State Reports - Germany

Germany: Update on National Insolvency Statistics
Authors:  Renate MÜLLER (Forvis Mazars Germany) and Michael THIERHOFF (Forvis Mazars Germany) 
Source: Eurofenix, 2025 Summer edition 
 
Third-party litigation funding in financially distressed situations
Author: Olomon LJUMANI (Senior Legal Counsel FORIS AG, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2025 Summer edition
 
Update on National Insolvency Statistics from Germany
Authors: Michael THIERHOFF (Mazars Germany) and Renate MÜLLER (Mazars Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Spring edition 

Cryptocurrencies and Crypto-Tokens
Authors: Montse MAS (CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Spain), Frank TSCHENTSCHER (President of INSOL Europe; Partner, Deloitte Legal, Germany) and José CARLES (Co-Chair of the Insolvency Tech and Digital Assets Wing; CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Spain) 
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition

“You’ll never walk alone”? Germany’s Lifeline
Authors: Michael THIERHOFF and Niklas FRANKE (Andersen GmbH Rechtsberatung Steuerberatung, Frankfurt). 
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition 

Cryptoassets: Their typology, classification and treatment in a crisis and insolvency
Author: Marc d'AVOINE (ATN d’Avoine Teubler Neu, Ratingen, Germany) 
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Summer edition 

The first year of StaRUG: A disappointing result?
Authors:  Olomon LJUMANI (Abiomed Europe GmbH; Wuppertal University of Public Administration, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) and Peter NEU (ATN-Rechtsanwälte, Cologne, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Summer edition 

The future of restructuring and insolvency professions
Authors: Robert PELDÁN, Incoronata CRUCIANO, Georges Louis HARANG & Stéphanie ONEYSER (Members of the INSOL Europe Young Members Group from Finland, Germany, France and Switzerland)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition

The transposition of the EU Directive: A great Franco-German convergence
Author: Reinhard DAMMANN (Founding Partner at DAMMANN, France)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition 

The implementation of the EU Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency in Germany: A new star in the firmament
Author: Olomon LJUMANI (ATN-Rechtsanwälte, Wuppertal University of Public Administration, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Spring edition 

Reflections on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany, Poland and Italy
Authors: Andreas FILLMAN, Marcin WNUKOWSKI and Fabrizio VISMARA  (Squire Patton Boggs)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020-21 Winter edition 

Wirecard – Serial fraud or an exceptionally pathological case?
Authors: The INSOL Europe Insolvency Tech & Digital Assets Wing & the INSOL Europe Anti-Fraud Forum
Source: Eurofenix, 2020 Autumn Edition

German ESUG: An official look back
Authors: Michael THIERHOFF and Axel ROTH (Andersen Tax & Legal, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2019 Spring Edition

Wrongful trading in Europe
Author: Mihai LANTOS (SPARL Stalfort & Someşan, Romania)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018 Autumn Edition

Paymill GmbH: Successful transfer of German internet based payment system
Authors: Florian Pfoser and Vincenz von Braun (Anchor, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2017 Summer Edition

Restructuring in fashion: challenges and a potential way out of the crisis
Author: Victor SEUWEN (EOC Operations+ Consulting, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Winter Edition

Disruption of film company avoided with restructuring plan
Author: Prof. Dr. Torsten MARTINI (Leonhardt Rattunde, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Summer Edition

Restructuring PROKON: A case study
Author: Dietmar PENZLIN and Niklas Marwedel (Schmidt-Jortzig Petersen Penzlin, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Winter Edition

New Insolvency Laws
Author: Daniel F. FRITZ (hww hermann wienberg wilhem, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Autumn Edition

LDK Solar: Implementing a global restructuring of a China-based corporate family
Author: Phillip TAYLOR (Sidley Austin, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Spring Edition

The Nürburgring and state aid
Authors: Alexander JÜCHSER & Jens LIESER (LIESER Rechtsanwälte, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Autumn Edition

The ABCs of the CRO
Authors: Bob RAJAN, Jan DETTBARN and Steffen KRONER (Alvarez & Marsal Deutschland, Germany)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Summer Edition

Le fonds allemand Aurelius condamné pour immixtion dans la gestion du Groupe Quelle La Source (French version)
Authors: Reinhard DAMMAN & Mylène BOCHE-ROBINET (Clifford Chance, Paris)
Source: Option finance as printed on 25 June 2012 (reproduced with the kind authorization of the authors).

ESUG: German for "Modernising Bankruptcy Law
Author: Gerret HÖHER, Thierhoff Müller & Partner, Germany
Updated: Eurofenix, 2012 Spring Edition

Insolvency Proceedings in Germany
Selection of Insolvency Practitioners and Supervision by the Court in Germany
The Role and the Power of the Main Players in German Insolvency Proceedings
Author: Judge Heinz VALLENDER, Cologne Bankruptcy Court, Germany
Updated: 2007