Dr Daniel Schwartz > White & Case LLP > Dusseldorf, Germany > Lawyer Profile

White & Case LLP primarily advises companies from the automotive, shipbuilding, retail, healthcare and aviation sectors on insolvency matters. Practice head Sven-Holger Undritz regularly acts as an insolvency administrator and is experienced in drafting insolvency plans and supports German and international clients in insolvency-related acquisitions; Biner Bähr and Bero-Alexander Lau were recently appointed provisional insolvency administrators in the insolvency proceedings of the fashion group Ahlers, which has more than 1,700 employees worldwide; Sylvia Fiebig is frequently appointed to insolvency administrator and is experienced in insolvency-related restructuring; she offers additional expertise in the shipping industry. Jan-Philipp Hoos is well versed in insolvency proceedings and assists with insolvency-related acquisitions, he also acts as a creditor in insolvency proceedings. Felix Höpker (complex corporate insolvencies, insolvency administration), Andreas Kleinschmidt (insolvency administration, self-administration proceedings/protective shield proceedings) and Daniel Schwartz (insolvency administration, insolvency-related acquisitions, restructuring, self-administration and protective shield proceedings) are also among the key contacts.

White & Case LLP focuses on complex cross-border restructurings in the automotive, shipping, aviation, consumer goods, retail, energy, real estate and healthcare sectors. The team’s expertise is frequently requested by companies and investors as well as banks and private debt funds. Riaz Janjuah regularly acts in well-known restructurings in the shipping sector and jointly heads the practice with Sven-Holger Undritz, whose experience in restructuring and reorganisation also extends to distressed M&A; he offers additional expertise in the restructuring of non-performing loans in the maritime industry. Sylvia Fiebig (operational restructuring, change management, insolvency law, industry focus on shipping), Andreas Kleinschmidt (restructuring, insolvency, restructuring), Jan-Philipp Hoos (restructuring in self-administration, insolvency proceedings) and Daniel Schwartz (cross-border restructuring, insolvency law, distressed M&A) are further key contacts.