Overview
Dr. Uwe Goetker advises companies and managements on out-of-court and in-court restructurings (including self-administration and insolvency plan proceedings), creditors and shareholders on the pursuance of their interests in distressed situations and distressed debt/asset investors/sellers regarding transactions—often in complex situations with groups of companies, various layers of financial instruments and/or cross-border issues. In addition, he has extensive experience in national and international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions and joint ventures and advises strategic and private equity investors in such matters. Uwe has been involved in many of the most prominent M&A and restructuring situations in Germany.
He is the author of a book on management’s duties in an insolvency situation and co-editor of a book on cross-border insolvency. He also has contributed to several books and published numerous articles on current restructuring/insolvency and M&A-related topics.
Results
Uwe advised:
- The insolvency administrator of UNISTER group, a leading German online travel and flight agency (ab-in-den-urlaub.de, fluege.de etc.) on the successful sale of the business to a strategic investor
- A special situation debt fund relating to the refinancing of a retail business in the fashion industry
- The supervisory board of ATU on the complex cross-border restructuring of ATU group
- Capricorn as the successful bidder for the business of the insolvent Nürburgring group, which includes the famous German racetrack
- A US automotive supplier on the restructuring and insolvency of a German subsidiary with more than 1,300 employees
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™ Germany 2022-2023: Leading Lawyer for Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Restructuring and Insolvency Law
- WirtschaftsWoche 2022: Recommended as “Top Lawyer 2022” for Restructuring
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™ Germany 2019-2021: Leading Lawyer for Corporate Law
- Chambers Europe 2021 Germany: Recommended for Restructuring/Insolvency
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2021
- WirtschaftsWoche 2020: Recommended as “Top Lawyer 2020” for Restructuring
- Chambers Europe 2023, Band 4 in Germany: Restructuring/Insolvency
Community
- German Bar Association
- INSOL Europe
- International Bankers Forum
- TMA Germany
