Nils Gravenhorst Senior Associate

Nils acts for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, corporates, special situations and other opportunistic investors, credit funds and bank lenders across leveraged transactions, recapitalisations, specialist credit and cross border financial restructurings.

Nils’ experience for sponsors, borrowers and lenders across the capital structure and a diverse range of assets and situations provides him with a valuable perspective to advise on bespoke debt solutions where a creative, risk-focused and outcome-driven approach is key to his clients’ success.

He also advises on emerging opportunities in sports finance, a field being reshaped by private capital and evolving league regulations.

Nils writes on market developments and co‑authored the “Global Trends in Leveraged Lending” chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Lending & Secured Finance (2023 and 2024).

Nils is a native German speaker and regularly advises clients in the DACH region on London market financings.