Patrick Ernst, LLM (Virginia)
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Senior Associate

Patrick Ernst is an attorney in our Munich office and a member of the practice groups Restructuring & Insolvency and Corporate/M&A. His practice focuses on advising banks, companies and financial investors on financial restructurings and refinancings. He also advises in connection with (distressed) M&A transactions and on general issues of corporate and insolvency law.
Projects
- JC Flowers
Advising on the sale of HRK LUNIS AG (leading independent asset manager in the German-speaking region) to French private equity firm Seven2 (2025) - BayWa r.e. AG
Advising the SteerCo banks in the complex financial restructuring of BayWa r.e. AG (2025) - Meyer Burger
Advising the banking consortium in the context of the restructuring and insolvency proceedings of the Meyer Burger Group (2025) - Megatech
Advising the German banks within an international banking consortium on the financial restructuring and takeover of the Megatech Group by the Italian SAPA Group (2025) - Hubergroup
On the refinancing of Hubergroup in the context of USD 310 m takeover by an Indian consortium led by Mavco Investment (2024) - PFEIFER
On the restructuring and sale to Flowframe SE (2024) - Equistone Partners Europe
A PE sponsor in relation to the financial restructuring of GALA Group (2024) - Financing Banks
Advising financing banks in relation to the sale of ae Group (2024) - EEW Group
In relation to the financial restructuring - Financing Banks / Consortiums
Advising the financing banks / bank consortiums on various financial restructurings
Career
Studied law at the Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
LL.M. studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (USA)
At Noerr since 2022
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers
Publications
- Publizitätspflichten für schuldenbasierte Übernahmen (Dissertation), 2022
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