Dr. Barbara Dunkel
Overview
Dr. Barbara Dunkel is a finance associate in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
She advises German and international clients in national and cross-border acquisition finance transactions and other general finance and restructuring matters.
Handelsblatt Best Lawyers lists her among the “Ones to Watch” 2025 for banking and finance law as well as restructuring and insolvency in Germany.
Experience
Representative Matters
Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of a majority stake in uvex
proAlpha Group in connection with the amendment, increase and extension of its senior financing arrangements
Bain Capital on the acquisition of Apleona
TPG on the c. EUR 3.9 billion acquisition of Aareon
Wittur Group in connection with its consensual financial restructuring
Verdane on an investment in Urban Sports Club
Flint Group in relation to its successful comprehensive recapitalization and restructuring of c. EUR 1.3 billion of debt
SLV Lighting Group GmbH, a portfolio company of Ardian, in connection with their amend-&-extend transaction
GIC on the financing aspects of the long-term minority investment in Messer
Oakley Capital on the financing aspects of the extension of their investment in IU Group
Intermediate Capital Group in connection with the refinancing of its investment in ATOS Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG
KLAR Partners on the acquisition of GMC-Instruments
Oakley Capital on the financing aspects of the partial sale of its stake in Wishcard Technologies Group to EMZ Partners and IK Partners
Alpine Investors and Ingenio on the acquisition of adviqo Group
ADTRAN on the public exchange offer for ADVA Optical Networking and the subsequent dual listing
BC Partners on the sale of CeramTec
Centerbridge Partners and APCOA Parking in connection with the offering of APCOA’s EUR 685 million senior secured notes due 2027 and a new EUR 80 million super senior revolving credit facility
CT Investment GmbH in connection with the offering of EUR 470 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.500% senior secured notes due 2026
L Catterton on the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
Oakley Capital on the financing of the acquisition of WindStar Medical from NuCom Group
More
Thought Leadership
Select Publications
Zivilrechtliche Folgen bei Verstößen gegen das Kreditzweitmarktgesetz (KrZwMG), Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP), 2024, p. 2568 (together with Daniel Hertkorn and Jonas Wagener)
Strafbefehl und Fehlurteil – Erkenntnisse zu einer wenig beachteten Verbindung, Strafverteidiger, 2020, p. 52 (together with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kemme)
Fehlentscheidungen in der Justiz – Systematische Analyse von Wiederaufnahmeverfahren, Strafverfahren im Hinblick auf Häufigkeit und Risikofaktoren, 2018 (Baden Baden: Nomos)
Fehlurteile in Deutschland – Eine Bilanz der empirischen Forschung seit fünf Jahrzehnten, Neue Kriminalpolitik, 2016, p. 138 (together with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kemme)
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2020Germany
Languages
- German
- English
Education
- Higher Regional Court of HamburgSecond State Examination2019
- University of HamburgDr. jur.summa cum laude2018
- Columbia Law SchoolLL.M.2017
- University of HamburgFirst State Examination2014
- University of HamburgB.S., Psychology; M.S., Psychology2014
News &
Insights
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Warburg Pincus on Acquisition of Majority Stake in uvex
- Award Handelsblatt Featured 43 Kirkland Attorneys Among Germany’s Best Lawyers for 2025
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Bain Capital on Acquisition of Apleona
- Kirkland Advises Verdane on Investment in Urban Sports Club
- Press Release Kirkland Advises Oakley Capital on Extension of Investment in IU Group