Europe - Germany • Restructuring and insolvency
White & Case LLP
White & Case LLP focuses on complex cross-border restructurings in the automotive, shipping, aviation, consumer goods, retail, energy, real estate and healthcare sectors. The team’s expertise is frequently requested by companies and investors as well as banks and private debt funds. Riaz Janjuah regularly acts in well-known restructurings in the shipping sector and jointly heads the practice with Sven-Holger Undritz, whose experience in restructuring and reorganisation also extends to distressed M&A; he offers additional expertise in the restructuring of non-performing loans in the maritime industry. Sylvia Fiebig (operational restructuring, change management, insolvency law, industry focus on shipping), Andreas Kleinschmidt (restructuring, insolvency, restructuring), Jan-Philipp Hoos (restructuring in self-administration, insolvency proceedings) and Daniel Schwartz (cross-border restructuring, insolvency law, distressed M&A) are further key contacts.
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Testimonials
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- 'White & Case's restructuring team is excellent. Based on the high level of expertise that the law firm has built up over decades in the area of insolvency administration, White & Case also advises with the same professionalism in the pre-insolvency area and restructuring. The combination of legal quality and economic understanding makes the law firm a TOP address.'
- 'Very technically strong team.'
- 'Riaz Janjuah: Very high level of expertise and high level of commitment.'
- 'Daniel Schwartz: An excellent lawyer and has a high level of economic understanding.'
- 'Andreas Kleinschmidt: A top restructuring expert. He manages (like only a few) the balancing act between administrator and advisor.'
- 'Riaz Janjuah and Jan-Philipp Hoos: great both professionally and personally.'
- 'Jan-Philipp Hoos is really highly recommended. Very competent and also solution-oriented. He is a good negotiator, has a high level of economic understanding and is strong in implementation.'
- 'Complex moderation of restructuring financing by a very competent team led by Jan-Philipp Hoos.'
Key clients
- hsh portfoliomanagement AöR
- Adler Group S.A.
- Orpea SA
- Daimler AG
- Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
- Spiele Max GmbH
- Mercedes-Benz AG
- GLM-Service u. Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (GLM)
- Feilo Sylvania Germany GmbH
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Work highlights
- Representing a consortium of financing parties in connection with discussions regarding a possible restructuring and redevelopment of an offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
- Advising an insolvency administrator on the assets of a German credit institution in connection with the enforcement of claims against Australian insurers.
- Advising hsh portfoliomanagement AöR, the settlement agency of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the state of Schleswig-Holstein, in connection with the sale of its last large ship loan portfolio.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sven-Holger Undritz, Riaz Janjuah