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Dr. Sven-Holger Undritz
Partner, Hamburg
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Dr. Sven-Holger Undritz
Partner
Jungfernstieg 51 (Prien-Haus)
20354 Hamburg
Germany
T: + 49 40 35005 0
F: + 49 40 35005 111
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Awards
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Practice Experience
Sven-Holger Undritz concentrates in insolvency law. He has acted as insolvency administrator appointed by the Local Court of Hamburg since 1998, the Local Court of Norderstedt since 2000, and by the Local Court of Flensburg since 2006.
Within the framework of his activity as administrator, Mr. Undritz has already assisted 250 companies during insolvency, including inter alia PopNet Internet AG, a company listed on "Neuer Markt", the ship accessory supplier Triton Format GmbH and Heinrich Klingenberg AG which enjoys a long tradition. Most recently, he was the leading insolvency administrator in Germany's largest insolvency case in 2007 involving Europe’s largest international furniture company, the Schieder-Group. Mr. Undritz succeeded in reorganizing many companies during insolvency proceedings and transferring them to a new legal entity.
He has acquired substantial know-how in the area of corporate reorganization law, which is particularly due to his significant experience as insolvency administrator. He advises clients in the preliminary stages of insolvency and also acts for German and multinational companies in connection with the acquisition of companies out of insolvency.
Furthermore, Mr. Undritz has assisted in various Chapter 11 proceedings as well as in many German insolvency plan proceedings, which are similar to those provided by the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. He gives lectures on insolvency law both at conferences and for clients at regular intervals.
Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, 2001
Rechtsanwalt, Regional Court of Hamburg, 1995
Education
MBA, Academy of Business and Administration of Hamburg, 1986
Dr. jur., Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, 1993
Professional Associations
Hamburg Bar Association
Working Group for Insolvency Law of the German Bar Association
Association of Insolvency Administrators in Germany
North German Insolvency Forum
Association for Comparative Law
International Bar Association
International Exchange of Experience on Insolvency law (IEER)
Publications
Books
Undritz, Sven-Holger et al.:
Advice on Corporate Reorganization (Sanierungsberatung),
Cologne, 2005
Law Review Articles
"Commentary on International Insolvency Law (§§ 335 ff. InsO, Art. 102 EGInsO und EuInsVO) (Kommentierung zum internationalen Insolvenzrecht)",
Hamburger Kommentar zum Insolvenzrecht,
Ed. Andreas Schmidt. Recklinghausen, 2006
Co-author, "Commentary on §§ 156-173 InsO (Kommentierung zu §§ 156-173 InsO)",
Berliner Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung,
Ed. Jürgen Blersch, Hans-Wilhelm Goetsch and Ulrich Haas. Freiburg, Loose Leaf System, Status: 2006 (with Sylvia Fiebig)
"§ 3 The law relating to substitute equity capital (§ 3 Eigenkapi-talersatzrecht)" and "§ 14 Company acquisition during insol-vency (§14 Unternehmenskauf in der Insolvenz)",
Anwaltshand-buch Insolvenzrecht,
Ed. Hans P. Runkel. Cologne, Pages 155-291 and Pages 1353-1446, 2005
Co-author, "The Reform of the French Insolvency Law Compared to the German Insolvency Code (Die Reform des französischen Insolvenzrechts im Rechtsvergleich zur InsO)", NZI, Page 198 et seq., 2005 (with Reinhard Dammann)
Co-author, "Corporate reorganization out of insolvency (Sanie-rung aus der Insolvenz)",
Unternehmensrestrukturierung,
Ed. Volker Brühl and Burkhard Göpfer. Stuttgart, Pages 327-364, 2004 (with Sven-Erik Gless)
"The 'Weak' Interim Liquidator as Corporate Reorganization Brake? (Der vorläufige „schwache" Insolvenzverwalter als Sanierungsbremse?)",
NZI
, Page 136 et seq., 2003
Co-author, "Due diligence in acquisitions out of insolvency (Due Diligence beim Unternehmenskauf aus der Insolvenz )",
MDR
, Page 254 et seqq., 2003 (with Sylvia Fiebig)
Languages
German, English, French
Citizenship
Germany
Practices
Financial Restructuring and Insolvency
Corporate
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