

Restructuring
Our German restructuring team includes experts in banking, capital markets and corporate law as well as employment and tax law. We advise banks and corporate entities on cross-border reorganisations, restructurings and insolvency proceedings. The specific practice groups required for each individual restructuring are consulted and involved in the project as necessary.
We develop innovative solutions and products in order to provide the best advice to lenders and borrowers in crisis or facing imminent insolvency in the context of an international and increasingly complex market. As part of the worldwide restructuring group, we also work with our colleagues in the world's key financial centres as an international team, setting new standards in cross-border debt reschedulings and restructurings. Restructuring involves many stakeholders, and solutions often need to be implemented quickly. We have experience in dealing with these challenges and in executing such transactions, in particular advising steering committees on the lender side or securing a solution for the borrower side.
Our team ranks among the leading practices for restructuring and insolvency in Germany.
Information on current topics at a glance
Our team offers up-to-date information on all the latest developments in the field of restructuring. Currently, a key focus of our efforts is set on the various legal instruments relating to the implications of the Ukraine- and Energy-crisis in Europe as well as the advancing harmonization of European restructuring and insolvency law. We have prepared all the essential information for you in client bulletins, snapshots, interviews and podcasts.
As an integrated team with a broad range of advisory skills, our experts monitor the challenges and new trends and develop the best solutions for practical applications on a daily basis. Thus, we would like to highlight key topics such as the temporary adjustment of insolvency and restructuring law to mitigate the consequences of crises (SanInsKG), the new Act on the Stabilisation and Restructuring Framework for Businesses (StaRUG) and the foreseeable adjustment of national insolvency law due to new European requirements (Insolvency-III-Directive). We provide you with comprehensive information concerning these key topics below.
As part of Allen & Overy's global restructuring group, we are always in close contact with our colleagues around the globe on the latest trends and issues. Therefore, we also offer an international perspective on restructuring and easy access to the comprehensive international content produced by our lawyers in this field. For example, information on the Dutch Scheme, which came into force on 1 January 2021, and the British Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, which has been available since summer 2020. These new restructuring instruments are key landmarks for putting the StaRUG restructuring plan into context.
Current topics
Highlight Deals
Automotive
Benteler
Advising the family shareholders of BENTELER Group in connection with the refinancing of existing financial indebtedness in the context of the group’s restructuring programme.
Weber Automotive
Advising the banking consortium on the financial restructuring of the Weber Automotive Group.
Fintyre Group
Advising a European banking consortium comprehensively on the insolvency of the German and English Fintyre companies, the disposal of Reiff Reifen to Bridgestone as well as the restructuring of the Italian branch of the Fintyre Group by way of a concordato in bianco proceeding.
Energy
Uniper
Advising Uniper SE on EUR 15 billion stabilisation package.
ENERCON
Advice on the refinancing of existing financial liabilities as part of a fundamental realignment of the company.
STEAG
Advising the RAG Foundation as potential trustee of STEAG GmbH in connection with the ongoing restructuring of STEAG.
Financial Services
Wirecard
Advising a banking syndicate on the pre-insolvency restructuring and subsequent preliminary proceedings for Wirecard AG and representation in the creditors’ committee.
Retail
Gerry Weber
Advising on the comprehensive restructuring in a self-administered insolvency process, in connection with the financing and on ongoing financing and corporate law issues.
ESCADA
Advising the insolvency administrator Dr Christian Gerloff on the negotiation, conclusion and closing of the relevant requisite agreements with a US financial investor regarding the transfer of parts of the assets of ESCADA SE as part of an asset deal in the context of the insolvency proceedings.
Adler Modemärkte
Advising Adler Modemärkte AG on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in via an insolvency plan.
Other
Steinhoff
Advising a co-ordinating committee of lenders to Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. and its subsidiaries in relation to the restructuring and recapitalisation of the Group.
KATHREIN
Advising on a group-wide restructuring with a new financing agreement, the reorganisation of the group structure as well as several disposals of business units.
News and insights

Publications: 31 March 2023
Credit defaults: practical tips when pressing the accelerator
In this article, experts from our Restructuring and Litigation groups consider the practical steps and considerations when a creditor is faced with a potential event of default under their contracts.…

Publications: 09 March 2023
Allen & Overy contributes to the Annual Review of Insolvency Law
Allen & Overy was pleased to partner with the ARIL Society on the 20th edition of the Annual Review of Insolvency Law (ARIL) on the article “Putting it in Reverse: A Possible Path to Chapter 15…

Publications: 27 February 2023
Enhancing the insolvency tools for insurance companies
Understanding the changes set out in Schedule 12 and 13 of the Financial Services and Markets Bill.

Publications: 21 October 2022
German Insolvency Law adjusted to uncertain times (CovInsAG becomes SanInsKG)
Temporary shortening of the forecast period relating to the over-indebtedness check and other changes until 31 December 2023.
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Restructuring across borders

Developed by Allen & Overy’s market-leading Restructuring group
Recognition
Allen & Overy houses a respected restructuring practice with a strong pedigree in complex, cross-border mandates.
Chambers Europe 2022
One of the strengths is the high technical and holistic view of the tasks. That is always paired with solution-oriented suggestions.
Client, Chambers Europe 2022
High level of client orientation, excellent work and acceptance by the stakeholders. Very good litigation and communication with everyone involved.
Legal 500 2021
The advice is very thorough and comprehensive. The lawyers are excellent in negotiations, remaining calm in the face of provocation, and goal-focused and dispassionate, seeking to build consensus and find common ground.
Client, Chambers Europe 2021
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Overview of our expertise in restructuring and insolvency
Allen & Overy’s Restructuring team consists of experts in banking and corporate law as well as employment, tax and international capital markets law, and advises banks and corporate entities on cross‑border reorganisations, restructurings and insolvency proceedings involving any practice group required for the relevant restructuring.