Simone Schönen

• STEAG GmbH
  Advising the Steering Committee of the guarantor lenders on the financial restructuring and transformation of the energy group, including the sale of the group (since 2021)

• German automotive supplier
  Advising the financing banks on the financial restructuring of an automotive supplier and the sale of the loans and shares to an investor (2020-2023)

• German automobile manufacturer
  Advising a German electric vehicle manufacturer on the acquisition of a distressed automobile manufacturer and remedying its insolvency (2022)

• Tourism Industry
  Advising a company in the tourism industry on directors' duties and government assistance programs related to Corona (2020/2021).

• Nursing Care Real Estate Sector
  Advising a company in the nursing care real estate sector on redevelopment (2020/2021)

• Phase-out of lignite-fired power generation
  Advising the German government on the phase-out of lignite-fired power generation (2020)

• Adler Modemärkte AG
  Advising a bank consortium on state-guaranteed syndicated financing in favor of Adler Modemärkte AG (2020)

• Euromicron AG
  Advising the financing banks of insolvent Euromicron AG on the successful sale of the company‘s subsidiaries (2019/2020)

• Eckerle
  Advising the financing banks on a loan sale with a view to a restructuring of the borrower belonging to the automotive sector (2019/2020)

• Condor Flugdienst GmbH
  Advising on protective shield proceedings (2019/2020)

• Bank consortium
  Advising a consortium of banks on the restructuring financing of a company in the textile industry (2019)

• M.M.Warburg & CO (AG & Co.) KGaA
  Advising the bank as the sole underwriter in a cash capital increase with subscription rights by stock corporation co.don Aktiengesellschaft (2019)

• Fund
  Advising a fund on the proposed acquisition of debt securities issued by project companies with a view to acquiring the business (2018)

• Credit institution
  Advising a credit institution in its defence against a specialised and extensive lawsuit brought by a bankruptcy trustee for payment due to various contested transactions (2018)*

• Marenave Schiffahrts AG
  Advising the shipping group on the financial restructuring of its listed holding company by means of consensual complete deleveraging and sale of the entire fleet (2016/2017)*

• Singulus Technologies AG
  Advising on financial restructuring through debt restructuring with debt/equity and debt/debt swaps (2015/2016)*

• IVG Immobilien AG
  Advising on complex restructuring as part of insolvency plan proceedings, including a debt/equity swap (2013/2014)*

• * = These clients were advised ahead of time at Noerr

• Commenting on sections 17 to 23 of the German Corporate Stabilisation and Restructuring Act (StaRUG), in: Uhlenbruck, Insolvency Code, 16th edition 2023
• Commenting on sections 49 to 59 of the German Corporate Stabilisation and Restructuring Act (StaRUG), in: Seibt/Westpfahl, StaRUG, 1st edition 2023 (together with Stephanie Bender)
• The amendment of individual clauses in financing contracts based on the German Corporate Stabilisation and Restructuring Act, ZRI 2021, 437 (co-author Andreas Naujoks)
• Expedited Corporate Debt Restructuring Procedures in Germany (co-author Dr Lars Westpfahl), Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal (ed.), Expedited Corporate Debt Restructuring in the EU, published by Oxford University Press, 2015, chapter 13, p. 329-357
• The Amendment of Individual Clauses in Finance Contracts in accordance with the German Act on Stabilization and Restructuring Act (with Andreas Naujoks), ZRI 2021, 437
• The New Special Regulation regarding the Restructuring and Winding-up of (Major) Banks: A Path to more Sustainability in the Banking Sector (?) (convenience translation of German headline) (co-author Dr Patrick Cichy), Denise Bauer/Gunnar Schuster (eds), Nachhaltigkeit im Bankensektor (Sustainability in the Banking Sector), published by Dr Otto Schmidt, 2016, chapter 9, p. 197-227
• Creditors' Rights and Issuer's Duties in Case of a Vote without Meeting pursuant to the German Bond Act (convenience translation of German headline) (co-author Dr Heiko Bertelmann), ZIP 2014, p. 353-365
• Comment on the judgment of Mannheim Regional Court dated 18 February 2011 (case no. 7 O 100/10) – The Fate of the License in Case of an Insolvency of the Licensor (convenience translation of German headline) (co-author Dr Lars Westpfahl), EWiR 2011, p. 645-646
• Consumer Insolvency Law in International Comparison Taking into Account the Provisions on Discharge of Residual Debt (Part I) (convenience translation of German headline), ZVI 2009, p. 229-240
• Consumer Insolvency Law in International Comparison Taking into Account the Provisions on Discharge of Residual Debt (Part II) (convenience translation of German headline), ZVI 2010, p. 81-95