Overview
Dr. Benedikt Schulz advises companies, managing directors, shareholders, insolvency administrators, investors, and creditors on restructuring and insolvency law as well as corporate law.
This includes all aspects of both out-of-court restructuring transactions, including corporate reorganization and financial restructuring, as well as insolvency proceedings, in particular self-administration, protective shield and insolvency plan proceedings. Benedikt Schulz has extensive knowledge in the field of managing directors‘ duties and liability in the business crisis and in self-administration proceedings.
Another focus of his practice is advising sellers and investors on national and international corporate transactions / (distressed) M&A and general corporate law advice.
Results
Benedikt advised:
- Meyer family in connection with the agreements with the Federal Government and the State of Lower Saxony to stabilise Meyer Werft
- Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof on the protective shielding proceedings
- Borgers Group on the operative restructuring and refinancing
- A publicly listed e-commerce company on the operative restructuring and refinancing
- The investor on its purchase of a store portfolio from an insolvent retailer
Recognitions
- JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms, Recommended: Insolvency and Restructuring: Restructuring and Reorganization, 2022-2025
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, “Ones to Watch” in Germany: Corporate Law and Restructuring and Insolvency Law, 2023-2025
Credentials
Education
University of Münster, Dr. jur., 2017
Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Second State Exam, 2017
University of Münster, First State Exam, 2010
Admissions
Germany
Languages
English
German
