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Dentons

Restructuring/Insolvency

Europe Guide 2026 : Europe-wide


Dentons

About

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Dentons' restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy team in Europe offers clients more than 120 lawyers spread across Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the UK and Ukraine. We provide a truly global service with dedicated Restructuring and Insolvency practices in North America (Canada, United States and Latin America) and Australasia (Australia, China and Singapore).

With our dedicated local teams and extensive global footprint Dentons is uniquely placed to support its clients with international portfolios and operations as well as advise them on cross border insolvencies and bankruptcy proceedings.

Our team provides a full service offering advising on: Loan restructuring and refinancing, Creditor advisory services, Corporate restructuring, Distressed and insolvency-related M&A, Distressed investing and debt trading, Centre of main interest (COMI) shifting, Insolvency litigation, Protective shield proceedings, Restructuring/insolvency plan proceedings and in advising managing directors on their duties in relation to potential insolvencies.

We are renowned for our involvement in pioneering and high profile restructuring deals and insolvency proceedings including our market leading position in Germany with regard to protective shield proceedings, pursuing trail blazing legislative paths in Poland and advising in relation to the restructure of the Ukrainian banking system.

Clients (15)

  • AEG Power Solutions
  • Treveria
  • Commerzbank
  • DZ Bank
  • Scholz Holding Group
  • BDO
  • Ernst & Young
  • FRP Advisory
  • UniCredit Bank
  • Vivendi
  • CPI Property Group
  • BNP Paribas Bank Polska S.A.
  • Arca Investments and subsidiaries
  • Smartwings
  • Benteler Group

Industries (14)

  • Banks
  • Financial Services
  • Real Estate
  • Energy
  • Retail
  • Transportation
  • Automobiles & Parts
  • Commercial and Professional Services
  • Construction & Materials
  • Food & Drink Producers
  • Health Care
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mining & Metals
  • Travel & Leisure

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Europe-wide

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Dentons has well-regarded Eastern European offices along with notable German and Dutch teams. The lawyers are experienced in representing administrators, banks, funds and indebted companies. The law firm is capable of handling a broad array of matters such as insolvency litigation and self-administration.

Notable practitioners

Andreas Ziegenhagen leads the firm's European restructuring team from Frankfurt.

Strengths

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  • Dentons is easy to communicate with, truly listens to counterparties and has a wide reach.

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  • The department at Dentons effectively combines strong substantive expertise with a proactive and practical approach to emerging challenges.

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  • Dentons offers responsiveness, attention to detail and the ability to find innovative solutions.

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Members

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  • Anna Pukszto

  • Piotr Dulewicz

  • Jiří Tomola

  • Martine Gerber-Lemaire

  • Alessandro Fosco Fagotto

  • Wojciech Zieliński

  • Christof Kautzsh

  • Andreas Ziegenhagen

  • Bodo Schaar

  • Igsaan Varachia

  • Neil Griffiths

  • Ihor Mehedynyuk

  • Gemma Freeman

  • Duco Postma

  • Federico Sutti

  • Judit Kővári

  • Jiří Stržínek

  • Tiberiu Csaki

  • Peter Kubina

  • Volodymyr Monastyrskyy

  • Natalia Selyakova

  • Katell Déniel-Allioux

  • Christel Dumont

  • Tomasz Trocki

  • Stanisław Sołtysik

  • Gareth Steen

  • Pavel Boguský

  • Audrey Molina

  • Santiago Hurtado

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