Dr. Burkhard Jäkel

Dr. Burkhard Jäkel advises banks, sponsors, leasing companies, and other businesses on all aspects of banking and finance law, particularly in the areas of project and real estate financing, the restructuring of such financing, and the financing of high-value assets through leasing. He also represents banks and other companies in asserting their claims in insolvency proceedings.

Burkhard Jäkel joined Mayer Brown in 2026. Prior to that, he worked for a leading German law firm in Frankfurt am Main for almost thirty years.

Advised:

• A banking consortium on the financing of the acquisition of 45 wholesale markets.*
• A banking consortium on the financing of the acquisition of one of Europe's largest department store buildings by a real estate company.*
• A state bank in financing the project development for the new trading center of an international bank in Frankfurt am Main.*
• A state bank in financing the acquisition of land for a high-rise project in Hamburg.*
• A state bank in refinancing the acquisition loan for a skyscraper in Frankfurt's banking district.*
• A real estate fund in financing the acquisition of around 50,000 apartments.*
• A state bank in numerous financings for the acquisition and development of real estate, in particular department stores and office buildings.*
• An international bank in financing the purchase price for a high-rise building in Berlin.*
• An international bank in numerous financing transactions for the acquisition and development of real estate, in particular office and administrative buildings as well as retail properties.*
• A Korean real estate fund in the financing of the acquisition of an office high-rise in Frankfurt's banking district.*
• A Korean financial investor and a Korean asset manager in financing the acquisition of a stake in an office tower in Frankfurt's banking district and in the subsequent refinancing of the loans granted.*
• A European asset manager in financing the acquisition of one of Germany's largest shopping centers.*
• A European special fund and asset manager in the acquisition of 17 retail parks in three countries and in the subsequent refinancing and increase of the loans granted.*
• A leasing company specializing in the leasing of trains in the procurement, financing of procurement contracts, and leasing of train fleets to railway operators for various public transport networks in Germany.*
• A private equity investor in the financing of an offshore wind farm and in the conclusion of a lease agreement for the necessary wind turbines.*
• An international bank in the acquisition of the German leasing and factoring activities of a US financial conglomerate.*
• A private equity investor in the restructuring of the liabilities of its automotive supplier.*
• A company in the photovoltaic industry in its restructuring under insolvency plan proceedings.*
• Various credit institutions and banking consortia in connection with the collapse of a real estate empire and the subsequent insolvency proceedings.*

(*at previous law firm)

• „One of the leading individuals in Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance & Syndicated Lending“ – Chambers Europe
• Recommended for Banking & Finance - JUVE Handbook
• Key Lawyer – Legal 500

• Specialist lawyer for tax law
• Second State Law Examination (bar exam), Frankfurt am Main
• Legal Clerkship (Referendariat), Frankfurt am Main Regional Court (with a period abroad in London)
• First State Law Examination, Frankfurt am Main
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• Anglais
• Allemand