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Karen Zöttl

Senior Associate

Karen advises on a wide range of banking transactions, including real estate lending, syndicated lending, leveraged finance, structured finance, general corporate lending and restructuring, as well as on European commercial paper programmes.
She is fluent in German. Karen acts for both borrowers and lenders across jurisdictions and diverse product lines and sectors. She has extensive experience advising on international financing, with a focus European real estate developments. She was previously seconded to a German Landesbank.

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2003

Registered European lawyer, Germany, 2001 

Solicitor, Scotland, 1999 

Academic

LL.M. Eur., Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany, 2002

Diploma, Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998

Certificate, European Economic Law, Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany, 1997

Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in Scots Law and German Law, University of Aberdeen, Scotland ,1996

Languages

English, German
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A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.