP project, one of the world’s largest wastewater projects.
Advising EIB and LBBW on all aspects of the project financing of four wind farms in Poland.
Advising Silenos on the project financing of the geothermal power plant “Bruck” located in Southern Germany.
Advising Northland Power Inc. and Yushan Energy Company Ltd. on the project development of the offshore wind farm Hai Long in Taiwan.
Advising the Starwind Consortium on the project financing of the offshore wind farm Yunlin.
Advising the financing banks on the refinancing of a waste-to-energy project.
Advising Northland Power on the acquisition and project financing of the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht.
Advising the offshore wind farm Merkur on project financing.
Advising a bank on the financing of offshore wind farm projects in Germany.
Advising DZ Bank AG on a leasing financing for the construction of a logistics center.
Advising Nord/LB on the financing of an onshore wind farm in Sweden.
Advising HSH Nordbank AG (now Hamburg Commercial Bank AG) on the financing of an onshore wind farm in Ireland.
Advising Dekabank on the refinancing of the PPP project Zeughausareal Burgdorf in Switzerland.
Latest thinking and events
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises international lending consortium on over EUR 1 billion data centre platform financing for maincubes
06 March 2023
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises a consortium of banks on financing package for TNG Glasfaser
30 November 2022
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises DIF Capital Partners on fibre build out joint venture
28 November 2022
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises UBS Asset Management and Northern Fiber Holding on acquisition of sewikom
09 November 2022
Press releases
Hogan Lovells advises Storengy on a joint venture with CM Fluids
12 October 2022
