Dr. Bettina Bokeloh National Partner MAIN OFFICE: Frankfurt Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP An der Welle 4 D-60322 Frankfurt am Main T +49 69 79302 166 F +49 69 79302 222

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Bettina Bokeloh is a national partner in the Tax Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Frankfurt.  Dr. Bokeloh specializes in advising private equity firms and strategic investors on national and international M&A transactions. She also has significant experience in advising multinational corporations on corporate tax matters including cross-border tax planning and reorganizations, and regularly advises on capital markets transactions.

Dr. Bokeloh is fluent in German (native) and English.

Prior to joining Willkie, Dr. Bokeloh was an associate (1996-1999) at Feddersen Laule Scherzberg & Ohle Hansen Ewerwahn and a senior manager (1999-2007) at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Dr. Bokeloh has recently advised on the following significant transactions:

• A German-headquartered group (listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) on corporate tax matters
  
  
• A US group (listed on the New York Stock Exchange) on corporate tax matters
  
  
• RHM Group's founder on the sale of RHM's clinics and nursing homes to Waterland Private Equity
  
  
• Salzgitter AG on its issue of exchangeable bonds (€ 295.5 million)
  
  
• Salzgitter AG on its €296 million convertible bonds issue
  
  
• A Bank syndicate led by Commerzbank and Morgan Stanley on the €460 million rights issue of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG
  
  
• Commerzbank AG in its role as largest lender in the approximately €12 billion five-bank consortium mid-term financing plan for the Schaeffler Group
  
  
• YOC AG on its move from the Entry Standard to the regulated market (Prime Standard segment) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  
  
• A bidder on the auction sale of Axtone S.A.
  
  
• A large US/German chemical group on several internal reorganizations
  
  
• A multinational French health care group on international tax planning
  
  
• State of North-Rhine Westphalia on the sale of Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH
  
  
• Argantis on the acquisition of WIS group
  
  
• Fortress on the planned acquisition of a real estate portfolio
  
  
• Fortress on the acquisition of publicly listed Grundstücks- und Baugesellschaft AG Heidenheim