Lawyers

Leo Plank

Work Department

Restructuring

Position

Leo Plank is a restructuring partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Leo advises Kirkland clients in complex, high-stakes financial restructuring and bankruptcy matters. He represents a range of clients, including high-yield and distressed debt investors as well as companies involved in LBO financing and multinational restructurings. He and his team have a reputation for collaborating closely with one another to craft creative solutions, drive consensus among all the stakeholders of a matter, and achieve favorable outcomes – even in the most challenging of circumstances.

Career

Admitted as Attorney-at-law in New York, USA, 2001; admitted as Solicitor at the Law Society of England and Wales 2003; admitted in Germany 2004; Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York and London, USA and UK, associate 2000-2004; Broich Bayer von Rom, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, partner 2004-2006; Kirkland & Ellis International LLP Munich, Germany, partner 2006 to present.

Languages

German, English, French

Memberships

Turnaround Management Association

Education

University of Wales School of Law, Cardiff, UK (Diploma in Legal Studies, 1995); University of Connecticut School of Law, USA (LL.M. 2000); Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria (Mag. jur. 1999; Dr. jur. 2001).

Mentions

Restructuring and insolvency • Germany

Restructuring

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