CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. has ‘deep legal knowledge’ on all insolvency and restructuring matters, regularly advises domestic and foreign financial creditors and debtors on judicial and non-judicial restructuring matters and corporate reorganisation measures, including non-performing loans, debt restructuring, and capital increases. The team is headed by Marjolaine Jakob who has a special focus on cross-border insolvency and restructuring law. Reto Hunsperger assists foreign insolvency administrators in enforcing claims and adding domestic assets to foreign insolvency estates.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Great team with good profile and deep legal knowledge.’

  • ‘Good theoretical knowledge of insolvency and restructuring. Regarding practice the team is still quite junior, but definitely uprising.’

  • ‘Marjolaine Jacob is very precise and has a very good theoretical knowledge. She is definitely rising.'

Key clients

  • Swiss ancillary insolvency estate of Manfred Schmider
  • Dr. Christoph Schulte-Kaubrügger in his function as insolvency administrator over the assets of OpenLimit SignCubes GmbH
  • gammaRenax
  • SEFE Schweiz AG

Work highlights

  • Represented the Swiss ancillary insolvency estate of Manfred Schmider, among others, with regard to a lawsuit that was filed by the Swiss ancillary insolvency estate against a third party and based on a settlement agreement concluded between the foreign insolvency administrator and the third party to amicably solve several claw-back claims of the foreign insolvency estate.
  • Advised the German insolvency administrator of OpenLimit SignCubes AG, among others, with regard to the cooperation with the administrator of the Swiss composition proceedings which were conducted over the Swiss group company prior to the opening of insolvency proceedings.
  • Advised SEFE Schweiz AG with regard to various aspects of its restructuring, following its coming under the sole ownership of the Federal Government of Germany, as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marjolaine Jakob

Other key lawyers

Reto Hunsperger