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Daniel Friedemann Fritz
Work Department
Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Position
Daniel Friedemann Fritz is a partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office. He is a member of the Restructuring practice and focuses on restructuring and insolvency law related matters, incl. European and international insolvency law. Daniel has extensive experience in insolvency administration and representing enterprises, management and creditors in restructuring, debtor-in-possession and regular insolvency proceedings, where he acts as a legal counsel or Office Holder (Chief Insolvency Officer). Daniel regularly advises in (distressed) M&A transactions. He represents his clients in and out of court in commercial and insolvency matters related to the resolutions or defense of claims by negotiation and litigation and arbitration. Daniel’s industrial focus includes the automotive, retail and healthcare sectors.
Daniel F. Fritz serves as Private Expert to the European Commission in relation to the introduction of a preventive restructuring framework and as speaker of the Working Group Europe of the German Bar Association’s (DAV) restructuring and insolvency wing. He regularly publishes and comments on German and European insolvency law.
Career
- Partner, Dentons, 2017 to date
- Partner, hww hermann wienberg wilhelm, 2014-2017, Frankfurt am Main
- Partner, HERMANN RWS, 2009-2014, Frankfurt am Main
- Junior Partner, HERMANN RWS, 2005-2008, Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main
- Associate, HERMANN RWS (formerly Hermann, Bähr, Michl, Lenhard), 1999-2004, Leipzig
Memberships
- Co-Chair Insolvency Office Holders Forum, INSOL Europe (until autumn 2017)
- Speaker Working Group Europe of the German Bar Association’s restructuring and insolvency law wing, including responsibility for the technical content of the European Insolvency and Restructuring Conference in Brussels and contribution to various official statements of the German Bar Association with regard to European insolvency law
- Conferee of Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law
Education
Admitted to the bar, Germany, 2000
Legal clerkship, 1996-1999, Cottbus/Potsdam
University of Heidelberg, 1996, Legal studies
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 1994, Legal studies
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- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Compliance > Compliance
- Industry focus > Energy
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Public sector > State aid
- Capital markets > Structured finance and securitisation
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Tax
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Private equity > Transactions