Thomas Hoffmann
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Thomas Hoffmann has been advising companies in distressed situations and during insolvency proceedings for over 25 years. He co-headed and built Noerr's Restructuring and Insolvency practice group for many years and is together with Dr. Martin Kleinschmitt managing director of Noerr GmbH & Co. KG and Noerr's Trustee entity, TEAM Treuhand GmbH. He is the author of numerous specialist publications and regularly gives lectures on current restructuring issues.
Projects
- Northvolt (Germany)
Restructuring in the aftermath of the insolvency of the Swedish Battery Producer - Wittur
Advising to the 2nd lien lenders in the restructuring and takeover of the elevator parts supplier - Condor
In-court-restructuring after the collapse of its sharholder Thomas Cook Group, restructuring shareholder via the Noerr trust vehicle TEAM Treuhand and finally sale to a private investor - Galapagos
Representing the senior lender's agent in court against a claw back law suit of the German insolvency administrator - Wirecard
Initiating Insolvency proceedings for the stock listed DAX-30 company and some of its subsidiaries after the publication of balance sheet irregularities - Thomas Cook
Advice to the German subsidiaries of the international tour operator during the out-of-court restructuring attempts and initiating of insolvency proceedings after the UK-bankruptcy
Distinctions
- Recommended as Leading Advisor in Restructuring
JUVE-Annual Handbook - Recommended as one of the most renowned lawyers for restructuring in Germany
WirtschaftsWoche - Recommended as one of the leading lawyers in Restructuring & Insolvency
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in Germany - Recommended for M&A, Corporate Law
JUVE - Recommended as notable practitioner
Chambers - Recommended as National, Global and Thought Leader
Who's Who Legal
Career
Apprenticeship with Deutsche Bank AG
Studied law and economics at the Universities of Passau and Tübingen
Legal traineeship at Stuttgart Higher Regional Court
PhD in Economics from the University of Stuttgart
At Noerr since 1999
Admitted to the Chamber of Lawyers in Baden Württemberg since 1995
Memberships
- Insolvency Law and Restructuring subdivison of the German Lawyers’ Association
- TMA Germany e.V.
- Working Group for Insolvency Law (Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzrecht e.V.) (Berlin/Brandenburg)
Publications
- Kommentar zum Unternehmensstabilisierungs und -restrukturierungsgesetz, Kommentar (with Dr. Andrea Braun)
§§ 29 - 33 StaRUG in Flöther (eds.), C.H.Beck, Munich, 1st edition, 2021 - Kommentar zum Gesetz über Schudlverschreibungen aus Gesamtemmissionen
§§ 7,8 and 19 SchVG in Reinhard/Schall, De Gruyter, 1st edition 2020 - Sanierungsrecht – Einführung zur Richtlinie der Europäischen Kommission über präventive Restrukturierungsrahmen (with Andrea Braun)
Das europäische Gesetzgebungsverfahren, Wirkung des Restrukturierungsplans, Minderheitenschutz, 2019 - Konsortialkreditvertrag, Formularvertrag mit Anmerkungen, Münchner Vertragshandbuch Band 2
Wirtschaftsrecht I, Verlag C.H.Beck, Munich, 8th edition, 2020 - Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2018 – Germany (with Isabel Giancristofano)
International Comparative Legal Guide 2018 - Gläubigerbeteiligung in der Konzerninsolvenz
Flöther (ed.), Handbuch zum Konzerninsolvenzrecht, 2nd edition, 2018 - Ist das englische Scheme of Arrangement (noch) ein taugliches Sanierungsinstrument für deutsche Unternehmen? (with Isabel Giancristofano)
ZIP 2016, p. 1151 et. seq. - Beratung von Banken, Anwalts-Handbuch Insolvenzrecht
Runkel/Schmidt (eds.), Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne, 3rd edition, 2015 - Die Behandlung des Verlustausgleichsanspruchs gem. § 302 I AktG (with Dr Ingo Theusinger)
NZG 2014, p. 1170 et. seq. - Der Erhalt der Börsennotierung beim echten und unechten Debt Equity Swap in der Insolvenz der börsennotierten AG (with Dr Laurenz Wieneke)
ZIP 2013, p. 697 et. seq.
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