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Dr Holger Ellers

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Work Department

Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Dr. Holger Ellers is a partner in Dentons’ Berlin office and a member of the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice group as well as the Corporate/M&A group. He advises local and international clients on restructuring matters, corporate transactions and distressed M&A transactions as well as on insolvency law.

Holger’s main focus is on advising stakeholders in restructurings, special situations and formal insolvency proceedings. He frequently advises on corporate restructuring matters, acting on behalf of the company, its management or shareholders. Acting on the creditor side, Holger represents clients in large-scale insolvency proceedings, where his focus is on enforcing his clients’ claims in and out of court, while preserving value in existing business relationships.

Holger also regularly advises on corporate reorganizations and M&A transactions. He has broad experience advising on carve-out transactions and acts frequently for investors or administrators on acquisitions or disposals out of formal insolvency proceedings.

Career

  • Partner, Dentons, 2020 to date
  • Partner, Baker McKenzie, 2014-2020
  • Associate, Baker McKenzie, 2006-2014

Memberships

  • Member, Deutscher Anwaltsverein
  • Member, ARGE Insolvenzrecht
  • Member of the representatives assembly and chair of the appeals committee of the Berlin lawyers’ pension scheme

Education

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 2006

University of Potsdam, 2006, Dr. iur.

Legal clerkship, 2004-2006, Berlin

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2002, Legal studies

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring

Dentons‘ restructuring practice is based in Berlin and Frankfurt and has expertise in distressed M&A, restructuring via trusteeships and restructuring companies as well as in advising lenders and coordinating bond and promissory note creditors; the team is particularly active in the area of ​​financial restructuring. The European head of the restructuring practice Andreas Ziegenhagen is renowned for his expertise in trusteeships and also advises on insolvency law; he jointly heads the German restructuring practice with Arne Friel, who is well versed in cross-border distressed transactions, corporate law matters and large restructurings. Dirk Schoene (trusteeships, pre-insolvency restructuring, distressed M&A, protective shield and self-administration proceedings) and Holger Ellers (restructuring, distressed M&A, insolvency) are other key contacts of the practice. In January 2023, Hans Beyer (out-of-court restructuring, restructuring proceedings according to StaRUG, self-administration, protective shield and insolvency plan proceedings) joined the team; he was previously at K&L Gates LLP.

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