Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner advises global banks, funds, insurers, and corporates in cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters, including StaRUG plans, trust structures, and debt-to-equity swaps. Practice head Mike Danielewsky supports companies and executive bodies in crisis situations to develop sustainable restructuring solutions.
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Accolades
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Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘Mike Danielewsky is an outstanding restructuring professional. He combines knowledge with charisma.'
- ‘Solution oriented, pragmatic and collaborative. Not about ego but about the best results for the client. Trying to build bridges between the stakeholder. Financial and legal knowledge.’
- ‘Mike Danielewsky is a very smart, pragmatic lawyer. He is to the point and very solution orientated. It is a great pleasure to work with him.’
- ‘It's a great team of very skilled people, very well connected. Their knowledge of the German restructuring law is exceptional. Stunning is, that all of the team is very sympathetic and good to work with.’
Key clients
- Wourth Group Limited
- Tishman Speyer
Work highlights
Advised Tishman Speyer in the acquisition of a partially completed Berlin mixed-use property via a court-approved insolvency plan, structuring financing and corporate measures, and coordinating a complex Germany-Luxembourg cross-border transaction with real estate and tax support.a
Advised Wourth Group in the acquisition of Peter Hahn GmbH and parts of its subsidiaries via a court-approved insolvency plan and investment agreement, preserving jobs, securing interim financing, and managing cross-border restructuring and urgent negotiations to prevent liquidation.
Practice head
Mike Danielewsky
Other key lawyers
Christian Spatz; Katrin Schröder; Daniel Odenthal; Melanie Schumann