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Andreas Ziegenhagen

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+49 30 26473 152 andreas.ziegenhagen@dentons.com

Work Department

Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Position

Andreas Ziegenhagen is Germany Managing Partner and European Head of the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy group. He covers the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions (legal and tax advice), Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Law, Corporate and Tax Law as well as Banking and Finance.

Andreas regularly acts as representative of bondholders and promissory note loan creditors (Schuldscheindarlehensgläubiger). He also acts regularly as a double-sided trustee in distressed situations. In debtor-in-possession insolvency proceedings Andreas acts as a fully authorized representative (Chief Insolvency Officer) for restructuring by insolvency plan proceedings. He is one of the few German lawyers who is both a qualified accountant and a tax consultant.

Andreas is a Partner at Dentons in Frankfurt/Berlin and Director of Dentons GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft. Prior to joining Dentons in 2006, Andreas spent his entire career at Haarmann Hemmelrath & Partner, where he became partner in 2001 and head of the Corporate Recovery and Insolvency practice group in 2004. He is member of the Global and European Board of Dentons. Andreas is also the editor-in-chief of the insolvency law magazine with the highest circulation in Germany, ZInsO FOKUS Sanierung, Wolters Kluwer Verlag and a member of the Executive Committee of the Insolvency and Restructuring Working Group of the German Bar Association (DAV).

Career

  • Germany Managing Partner, Dentons (formerly Salans), Frankfurt and Berlin, 2008 to date
  • Partner, Dentons (formerly Salans), Berlin, 2006 to date
  • Head of the practice group Corporate Recovery and Insolvency, Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, Berlin, 2004-2005
  • Partner, Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, 2001-2005
  • Associate, Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, 1997-2001
  • Research Assistant, Freie Universität Berlin, 1995-1997

Memberships

  • Member, TMA Deutschland
  • Member, INSOL Europe
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
  • Board member, Berlin/Brandenburger Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzrecht e.V.
  • Member, Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzwesen Köln e.V.
  • Member, Deutsche Steuerjuristische Gesellschaft e.V.
  • Member, Verein zur Förderung des Bilanz- und Steuerrechts sowie der Wirtschaftsprüfung Berlin/Brandenburg e.V.
  • Member, Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V.

Education

Certified Public Auditor, Germany, 2004

Certified Tax Advisor, Germany, 2000

Legal clerkship, 1995-1997

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 1997

Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, 1995

Freie Universität Berlin, 1994, Legal studies

Training as assistant tax consultant, 1990

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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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