The interdisciplinary offering from E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH draws together corporate law, M&A, finance and real estate expertise to offer a range of restructuring advice to clients across the energy, finance, automotive, manufacturing and construction sectors. Debtors in particular, including management and supervisory boards, rely on the team in distress situations. Practice head Marcus Benes is frequently present in complex cross-border restructurings of loans and listed bonds instruments, and is joined by Peter Winkler, who also specialises in financial restructurings. Karoline Hofmann, who excels in both restructuring and representation of creditors in insolvency proceedings, was promoted to partner in July 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Karoline Hofmann is very experienced, has a comprehensive understanding of matters, is calm and convincing, and always responsive.’
‘Karoline Hofmann and the rest of the E+H team has been incredibly agile and very flexible in meeting the client's demands. Even across timezones, it is not an issue for the team to get on a call at any time in the evening, over the weekends, etc. The team has been really quick in providing the required draft documents and advice.’
‘Karoline Hofmann is extremely responsive. She could not have been more accommodating, turning documents quickly, often overnight, and attending conference calls late into the night.’
- ‘Karoline Hofmann is excellent. Clear and commercial advice. Very responsive. Good understanding of cross border commercial issues. Good market intelligence from the Austrian market.’
‘High commitment; always available.’
‘Marcus Benes is both pleasant and highly committed.’
‘Very dedicated, practical/commercial approach, very good availability, fast and efficient service.’
Key clients
- One Square Advisors
- Fattal Group / Leonardo Hotels
- Alexander Volk
- Aminolabs Belgium NV
- Dr. Kurt Wolff Group
Work highlights
- Advised the Fattal Group / Leonardo hotels on the acquisition of Star Inn Hotelbetriebs GmbH while Star Inn was undergoing an insolvency proceeding.
- Advised several clients in the gas sector after market disruptions in the gas market in summer 2022, focusing on additional liquidity facilities to fund margin security.
- Advised One Square Advisors regarding its position as permanent representative of bondholders regarding several bonds issued by Eyemaxx Real Estate GmbH.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Marcus Benes