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Lars Westpfahl
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Lars Westpfahl
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Restructuring/Insolvency

Germany

19 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Lars Westpfahl

Germany

Practice Areas

Lars leads the German restructuring and insolvency practice. He advises German corporate groups on their financial restructurings, often in complex situations. He often acts for fulcrum creditors on innovative restructurings of their borrowers. Lars has been involved in most of the milestone transactions that have shaped the German restructuring and insolvency environment.

Career

Lars joined Freshfields in 1997 and has been a partner since 2003.

Professional Memberships

TMA Germany, INSOL, ABI.

Publications

Lars is co-editor of a book on cross-border insolvency and has contributed to several books, and published numerous articles on current restructuring, insolvency and dispute resolution themes.

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Germany

Star Individuals
Individual Editorial

Star practitioner Lars Westpfahl is widely considered one of the leading experts in the German restructuring world. Prominent debtors, creditors and investors alike seek his advice on complex and often multi-jurisdictional mandates, covering distressed M&A and corporate as well as financial restructurings.

Indviduelles Editorial

Star-Praktiker Lars Westpfahl gilt als einer der führenden Experten in der deutschen Restrukturierungswelt. Prominente Schuldner, Gläubiger und Investoren suchen seinen Rat bei komplexen und oft multijurisdiktionalen Mandaten, die Distressed M&A- und Unternehmensrestrukturierungen sowie finanzielle Restrukturierungen abdecken.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

There can be no doubt about it - Lars Westpfahl is an outstanding lawyer and clearly a star individual.

Restructuring/Insolvency respondent
Chambers Germany

Lars Westpfahl is a top lawyer in this area.

Restructuring/Insolvency respondent
Chambers Germany

Lars Westpfahl defies gravity. He is a superstar.

Restructuring/Insolvency respondent
Chambers Germany

Lars Westpfahl trotzt der Schwerkraft. Er ist ein Superstar.

Restructuring/Insolvency respondent
Chambers Germany

Lars Westpfahl ist ein Top-Anwalt auf diesem Gebiet.

Restructuring/Insolvency respondent
Chambers Germany

Es kann keinen Zweifel geben - Lars Westpfahl ist ein hervorragender Anwalt und eindeutig ein Star.

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