Joachim Koolmann has joined Herter & Co.’s Restructuring and Debt Advisory practice as Managing Director.

Mr. Koolmann has more than 25 years experience in structured finance, high yield capital markets, leverage finance and restructuring as well as distressed principal investments.

Previously, he worked at Augusta & Co. in Debt Advisory and Restructuring, at Bear Stearns/J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank in charge of German distressed principal investments, at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein as Co-Head of European Leverage Finance, at Bankers Trust as Head of High-Yield Capital Markets and at JP Morgan/Morgan Guaranty Trust of New York.

Herter & Co. is an independent financial advisory firm founded by Marcel Herter, former Head of Restructuring at Lazard & Co. and Head of Leveraged Finance at Dresdner Kleinwort. The firm focuses on sponsor and corporate debt advisory as well as restructuring. In 2012, Herter & Co. amongst others successfully advised TOM TAILOR on its EUR 225m senior refinancing and on the EUR 475m financing package for its acquisition of Bonita, as well as Ströer out-of-home Media on its EUR 500m refinancing.