Gordon Geiser > Greenberg Traurig Germany > Berlin, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Greenberg Traurig Germany
The Westlight
Budapester Str. 35
10787 Berlin
Germany

Work Department

Restructuring & Insolvency

Position

Restructuring Partner

Career

Gordon Geiser is a partner with GT Restructuring. His clients include investors as well as companies in distressed situations and their respective management. Gordon Geiser regularly acts as restructuring advisor to his clients to develop and implement restructuring concepts by means of both debtor-in-possession proceedings and regular insolvency proceedings. He also gets appointed as insolvency administrator.

When acting for his clients, Gordon Geiser takes on positions in the management of the distressed companies, to use the modern instruments of German insolvency law to turn around and reposition their businesses. He also acts as liquidator to wind down companies in an orderly and solvent manner outside of insolvency proceedings.

Prior to establishing GT Restructuring, Gordon Geiser was a partner with Olswang and worked more than three years with Freshfields.

Concentrations
Restructuring advice
Chief Restructuring Officer
Insolvency administration
Solvent liquidation

Capabilities
Restructuring & Bankruptcy
Land Development
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Mergers & Acquisitions

Admission to Practice
Germany
England & Wales

Languages

German
English

Education

  • Specialist Lawyer Bankruptcy Law
  • LL.M., University of Cambridge/UK
  • Second Legal State Exam, Hamburg/Germany, 2005
  • Ph.D., Humboldt University Berlin/Germany, 2002
  • First Legal State Exam, Humboldt University Berlin/Germany

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Restrukturierung und Insolvenz > Restrukturierung

Greenberg Traurig Germanys Restrukturierungspraxis besticht insbesondere durch Expertise im Immobilienbereich, während man jüngst zudem Mandate in unter anderem den E-Commerce- und Automotivesektoren betreute. Hierbei kooperiert man neben dem Real Estate-Team auch oftmals mit den Finance-Kollegen, wodurch man gut für die Betreuung finanzieller Umstrukturierungen aufgestellt ist, während man mit der Corporate- und M&A-Praxis Distressed M&A-Mandate betreut. Gläubiger, Schuldner und Investoren berät man zudem routinemäßig im Rahmen von Sanierungen bzw. an der insolvenzrechtlichen Schnittstelle. So wird auch Praxisleiter Gordon Geiser regelmäßig als Insolvenzverwalter bestellt und berät zur Entwicklung und Umsetzung von Sanierungskonzepten im Rahmen der Eigenverwaltung. Im Februar 2025 verstärke sich die Praxisgruppe durch den Einstieg von Restrukturierungsexperte Björn Biehl von McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP.

Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring

Greenberg Traurig Germany impresses with its expertise in the real estate sector and also recently increasingly advised across the e-commerce and automotive sectors. In addition to the regular cooperation with the real estate team, the practice also jointly acts with the firm’s finance experts in financial restructuring and joins forces with the corporate and M&A practice in the course of distressed M&A matters. Creditors, debtors and investors are routinely advised on restructuring and interfacing insolvency law issues. Practice head Gordon Geiser regularly acts as an insolvency administrator and advises on the development and implementation of reorganisation measures in connection with self-administration. The practice was further strengthened in February 2025 with the addition of restructuring expert Björn Biehl from McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP.