Matthias Krämer

Matthias Krämer has been admitted as a lawyer for more than 20 years and advises national and international clients in insolvency/restructuring law, corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity, each with a focus on distressed assets.

A special focus of his professional activity is the preparation and support of self-administration proceedings for nationally and internationally active companies and corporate groups as general authorized representative or restructuring managing director or Chief Restructuring Officer/Chief Transformation Officer. In these roles, he guides the mandates he manages through structured restructuring processes with the goal of maintaining business operations and positioning them for the future.

Furthermore, Matthias Krämer advises clients in economic crisis situations and supports them in a practical and solution-oriented manner. The early development of viable strategies is the main focus in order to minimize risks and make the best possible use of available options.

Studies / Career

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (First State Examination), Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main (Second State Examination)

Beiten Burkhardt Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Lovells LLP, Ernst & Young Law GmbH, ZECH Group SE, SURE Energies AG, Rhein Rechtsanwälte, WELLENSIEK Rechtsanwälte & Insolvenzverwalter PartG mbB, DOREA GmbH, since 2024 horizon-re GmbH

Awards

Named as restructuring managing director of all self-administration proceedings of the Bader Group in JUVE Magazine (Legal Market 02/2020, page 20) in connection with the first cross-border group insolvency in self-administration under the application of the EU Insolvency Regulation

Named since the JUVE Handbook 2020 as a frequently recommended lawyer in the field of restructuring/reorganization

Selected Mandates

horizon-re GmbH

• Messerschmitt Systems GmbH: Advising the debtor company in the self-administration procedure and in the transferring restructuring of business operations to a Swedish strategic investor
• Silbitz Group GmbH: Advising and reviewing options to avert a crisis
• Enapter GmbH: Advising in connection with a trust solution/sales mandate for the business operations
• marken mehrwert – brand added value AG: Advising and reviewing options to avert a crisis

Previous Law Firms

• DOREA GmbH (nursing home operator with 70 facilities nationwide in 17 companies and 3,500 employees, headquarters: Berlin): Assumed the role of Interim General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer as part of a succession solution; preparation and support of the comprehensive restructuring of the entire corporate group through protective shield/self-administration proceedings as well as partial regular insolvency proceedings; assumed the role of general authorized representative of the self-administered companies of the DOREA group; continued operations, preparation of insolvency plans, and transfer of facilities no longer operated by the DOREA group after restructuring to new operators
• Frimo Group GmbH (automotive company, headquarters: Lotte, NRW, portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG): Advising management in the restructuring of the Frimo group; preparation of a continuation forecast to avoid the obligation to file for insolvency
• Silbitz Group GmbH (iron foundry, locations in Silbitz (headquarters), Zeitz, Staßfurt, Torgelow, Kosice (Slovakia), portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG): Advising on the acquisition of assets from the self-administration proceedings of Eisengießerei Torgelow GmbH (trustee: lawyer Sebastian Laboga) including advice on financing issues and post-closing integration into the Silbitz group
• Bader Group (machine engineering supplier, 1,040 employees, 7 companies, including 2 abroad (Hungary: 500 employees; Romania: 40 employees)): Managing director in all German companies (CRO/CIO) as well as general authorized representative in the foreign companies; continued operations without mass credit (about half of the employees were not eligible for insolvency benefits due to employment abroad); management of the M&A process
• Messerschmitt Foundation (largest charitable foundation for the acquisition and preservation of listed real estate with special historical significance, Munich): Advising in connection with the insolvencies of the Schuhbeck companies and the personal insolvency of Alfons Schuhbeck as the largest creditor and landlord of the business and private premises
• Noblesse KG (premium segment door manufacturer, 85 employees): General authorized representative in self-administration, management of the M&A process; successful completion of the transferring restructuring while preserving all 85 jobs
• akf siemers corporate group (logistics service provider, 142 employees, 6 companies, headquarters Hamburg): General authorized representative of self-administration; advising and completing the transferring restructuring within only 4 weeks between filing and opening of proceedings; despite insolvency, a prospective quota of (currently) about 40% on unsecured claims was achieved
• DLW corporate group (flooring manufacturer, 3 companies, about 800 employees at two locations): Advising management in self-administration on implementing the restructuring concept, complete (sole) coordination and (legal) support of the M&A process on the seller side until closing of the transaction, sole negotiation of the purchase agreement for the asset/share deal
• NHG Neue Halberg Guss GmbH (automotive supplier): Advising management in preparing for the opening of self-administration proceedings, implementing the restructuring concept, participating in bank/creditor meetings, preparing a trust solution, supporting the search for investors and the preparation of an info memo
• Hüls AG & Co. KG (furniture manufacturer): Advising shareholder-managing directors in preparing for the opening of self-administration proceedings, (partial) liquidation of unprofitable companies in the Hüls group, sale of the furniture division produced under the Rolf Benz brand to an investor, preparation of a trust solution
• Klinikum Darmstadt gGmbH: Support of self-administration in restructuring the clinic group, the M&A process regarding Rochus Kliniken Dieburg and partial shutdown of operations
• Hamburger Family Office: Portfolio management and reorganization of the investment portfolio through various M&A transactions
• solarhybrid AG: Support of the segment change from the Open Market (unregulated market) to the General Standard (regulated market); preparation of the securities prospectus
• solarhybrid AG: Preparation of the issuance of an option bond with a planned issue volume of EUR 50,000,000.00 to finance US activities
• solarhybrid AG: Setting up the corporate structure for foreign activities; assuming the role of Managing Director in the European companies and Company Secretary in the US companies
• solarhybrid AG: Support of the takeover of all US projects of Solar Millennium AG
• solarhybrid AG: Transfer of assets by way of an asset deal (spin-off of a production area)
• State of Lower Saxony: Advising the two members sent by the State of Lower Saxony to the supervisory board of Volkswagen AG in defending against the hostile takeover attempt by Porsche AG
• State of Rhineland-Palatinate: Advising the supervisory board of the state-owned Nürburgring GmbH on clarifying the facts and asserting claims for damages against members of management in connection with the failed financing of the "Erlebnispark Nürburgring" project
• ZECH Group SE: Support of the takeover of Hochtief Brazil and integration into the group
• ZECH Group SE: Acquisition of assets from the insolvency estate of Ecosoil Süd GmbH in insolvency proceedings
• Deutsche Immobilien Holding AG: Preparation and support of the general meeting for the exclusion of minority shareholders ("Squeeze Out") and subsequent support of the legal dispute over the challenge of the general meeting resolution (release procedure)
• Marcol Investment: Advising on the acquisition of Median Clinics (portfolio of rehabilitation clinics) from the owner families
• Deutsche Beteiligungs AG: Advising on the acquisition of ICTS Europe Holdings B.V. (security division) from Fraport AG
• Trustee, corporate law advice and corporate housekeeping for 45 ABS transactions (Commerzbank, HVB, DZ Bank, DG Hyp, Deutsche Hypotheken Bank) with a total transaction volume of approximately 40 billion euros; authorized signatory of several securitization special purpose entities