Holger Mlynek advises clients on all stages of complex projects and transactions with a focus on transport, infrastructure and energy sectors.

With around 15 years of advisory experience in transport and infrastructure sectors, Holger has a particular focus on advising lenders on rolling stock fleet financing projects and on public-private partnership (“PPP”) projects in the trunk road sector. In particular, he has advised banks and institutional investors on public transport services contracts, project and rolling stock agreements as well as financing support models of competent public transport authorities (PTAs) for many railway networks in the German regional public passenger rail transport (Schienenpersonennahverkehr – “SPNV”) sector. In addition, he has extensive experience in advising transport operating companies in connection with public SPNV transport services contracts.

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Holger advised:

• Aream Group on the formation of a joint venture with Eiffel Investment Group represented by the Eiffel Transition Infrastructure Fund
• Lenders to VINCI Concessions on the project and interface aspects of the green loan financing of the construction and operation of 106 publicly accessible HPC fast charging stations with a total of 828 charging points off the federal motorways in urban, suburban and rural areas around the German regions of Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig (three lots of the Deutschlandnetz – Regionallose tender)*
• European Investment Bank (“EIB”) on the project and interface aspects (including financing support measures of the PTAs (“PTA financing support”)) of the complex financing structure for the conversion of 7 six-part electric multiple units (“EMUs”) into 14 four-part multiple units for the SPNV railway network Elbe-Spree*
• EIB and UniCredit Bank on the project and interface aspects (including PTA financing support) of the complex procurement and financing of 90 trains for the suburban public transport network in Munich (S-Bahn München). The bank consortium provided a total of more than two billion euros for the financing*
• Investors from Talanx insurance group and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (“NORD/LB”), with the participation of DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing and OstseeSparkasse Rostock, on the project aspects of the financing of the procurement of 28 new CO2-neutral tramways and the general overhaul of 10 used tramways for the local passenger transport in Rostock*
• MEAG MUNICH ERGO AssetManagement and Société Générale on the project and interface aspects of the financing of the procurement of 29 new EMUs in a sale-and-lease-back structure with DB Regio for the SPNV railway network Kinzigtal*
• KfW IPEX-Bank on the project and interface aspects (including PTA financing support) of the procurement and financing of 7 new hydrogen multiple units for the SPNV railway network Heidekrautbahn*
• EIB, KfW IPEX-Bank and NORD/LB on the project and interface aspects (including PTA financing support) of the procurement and financing of 31 new battery-powered electric multiple units for the SPNV railway network Ostbrandenburg*
• Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, EIB and NORD/LB on the project and interface aspects (including PTA financing support) of the procurement and financing of 23 new EMUs for the SPNV railway network Regensburg-Donautal*
• Lenders on the procurement and financing of new rolling stock fleets for numerous further SPNV railway networks in Germany (e.g. railway networks Donau-Isar, S-Bahn Hannover, Elbe-Spree, Augsburger Netze, Dieselnetz Ulm)*
• DIF Capital Partners on the acquisition of a stake in the European railcar leasing company Touax Rail*
• An institutional investor on project and interface aspects of the refinancing of a section of the Barcelona metro line 9*
• KfW IPEX-Bank, DZ Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group/Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Förderbank – on the project and interface aspects of the financing of the German motorway PPP project A6*
• Lenders on the project and interface aspects of (offered) project financings for various further trunk road PPP projects in Germany (in particular A1, B247, A49, A3, A94, A7 and A9) and in the Czech Republic (D4)*
• Octopus Energy Generation on the acquisitions of the Biebelnheim-Gabsheim, Leeskow and Gaishecke wind farms*
• Haspa Green on its acquisition of two wind farms from German developer UKA*
• Vulcan Energy on the acquisition of a geothermal power plant from Pfalzwerke AG to produce green lithium as well as on lithium offtake agreements with various major automobile manufacturers*
• DIF Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in ib Vogt GmbH*
• Green Investment Group on the acquisition, financing and later sale of a biomass CHP plant*
• Itochu/Citic Pacific on the acquisition of a 25% stake in the German offshore wind farm Butendiek*
• Telxius on the acquisition of a portfolio of mobile radio towers from Telefónica for circa 1.5 billion euros*
• John Laing on the acquisition of the fibre network providers Jobst-NET and EFN eifel-net*
• DIF Capital Partners and Aberdeen Standard Investments on the joint acquisition of the fuel storage operator UNITANK*

 

* Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

 

 

• JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms, “Recommended”, Germany: Transport sector: financing, 2024

Education
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt/Main, Second State Examination, 2008
Philipps-University of Marburg, First State Examination, 2006
University of Helsinki (studies (in the English language) of European and international laws), 2001/2002

Admission
Germany

Languages
German
English