Volker Beissenhirtz
Volker has been with Schultze & Braun since 2005. He established the Berlin office of Schultze & Braun and was one of the drivers to establish the London office. Before joining Schultze & Braun he worked with leading international law firms and for a recognized German Insolvency Practitioner. After a longer stint into general corporate, corporate restructuring and M&A law, Volker now devotes most of his work to the recovery of businesses ranging from small local firms to multi-national groups of companies. In his work he has a hands-on approach to recovery and often does not only cover the legal aspects of the case but also coaches the management and co-ordinates the different aspects of a business rescue.
Recent mandates include:
• Advising the management of a multinational group in the restructuring of a LBO finance structure
• Advising a major German bank during the restructuring of a syndicated credit facility in England, where, among others, a scheme of arrangement was implemented
• Advising an upper public administrative body of a German state in the planning and creation of an insolvency department
• Advising the shareholder and management of a large German fashion retail chain in the planning and implementation of its restructuring through an insolvency plan procedure including debtor-in-possession
Volker has been with Schultze & Braun since 2005. He established the Berlin office of Schultze & Braun and was one of the drivers to establish the London office. Before joining Schultze & Braun he worked with leading international law firms and for a recognized German Insolvency Practitioner. After a longer stint into general corporate, corporate restructuring and M&A law, Volker now devotes most of his work to the recovery of businesses ranging from small local firms to multi-national groups of companies. In his work he has a hands-on approach to recovery and often does not only cover the legal aspects of the case but also coaches the management and co-ordinates the different aspects of a business rescue.
Recent mandates include:
• Advising the management of a multinational group in the restructuring of a LBO finance structure
• Advising a major German bank during the restructuring of a syndicated credit facility in England, where, among others, a scheme of arrangement was implemented
• Advising an upper public administrative body of a German state in the planning and creation of an insolvency department
• Advising the shareholder and management of a large German fashion retail chain in the planning and implementation of its restructuring through an insolvency plan procedure including debtor-in-possession
Volker has received a Ph.D. from the University of Halle/Wittenberg and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in corporate and insolvency law. He was first admitted to the Frankfurt Bar in 2000.
In his spare time he enjoys life with his family and since several years desperately tries to finish the Berlin Marathon under four hours.
