Germany: Insolvency/Bankruptcy

Bridge loans provide critical short-term liquidity during corporate restructuring, but they carry significant legal risks for both lenders and borrowers in crisis situations. This analysis examines the legal framework governing bridge financing in restructuring contexts, including insolvency avoidance rules, unconscionable lending liability, and the ongoing obligation to file for insolvency.

Filing for insolvency carries significant legal and reputational consequences, but what happens when a company's financial situation improves after filing? This article examines the legal framework...

German insolvency law's principle of equal creditor treatment faces a critical challenge through Section 131 of the Insolvency Code, which addresses "incongruent coverage" - situations where creditors receive security or satisfaction they weren't entitled to receive, or not in that form or timing. The practical stakes are substantial: within the last month before insolvency filing, objective incongruence alone suffices for avoidance actions, with no requirement to prove the creditor's knowledge of the debto

Shareholding as a Service (SaaS) restores decisiveness in stuck workout situations. Temporary, professionally mandated ownership stabilises the shareholder layer...

After several years of weak growth in the German economy, restructuring is emerging as a strategic tool to revitalize the country's under-pressure businesses.

The principal body representing insolvency creditors is the creditors' assembly, through which creditors jointly exercise their rights vis-a-vis the insolvency debtor, the insolvency court and the insolvency administrator.

Das AlixPartners Agile Finance Framework für proaktives Cash Management besteht aus 3 Säulen: 1) Screenen nach exogenen Schocks, 2) Identifizieren von Wechselwirkungen und Ableiten von Maßnahmen...

Über die letzten Jahre hat der deutsche Glasfasermarkt ein dynamisches Wachstum erlebt, angetrieben von hohen Gewinnerwartungen, politischer Agenda (z.B. die "Gigabitstrategie" der Bundesregierung), milliardenschweren Finanzierungen zu niedrigen Zinsen und einer ständig steigenden Zahl neuer Markteintritte.

For many years, the German fiber market has experienced dynamic growth, driven by high expectations, political agenda, billions in financing at low interest rates...