CBCM adds strength to its Leveraged Finance - Commerzbank ...

Press release
8 May 2006
Commerzbank Corporates & Markets adds strength to its Leveraged
Finance group with five new hires
Commerzbank Corporates & Markets (CBCM) today announced the appointment of five new hires
to its Leveraged Finance group adding further strength and support to the bank’s push to scale-up
its franchise across Europe.
The appointments are both Frankfurt and London based.
In Frankfurt CBCM has hired Christoph Reinhard as a Transaction Team Leader. Christoph formerly
worked for BNP Paribas where he had been a member of the Frankfurt based BNP leveraged
finance team since 2001. Over the past five years he has predominantly worked on German
speaking transactions in an MLA role. Prior to this he worked for Deutsche Bank.
In his new role he will report to Christian Rodde, one of the group’s Senior Transaction Team
Leaders, and will be responsible for origination and execution of financial sponsor backed LBOs.
In addition, Antoine Collas has joined CBCM’s Leveraged Finance team based in London. Antoine
previously worked for the Trust Company of the West (TCW) in Los Angeles as a High Yield and
Mezzanine Analyst. He had previous experience with Credit Agricole Asset Management in Paris.
Meanwhile , Markus Koechling, Jan Hoon, and Alexander Schröder have all joined the CBCM
Leveraged Finance Team’s Agency, Monitoring and Support team in Frankfurt.
Markus, who began last month as a Portfolio Manager, has spent the last four years working in
Leveraged Finance at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) where he was principally involved in
risk management, syndication and participations.
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A trained lawyer, Marcus previously worked in the Warsaw Tax & Legal Advice office of Ernst &
Young, and was a lecturer in European and International Economic Law at the University of
Aberdeen, Scotland, for three years.
Jan has joined CBCM as a Leveraged Finance Junior Analyst after graduating from the University
of Mannheim in December 2005. He completed his training with Commerzbank Corporates &
Markets, having gained experience in equity derivatives as well as in credit risk management for
CDOs.
In addition, CBCM has appointed Alexander to the team in March as a Leveraged Finance Junior
Analyst. Alexander graduated from the Hochschule fuer Bankwirtschaft in Frankfurt. During his
studies he worked for Commerzbank New York and within the Leveraged Finance group in
Frankfurt.
Christopher Day, Head of Leveraged Finance at CBCM, said: “I believe that our new appointments
in London and Frankfurt will help us to stay at the top of the LBO ladder and reinforce our position
in this market as we build the franchise up for the medium to long term.
”I am confident that the further growth of our team will play an integral role in achieving our
European growth objectives. We wish to further strengthen our position as one of the leading
players in the German financial sponsors LBO market through arranging large-cap and mid-cap
transactions. As we develop our non German business we seek to be 'our partners' partner,’ in
supporting our financial sponsor clients by underwriting European LBOs as Joint Mandated Lead
Arranger or Joint Lead Arranger.”
CBCM ‘s Leveraged Finance team has already completed four transactions in 2006 as Sole
Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and five further underwritings, having completed ten
deals in 2005 as Mandated Lead Arranger. In 2006 these include Coperion refinancing for West
Private Equity, HT Troplast recapitalisation for Advent & Carlyle, Norma Group LBO for 3I & the
Lehnkering recapitalisation for Triton. In 2005 the MLA transactions were: - SHW Automotive for
Nordwind, Herlitz for Advent, Carcoustics refinancing for Alpinvest, Debitel refinancing for
Permira, MEC for Messer Industries, MTU refinancing for KKR, Demag recap for KKR, HT Troplast
for Advent / Carlyle, LWB Refractories for private investors and Lehnkering recap for Triton.
ENDS
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For further information, please contact:
Christopher Day, Head of Leveraged Finance +49 69 136 27988
+44 207 469 3917
Hayley Frain, Corporate Communications +44 (0) 20 7653 7958
Notes to Editors
Commerzbank Corporates and Markets (CBCM) is the integrated Corporate and Investment
Banking division of Commerzbank AG.
CBCM provides a broad range of Commercial and Investment Banking products to corporate and
institutional clients. The business incorporates capital markets activities in credit, equities, interest
rates and foreign exchange with a strong focus on derivatives and structured products.
As a division of one of Germany’s leading financial institutions and with the backing of a
Eur632.4bn balance sheet (31.03.06) CBCM provides clients with capital and debt raising solutions
and access to a broad range of investment and risk management products across all major asset
classes.
Commerzbank AG is regulated by the FSA for the conduct of investment business in the UK. Member of the London Stock
Exchange