White & Case LLP boasts longstanding expertise in financial restructuring, particularly in a cross-border context, and is also assists with insolvency, restructuring and StaRUG-related proceedings. The practice is regularly instructed by clients from the automotive, real estate, retail and energy sectors, and also acts for banks, private debt funds and companies from the shipping industry. Sven-Holger Undritz focuses on restructuring and reorganisation proceedings in the maritime industry; Undritz currently acts as sole practice head since former co-head Riaz Janjuah (restructuring in the shipping industry) moved to Linklaters in September 2024.

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  • 'Great team. Industry leader. Very professional and pleasant to work with.'
  • 'High legal quality combined with deep economic understanding.'

Key clients

  • Peter Hahn GmbH
  • The KaDeWe Group GmbH
  • Adler Group S.A.
  • Mercedes-Benz AG
  • Spiele Max GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advising financing credit institutions in the insolvency proceedings of the fashion company Peek & Cloppenburg.
  • Advising KaDeWe Group on the sale of its operating business to the Thai Central Group.
  • Advice to fashion company Peter Hahn in connection with a continuation and restructuring solution.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sven-Holger Undritz