Ashurst LLP advises companies, banks as well as private equity and debtor funds on financial restructuring. Cross-border matters are also covered thanks to the international network. The team is particularly experienced in the automotive industry but also acts across the energy, healthcare and financial services sectors. Practice head Alexander Ballmann is well versed in advising companies in crisis on restructuring as well as supporting insolvency administrators and debtors in the context of insolvency proceedings and distressed M&A, while Matthias Weissinger and Karsten Raupach focus on financing and restructuring, including cross-border matters.
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Testimonials
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- 'Alexander Ballmann: An outstanding lawyer. He looks after the mandates with great personality, calmness and professional expertise. He manages and leads his team very well. He also works at the highest legal level.'
- 'The Ashurst team in Munich, led by Mr. Alexander Ballmann, is a team of very experienced lawyers in the area of restructuring and crisis management. The team as a whole works at the highest professional level. The Ashurst team is able to draw up contracts to perfection, even in English, especially company purchase agreements.'
- 'Alexander Ballmann: An outstanding consultant and sparring partner in restructuring, he has extremely well-founded and broad specialist knowledge, is always solution-oriented, is very creative in finding solutions - far beyond the purely legal, he looks at restructuring holistically, always accessible, extremely reliable, very strategic in negotiation and conflict situations. He is always very focused. Nothing seems to faze him; he is crystal clear in his recommendations. For me one of the best restructuring lawyers in Germany.'
Key clients
- US Banks Trustees Limited
- Bayerische Landesbank
Work highlights
- Advising the Fintyre Group in its capacity as agent/security trustee of the financing banks and the note holders on the enforcement of claims in the insolvency of the German companies of the Fintyre Group.
- Advising a group of financiers in connection with the refinancing of the Diebold Group.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alexander Ballmann