Dr Leo Plank > Kirkland & Ellis International LLP > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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Dr Leo Plank
Work Department
Restructuring
Position
Career
Admitted as Attorney-at-law in New York, USA, 2001; admitted as Solicitor at the Law Society of England and Wales 2003; admitted in Germany 2004; Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York and London, USA and UK, associate 2000-2004; Broich Bayer von Rom, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, partner 2004-2006; Kirkland & Ellis International LLP Munich, Germany, partner 2006 to present.
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
Turnaround Management Association
Education
University of Wales School of Law, Cardiff, UK (Diploma in Legal Studies, 1995); University of Connecticut School of Law, USA (LL.M. 2000); Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria (Mag. jur. 1999; Dr. jur. 2001).
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
(Hall of Fame)Kirkland & Ellis International LLP frequently advises on cross-border financial restructuring, including debt-equity swaps, debt-hybrid-swaps and the use of foreign insolvency proceedings to restructure German debtors. Other core areas are the restructuring of bonds, the advice on distressed debt funds, D&O liability in crisis situations, insolvency disputes, distressed M&A and rescue financing. The practice offers longstanding experience in financial restructuring in the real estate sector and acts on behalf of both creditors and debtors. Sacha Lürken and Leo Plank regularly act in large cross-border restructurings. Other key contacts are Bernd Meyer-Löwy (international restructuring, insolvency law), Marlene Ruf (cross-border restructuring, distressed M&A) and Cristina Weidner (financial restructuring , Distressed M&A), who joined from Clifford Chance in May 2023. In January 2023, Josef Parzinger (cross-border financial restructuring) left the team and moved to A&O Shearman. Associate Michael Berger is also frequently active in cross-border restructurings.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Restructuring Germany > Restructuring and insolvency