Dr Bernd Meyer-Löwy > Kirkland & Ellis International LLP > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
MAXIMILIANSTRASSE 11
80539 MUNICH
Germany

Work Department

Restructuring

Position

Dr. Bernd Meyer-Löwy is a restructuring partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Bernd has a wide range of cross-border restructuring and insolvency experience. He has acted for financial creditors, investors, turnaround advisors, debtors and insolvency practitioners in multi-jurisdictional restructurings and insolvency proceedings. He is qualified as a “special attorney for insolvency law” (Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht).

Career

Admitted in Germany 1997; Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht (Insolvency Lawyer); Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht (Tax Lawyer); Linklaters, Cologne, Germany, Restructuring and Insolvency Group 1998-2006; Linklaters, London, UK, Restructuring and Insolvency Group 2000-2001; Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Munich, Germany, partner 2006 to present.

Languages

German, English

Memberships

Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzwesen Köln, e.V.; American Bankruptcy Institute

Education

University of Bochum, Germany (Law Degree 1993; First State Examination 1994; Dr. jur 2000); Higher Regional Court of Hagen, Germany (Second State Examination 1997).

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring

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.