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Dr Cristina Weidner
Work Department
Restructuring
Position
Dr. Cristina Weidner is a restructuring partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Cristina advises on financial and corporate restructurings, acting for sponsors, creditors and investors in turnaround situations. One focus is the advice to German companies on their financial restructurings by use of international restructuring tools, often in complex constellations with multi-layered financing structures. Cristina also advises (secured) creditors on the financial restructuring of their borrowers. She acts regularly for creditors in the context of distressed M&A transactions and German insolvency proceedings.
Career
Admitted in Germany 2005; Clifford Chance LLP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, associate 2008-2014, counsel 2014-2021, partner 2021-2023; Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Munich, Germany, partner 2023 to present.
Memberships
Turnaround Management Association (TMA Deutschland e.V.)
Executive Committee of the Insolvency and Restructuring Working Group of the German Bar Association (DAV)
Education
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany (First State Examination, 2002); Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Second State Examination, 2005); Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Dr. jur., 2008).
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
(Leading individuals)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 Allen & Overy LLP. Associate Michael Berger is also frequently active in cross-border restructurings.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Restructuring Germany > Restructuring and insolvency