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Linklaters

Restructuring/Insolvency

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Our experienced R&I team can assist you in coping with the crisis and ensure the success of your company using various available restructuring techniques.

We regularly help our clients use the crisis as an opportunity for a fresh start. Whether traditional individually negotiated solutions, out of court restructurings or statutorily enshrined options such as the German Debt Securities Act (Schuldverschreibungsgesetz – SchVG) or the “protective shield procedure” (Schutzschirmverfahren) (section 270b) of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung – InsO) – we find the right solutions for you.

In doing so, we take into account contractual restructuring options and are perfectly familiar with international procedures such as Chapter 11, the UK scheme of arrangement or the French safeguard prodecure (procédure de sauvegarde).

At Linklaters, you benefit from an integrated approach which also involves experts from the areas of banking, corporate/M&A, capital markets and private equity with the focus on insolvency or similar issues.

Moreover, you can always rely on our international teams for restructuring & insolvency and benefit from our experience in restructurings encompassing various jurisdictions and legal systems. Our German lawyers are just as familiar with the international legal and economic environment as the English and US legal teams based at our Frankfurt office, who of course are also able to advise you in German.

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Germany

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For

Linklaters houses a notable restructuring practice with particular expertise in financial issues. The team is regularly mandated by domestic and international banks as lenders on corporate and financial restructurings. Furthermore, Linklaters handles insolvency-related litigation, whereby the team acts for insolvency administrators as well as corporates and debtors. The law firm's client roster also includes major investment houses and public entities, which particularly benefit from Linklaters' strong international office network.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist
Linklaters verfügt über eine renommierte Restrukturierungspraxis mit besonderer Expertise in Finanzfragen. Das Team wird regelmäßig von nationalen und internationalen Banken als Kreditgeber bei Unternehmens- und Finanzrestrukturierungen mandatiert. Darüber hinaus ist Linklaters insolvenzrechtlichen Streitigkeiten behilflich und vertritt dabei sowohl Insolvenzverwalter als auch Unternehmen und Schuldner. Zum Mandantenstamm der Kanzlei gehören auch große Investmenthäuser und öffentliche Einrichtungen, die insbesondere von Linklaters' starkem internationalen Büronetzwerk profitieren.

Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters represented Anew Climate in acquiring shares in Landwärme from insolvency.

  • Linklaters vertrat Anew Climate beim Erwerb von Anteilen an Landwärme aus der Insolvenz.

Strengths

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  • Linklaters asks good questions and gives good examples from other matters it has worked on for what will and won't work in ours.

    Restructuring/Insolvency respondentGermany
  • Linklaters provides fast and efficient responses. It is a very good service.

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  • Linklaters is very well connected so if you have a large transaction covering various legal topics, its departments interact smoothly with each other.

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  • Linklaters is really successful in communicating with us clearly.

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  • Linklaters works seamlessly across borders.

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  • Linklaters stellt gute Fragen und liefert gute Beispiele aus anderen Projekten, an denen das Unternehmen gearbeitet hat, um zu verdeutlichen, was in unserem Fall funktionieren wird und was nicht.
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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Sabine Vorwerk
    Band 3Sabine Vorwerk

    Sabine Vorwerk

    Sabine Vorwerk advises on financial restructurings as well as protective shield proceedings. She further represents clients in contentious insolvency-related cases.

    Sabine Vorwerk berät zu finanziellen Restrukturierungen sowie zu Schutzschildverfahren. Darüber hinaus vertritt sie Mandanten in streitigen Insolvenzverfahren.
    • Sabine Vorwerk is always thinking about how to achieve the best outcomes for her clients.

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    • Sabine Vorwerk brings calmness to complex and highly stressed situations. She's a pleasure to work with.

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    • Sabine Vorwerk is very commercial and a good negotiator.

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    • Sabine Vorwerk takes sensible, pragmatic approaches to matters.

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    • Sabine Vorwerk really digs into complexity. She pushes the clients to make sure we are keeping the discipline and structure there.

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    • Sabine Vorwerk geht komplexen Sachverhalten wirklich auf den Grund. Sie fordert die Kunden dazu auf, Disziplin und Struktur beizubehalten.
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    • Sabine Vorwerk bewahrt Ruhe in komplexen und hochstressigen Situationen. Die Zusammenarbeit mit ihr ist ein Vergnügen.
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    • Sabine Vorwerk ist sehr geschäftstüchtig und eine gute Verhandlerin.
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    • Sabine Vorwerk geht die Dinge vernünftig und pragmatisch an.
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    • Sabine Vorwerk denkt stets darüber nach, wie sie die besten Ergebnisse für ihre Mandanten erzielen kann.
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  • Band 4Riaz Janjuah
    Band 4Riaz Janjuah

    Riaz Janjuah

    Riaz Janjuah assists capital funds and prominent banks with corporate and financial restructurings of assets in the energy and automotive sectors.

    Riaz Janjuah berät Kapitalfonds und namhafte Banken bei der Unternehmens- und Finanzrestrukturierung von Vermögenswerten im Energie- und Automobilsektor.

    • Riaz Janjuah has quick reactions and is very communicative, service-oriented and proactive.

      Restructuring/Insolvency respondentGermany
    • Riaz Janjuah has well-developed problem awareness for our business area.

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    • Riaz Janjuah reagiert schnell, ist sehr kommunikativ, serviceorientiert und proaktiv.
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    • Riaz Janjuah verfügt über ein ausgeprägtes Problembewusstsein für unseren Geschäftsbereich.

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