YPOG has appointed the experienced transactions specialist Dr. Miriam Peter as an Associated Partner. Based in Berlin, she will strengthen and expand the scope of the Finance practice led by Matthias Kresser. Miriam Peter brings many years of experience advising on complex domestic and international financing transactions. At YPOG, she will focus in particular on Leveraged & Corporate Finance and Fund Finance.
Before joining YPOG, Miriam Peter worked for many years as an attorney at Hengeler Mueller and Sullivan & Cromwell in Frankfurt am Main, most recently as European Counsel. In addition to her legal expertise, she brings impressive entrepreneurial experience that resonates with many of YPOG’s clients: In 2024, she founded a hardware-driven beauty-tech startup focused on solid perfume and successfully filed relevant patents to protect her innovations.
“With Miriam, YPOG welcomes an outstanding transaction lawyer with impressive experience across a wide range of financing instruments that perfectly match our clients’ needs. At the same time, her entrepreneurial spirit as a founder makes her an excellent fit for YPOG. She will advance our team professionally and enrich it personally”, comments Matthias Kresser, Partner at YPOG.
Miriam Peter says: “YPOG combines legal excellence with entrepreneurial thinking and a modern approach to legal advice. I am very excited to return to advising clients on complex transactions and to shape the further expansion of YPOG’s Finance practice together with Matthias.”
YPOG’s Finance practice currently comprises three core areas: Venture & Growth Debt, Leveraged & Corporate Finance, and Fund Finance. Over the past several years, the practice has established a distinct market position in these areas and developed innovative financing products tailored to the needs of YPOG’s core clients.
Miriam Peter | Associated Partner | YPOG
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