Jürgen Börst is a partner resident in the Frankfurt office of the firm. He advises clients in all international and German legal and tax matters. Mr. Börst has extensive experience in the areas of acquisition and management of distressed assets, restructurings, real estate, private equity investments, cross-border mergers, management and employee benefit programs and tax planning for individuals.
Starting in 1991, Mr. Börst's career has focused on international legal and tax matters. He has structured major transactions in Germany from a legal and tax perspective, including a number of distressed assets portfolios, real estate and restructuring transactions, primarily for foreign investors. Clients that Mr. Börst has advised include major private equity and opportunity funds, international groups, but also prominent listed German stock corporations.
He has advised the following clients, among others, on their transactions:
- Enron on its sale of the entire European wind energy business to General Electric Wind Energy in the framework of an asset deal
- Deutsche Bank AG on various transactions in connection with the acquisition of distressed assets, including non-performing receivables and shareholdings in German target companies
- Saban Capital Group on all tax aspects related to the sale of its indirect investment in the major German TV group ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
- Värde Partners, Inc. in the acquisition of a real estate portfolio, consisting of 86 commercial properties, from German HypoVereinsbank group
- Värde Partners, Inc. in various transactions to acquire distressed assets, including non-performing loans and real estate, in the framework of portfolio and single-ticket transactions
- Lone Star and Merrill Lynch Capital Bank Ltd. in the acquisition of a portfolio of performing, sub-performing and non-performing corporate loans and commercial real estate assets of Dresdner Bank
- Lone Star in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Allgemeine HypothekenBank Rheinboden AG
- Lone Star in a number of portfolio transactions including the acquisition of non-performing loans and other distressed assets
- Texas Pacific Group on German tax implications in connection with various private equity investments in Germany, including tax structuring and developing of management and employee participation programs
- Shinsei Bank International in various transactions involving the acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios from major German banks and local savings banks
Mr. Börst's experience prior to joining Weil, Gotshal & Manges includes acting as a manager in the tax department of a leading global accounting firm. Mr. Börst regularly publishes articles on various international and German legal and tax issues and frequently acts as a speaker at conferences and seminars, Mr. Börst is fluent in German and English.