George J. Ernst Degenhardt specializes in project finance transactions as well as in insolvency and restructuring law – both under German and French law.

In the area of insolvency and restructuring law, he advises banks, funds and companies in connection with corporate insolvencies as well as distressed loans. In addition, George J. Ernst Degenhardt counsels insolvency administrators on cross-border insolvency issues, complex (project) financing agreements and shareholder loans. Within these practice areas, George J. Ernst Degenhardt, who is admitted to the bar in Germany and France, particularly focuses on advising German clients on issues specific to France and French clients on their business activities in Germany.

In 1993 and 1995, George J. Ernst Degenhardt worked in the Paris office of a German-French commercial law firm.

Bars and Courts
Avocat au Barreau de Paris, 2010
Rechtsanwalt, 1998

Education
French Bar Exam, Versailles, 2009
MJur, University of Oxford, 2000
Maîtrise de Droit Privé, University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas, mention bien, 1999
Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court of Koblenz, 1997
First State Exam, University of Cologne, 1995
Maître en Lettres, University of Paris X, mention très bien, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships
INSOL Europe
Cologne Working Group for Insolvency Matters
International Bar Association (Section on Insolvency, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights)
Oxford University Society of Paris

Publications
Co-author, "De Facto Management and Requalification of (Bank) Loans in Equity (Faktische Geschäftsführung und kapitalersetzende (Bank-)Darlehen bei der AG)", WM, Pages 583-591, 2005 (with Michael Damnitz)

Languages
German
English
French
Italian

Citizenship
Germany