Dr Marcus Backes > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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ANNA-SCHNEIDER-STEIG 22
50678 COLOGNE
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Dr Marcus Backes
Work Department
Corporate/M&A
Restructuring & Insolvency
Commercial & Distribution Law, Product Liability/Product Compliance
Position
Dr Marcus Backes advises national and international companies and their executive bodies on restructurings, distressed M&A transactions and all issues pertaining to insolvency law. He provides independent advisory services to assist clients in crisis to prevent and, where necessary, defend themselves against directors and officers (D&O) liability claims. Furthermore, he offers a broad range of advisory services both to companies that are in crisis and to investors and creditors. His daily work includes effectively enforcing creditors’ rights and representing creditors and groups of creditors in insolvency proceedings, including representing them on preliminary creditors’ committees. Dr Marcus Backes has published various articles on insolvency law issues and co-authored the insolvency law commentary published by Dr Gerhard Pape, Judge at the German Federal Court of Justice, and Prof Dr Christoph Uhländer.
Career
Dr Marcus Backes studied law at the University of Hamburg, Germany, where he also received his doctorate for a thesis on an insolvency law subject. After being admitted to the German Bar in 2005, he initially worked in the area of insolvency administration, most recently as an insolvency administrator and trustee. In 2010, Dr Marcus Backes started to focus on providing restructuring advice and has since advised companies and businesspersons who are in crisis. He joined Luther in 2013.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Insolvency
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH‘s experience in insolvency law benefits companies in crisis, investors and creditors as well as insolvency administrators, who instruct the team in the course of insolvency proceedings, protective shield proceedings as well as restructuring and the implementation of insolvency plans. Practice head Gunnar Müller-Henneberg and Marcus Backes frequently support governing bodies in the enforcement of as well as in the defense against liability claims.
Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is equally experienced in representing companies in crisis as well as investors and creditors. The practice is well versed in all aspects of restructuring and assists with self-administration and protective shield proceedings. The latter is a focus of Gunnar Müller-Henneberg, who is experienced in restructuring and insolvency law and took over the management of the practice in January 2023. Marcus Backes is well versed in restructuring matters, distressed M&A and insolvency law matters, while Reinhard Willemsen regularly supports German companies and their subsidiaries in self-administration.
Lawyer Rankings
- Restructuring Germany > Restructuring and insolvency
- Insolvency Germany > Restructuring and insolvency
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Transport > Maritime and shipping
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Banking and finance > Investment funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Public sector > State aid
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- White-collar crime > Advice to companies
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Media > Entertainment
- Restructuring and insolvency > Insolvency
- Private clients and non-profits
- Tax
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation