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Provided by John Sommer Schmidt
John Sommer Schmidt heads up our Restructuring & Insolvency practice group. John specialises in distressed companies, focussing on both reconstruction, including voluntary arrangements, and winding up financially distressed companies and advice to creditors. John has extensive knowledge of and hands-on experience with all aspects of Danish bankruptcy and reconstruction law and also acts as a liquidator, reconstruction administrator and trustee. Among other things, John is a regular assistant in liquidation and bankruptcy cases before the probate court in Aarhus.
John has extensive knowledge about finance law and the law of mortgages and pledges and advises clients on the establishment of, obtaining security in connection with and enforcement of all kinds of charges and secured-creditor rights. John also provides general business advice and conducts litigation.
In addition to his legal training, John also has a background in economics and this combination of skills is the foundation of John's advice, which is business and solution-oriented and focuses on in bancreating value for the client.
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2011
Gorrissen Federspiel 2001 -
Association of Danish Insolvency Attorneys
INSOL Europe
International Bar Association
Provided by Chambers
The Aarhus-based John Sommer Schmidt regularly acts as a bankruptcy trustee as well as restructuring administrator on some of the firm's most high-profile cases. Clients include financial creditors and biotech and manufacturing companies.
Provided by Chambers
John Sommer Schmidt is very experienced.
John Sommer Schmidt is very experienced.
