The Top Insolvency Lawyers in Germany

Insolvency

Julie Palmer - Regional Managing Partner | March 29th 2011

We are very proud to congratulate Michael Pluta of Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH for being chosen amongst the best professionals in Insolvency Law by German WirtschaftsWoche magazine.

The complex process was based firstly on extensive research and expert interviews. A total of 70 proposals made it through to the second round and 38 of these were included in the elite panel. The final assessment was judged by 5 industry experts on proven success, long standing experience, team or office capacity and specialisation. The 25 lawyers who scored the highest are listed below in alphabetical order.

25 Top law firms for insolvency law

Name
Company
Where
Dr. Winfrid Andres
Andres Schneider
Düsseldorf
Dr. Biner Bähr
White & Case
Düsseldorf
Dr. Siegfried Beck
Dr. Beck & Partner
Nürnberg
Dr. Georg Bernsau
BBL Bernsau Brockdorff & Partner
Frankfurt
Kolja von Bismarck
Linklaters
Frankfurt
Dr. Eberhard Braun
Schultze & Braun
Achern
Dr. Lucas Flöther
Flöther & Wissing
Halle (Saale)
Dr. Michael Frege
CMS Hasche Sigle
Frankfurt
Frank Grell
Latham & Watkins
Hamburg
Ottmar Hermann
Hermann Rechtsanwälte
Frankfurt
Peter Hoegen
Allen & Overy
Frankfurt
Dr. Michael Jaffé
Jaffé
München
Dr. Frank Kebekus
Kebekus et Zimmermann
Düsseldorf
Dr. Bruno Kübler
Kübler
München
Dr. Rainer Maus
FRP-Rechtsanwälte
Wuppertal
Dr. Klaus Pannen
Dr. Pannen Rechtsanwälte
Hamburg
Horst Piepenburg
Piepenburg-Gerling Rechtsanwälte
Düsseldorf
Michael Pluta
Pluta
Stuttgart
Prof. Rolf Rattunde
Leonhardt Rechtsanwälte
Berlin
Christopher Seagon
Wellensiek Rechtsanwälte
Heidelberg
Dr. Andreas Spahlinger
Gleiss Lutz
Stuttgart
Dr. Martin Stockhausen
Görg Rechtsanwälte
Köln
Dr. Heiko Tschauner
Hogan Lovells International LLP
München
Dr. Lars Westpfahl
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hamburg
Dr. Mark Zeuner
WZR Wülfing Zeuner Rechel
Hamburg

The article was published in the February issue of WirtschaftsWoche magazine. You can read it in full here

About the author

Julie Palmer

Regional Managing Partner

Meet our Team of Experts

Julie is a law graduate who qualified with Price Waterhouse in 1994. Julie joined Smith & Williamson in 1997 and became a partner in 2001. With Mike Stevenson, Julie set up Middleton Partners offices in Salisbury and Southampton, both of which are now part of Begbies Traynor.

Julie is a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association and the None Administrative Receivers Association and is a Fellow of The Association of Business Recovery Professionals. Julie deals with all aspects of Corporate Recovery and turnaround work and takes all form of personal insolvency appointments.