Brigitte Umbach-Spahn

Insolvency Law and Restructuring, Banking and Finance, Litigation and Arbitration.

Partner Wenger Plattner (2007), Attorney at Law Wenger Plattner (2001), University of Pennsylvania (LL.M., 2001), Law Clerk High Court Zurich (1999), University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1996).

She advises creditors and debtors in national and cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases and represents clients in court in insolvency matters. She also acts as administrator/liquidator in complex insolvency proceedings and serves as a member of creditor committees. Brigitte Umbach-Spahn has been appointed by FINMA as an investigating agent for banks and financial institutions.

Past co-chair of the IBA Insolvency Section until end of 2016 and since 2019 member of the advisory board of the IBA Insolvency Section; member of the International Insolvency Institute.

Key administrator/liquidator mandates: liquidator Bank Hottinger, liquidator Petroplus, extraordinary bankruptcy administrator Publicitas, administrator GZO AG Hospital Wetzikon (Zürich).