Claudia Becker
Of Counsel
Hamburg
T +49 (0) 40 38 0860
claudiabecker@incegd.com
Qualified 1983 Languages German, English, French
Claudia specialises in banking and finance law for clients in the maritime sector, with additional expertise in real estate finance, general banking, banking regulation and ISDA contracts.
Claudia advises domestic and international banks, investment funds and shipowners on all aspects of ship finance law, including drafting of loan and security documentation for vessel and fleet financings. She also assists banks and shipowners on all issues concerning the restructuring of their financing arrangements.
Her expertise extends to international real estate asset and project finance for banks and investment funds. Claudia also advises on general banking law, regulation and ISDA contracts. Furthermore, she is experienced in export credit cover, debt restructuring and multi- and bilateral rescheduling of sovereign debt.
Claudia brings considerable banking sector experience to her clients, as she previously worked for a wholesale bank and the German export credit guarantee agency. During her time in banking, she was responsible for transaction steering and coordination for multi-million syndicated loans and the day-to-day coordination with the bank’s subsidiary in Paris.
Professional associations and memberships
- Alumni Member of Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA);
- Alumni Member of Hamburg's Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees International);
- Alumni Member of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
- Hamburg Bar Association
My matter highlights
- Advising a major German bank on the restructuring of a fleet financing.
- Advising international borrowers on the novation of charter parties securing financings.
- Advising international borrowers on the restructuring of a fleet financing, on an ISDA derivatives master agreements and on novation agreements concerning transactions concluded under such ISDA master agreement.
- Advising an international bank on German share pledge agreements and a German security transfer agreement in connection with its financing of cash pool agreements.
- Advising an international bank on a German share pledge agreement In connection with its financing of an international merger and acquisition.
- Advising a syndicate of German and international banks with respect to certain security concerned by the international restructuring of the global financings of an insolvency close foreign shipping company.