Franz Bernhard Herding

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Franz Bernhard is a German Rechtsanwalt, partner in Allen & Overy LLP's finance practice and co-head of the German restructuring group. His practice focuses on restructurings and insolvency law; in addition, he advises on many aspects of banking and finance law, for instance on sophisticated acquisition, corporate or borrowing base financings. As an acknowledged expert in the fields of financing and restructuring, Franz Bernhard has been advising corporates, lenders or investors for many years in refinancing and crisis situations and on the preparation, negotiation and implementation of complex and international restructuring concepts, for instance by way of an out-of-court "consensual" restructuring or debtor-in-possession (Eigenverwaltung) or other court proceedings. He regularly represents creditors in large corporate insolvencies and protects his clients' interests in creditors' committees.