Martin Tasma

Martin advises clients in connection with situations of financial distress. His practice focuses on complex cross-border financial restructurings, distressed M&A transactions and litigation matters with a restructuring or insolvency angle. In addition to debtor companies, creditors as well as debt and equity investors, Martin also advises prominent insolvency administrators. In company-side matters, Martin regularly advises listed companies as well as portfolio companies of private equity sponsors. On the creditor side, he often works for global asset managers and credit funds, especially in connection with the restructuring of listed bonds.

Martin's most recent engagements include: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft on the stabilisation of Siemens Energy; ad-hoc committee of bondholders on the financial restructuring of DEMIRE; Berlin Brands Group on its financial restructuring including exchange of debt for equity; the largest group of bondholders on the financial restructuring of Adler Group; KKR on the acquisition of the Luna-portfolio from Adler Group; Frank Kebekus, insolvency administrator over the assets of Galapagos Group, on enforcing clawback claims, including the proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice and the European Court of Justice; Czech energy group EPH on government-backed stabilisation of energy supplier LEAG; Glencore on the financial restructuring of Weser-Metall group; Fortum on the government-backed stabilisation of Uniper; Siemens Aktiengesellschaft on its exit from the Valeo Siemens e-Automotive joint venture; Lufthansa on stabilisation measures by KfW and the Economic Stabilisation Fund.

Martin is one of the co-founders of our restructuring practice. Both JUVE and Chambers recommend him for restructuring and insolvency matters. German business news magazine Wirtschaftswoche repeatedly labelled Martin as one of the 'most renowned lawyers for restructuring'. IFLR1000 lists him as a 'Rising Star Partner', while Legal 500 counts him as a 'Next Generation Partner'.

Martin joined Hengeler Mueller in 2012 and has been partner since 2019.