Benedikt Sauerland

Profile

Benedikt Sauerland is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Corvane Ryle LLP and a member of the firm's Banking & Private Credit practice. He advises banks, direct lenders, sponsors and corporate borrowers on leveraged finance, unitranche and private credit facilities, acquisition financing and refinancings across Germany and Europe.

Benedikt acts for lenders and borrowers in retail and consumer, financial institutions and energy transactions, and works closely with the firm's Private Equity and Restructuring teams. He is regularly engaged on the intersection of European and US financing documentation.

His insight Private Credit Moves Into Consumer and Retail Lending, written with Naomi Feldspar, looks at how direct lenders are approaching the sector, and Liability Management Transactions: Lender Protections in 2026 Documents is relevant to those documenting new facilities.

Experience

Benedikt Sauerland's representative matters include the following, many of which are confidential and described in general terms.

• Advised a consortium of direct lenders on a EUR 800 million unitranche facility to support a sponsor's acquisition of a European consumer brands group.
• Represented Castellan Hotels in a US$650 million refinancing of its senior secured credit facilities.
• Advised Brightmoor Foods on its European revolving credit facility and cash pooling arrangements.
• Represented the arrangers in a EUR 1.4 billion syndicated leveraged loan for a German industrial technology company.
• Advised Northwall Capital on the financing of its acquisition of Larkspur Apparel, including European tranches.
• Counseled Solenne Energy on project-level bridge financing for a European solar portfolio.
• Advised Tidewater Logistics on its acquisition financing for a cross-border logistics acquisition.
• Represented a private credit fund in a bilateral facility to a pharmacy chain, including security packages across four jurisdictions.
• Advised Halvern Retail Group on its European working capital and inventory financing facilities.
• Represented a German bank on a sustainability-linked loan to a consumer products group.
• Advised a direct lender in an amend-and-extend transaction negotiated with a distressed retail borrower.
• Counseled Quillon Payments on a warehouse financing for its consumer receivables program.
• Advised a sponsor on a payment-in-kind toggle facility and intercreditor arrangements with existing senior lenders.

Qualifications

Bar admissions

• Rechtsanwalt, admitted in Germany (Frankfurt am Main Bar)
• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (non-practicing)

Education

• Second State Examination in Law, Hesse
• LLM, University College London
• Law degree, Goethe University Frankfurt