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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
Deutschland > Restrukturierung und Insolvenz > Restrukturierung
(Führende Partner)Kirkland & Ellis International LLP besticht durch Kapazitäten in der Begleitung von oftmals grenzüberschreitenden Restrukturierungen und deckt in diesem Zusammenhang finanzielle und operative Restrukturierungen, StaRUG-Verfahren sowie Debt Equity Swaps und Debt Hybrid Swaps ab. Cristina Weidner am Münchner Standort zählt hier zu den zentralen Ansprechpartnern. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt legt das Team auf den Immobilienbereich, wo man sowohl Gläubiger als auch Schuldner in Restrukturierungs- und Insolvenzsituationen begleitet, während man sich zudem in Distressed M&A, der Restrukturierung von Schuldverschreibungen, D&O-Haftung und insolvenzrechtlichen Streitigkeiten als auch in der Beratung von Debtfonds erfahren zeigt. Neben Weidner zählt unter anderem Associate Michael Berger, der oftmals zu grenzüberschreitenden Restrukturierungen und Insolvenzen berät, zum Kernteam. Im März 2024 verlor man Marlene Ruf (grenzüberschreitende Restrukturierungen, Distressed M&A) an Milbank, konnte jedoch im August 2024 die beiden Restrukturierungsspezialisten Christian Halàsz und Friedrich Schlott von Gleiss Lutz für sich gewinnen.
Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
(Leading partners)Kirkland & Ellis International LLP impresses with expertise in cross-border restructuring and also assists with financial and operational restructuring, StaRUG-related proceedings as well as debt equity swaps and debt hybrid swaps; here, Munich-based Cristina Weidner is a key contact. The team places an industry focus on the real estate sector and acts on behalf of both creditors and debtors in restructuring and insolvency situations. Other mainstays include the support in distressed M&A, the restructuring of bonds, D&O liability, insolvency disputes as well as the advice to debt funds. In addition to Weidner, associate Michael Berger, who is experienced in cross-border restructuring and insolvencies, is also a key contact. In March 2024, Marlene Ruf (cross-border restructuring, distressed M&A) moved to Milbank, while restructuring specialists Christian Halàsz and Friedrich Schlott joined the team from Gleiss Lutz in August 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Restructuring Germany > Restructuring and insolvency