A&O Shearman's team is co-led by Franz Bernhard Herding, who focuses on financial restructuring, and Sven Prüfer, who is well versed in pre-insolvency restructuring and distressed M&A as well as reorganisation measures. The practice is regularly instructed by companies, investors, banks, managing directors and board members on cross-border restructuring and distressed transactions. Like Herding, Josef Parzinger advises on financial restructuring and also handles (cross-border) corporate restructuring and frequently acts on behalf of creditors, debtors, private debt funds and distressed debt funds. Counsel and key contact Hauke Sattler boasts expertise in restructuring and trusteeships pertaining to the automotive sector. Since May 2024, Peter Hoegen acts as an external consultant in cross-border restructuring and insolvency proceedings.
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- 'Sven Prüfer is very experienced, pragmatic, but still risk-conscious and a very good communicator.'
- 'Josef Parzinger is an outstanding expert in the field of restructuring.'
- 'Franz Bernhard Herding has technical and legal expertise as well as moderation skills.'
- 'Franz Bernhard Herding demonstrates the utmost care and reliability coupled with comprehensive knowledge and experience.'
- 'Complex consensual restructurings are supported in all facets with a high level of legal expertise.'
- 'Sven Prüfer is an outstanding personality with a very high level of competence and maximum client orientation. He is absolutely solution-oriented, very agile and pragmatic.'
- 'The team is strong and continues to grow.'
- 'Hauke Sattler is a very experienced consultant with in-depth industry knowledge, particularly in automotive cases, and knows all the players.'
Key clients
- GERRY WEBER International AG
- Corestate Capital Holding S.A.
- Branicks
- WACHTEL GmbH
- Enercon Group
- BENTELER Gruppe
- Hamm Reno Group
Work highlights
- Advising Gerry Weber on financing, restructuring, employment law and capital markets law aspects in connection with its restructuring.
- Advising Corestate Capital Holding SA on its cross-border restructuring.
- Advising Branicks Group AG on a financial restructuring using an innovative German StaRUG procedure to structure €225 million promissory notes and parallel consensual negotiations on the extension of a bridge financing of €200 million.
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Sven Prüfer
Practice head
Other key lawyers
Josef Parzinger; Hauke Sattler; Peter Hoegen