Dr Josef Parzinger

Partner, Restructuring, Kirkland & Ellis

Dr. Josef Parzinger is a restructuring partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
He focuses on cross-border restructurings advising both debtors and creditors on acquisition, disposal and reorganization of stressed and distressed businesses. Josef is listed among the “Best Lawyers” for restructuring and insolvency law by Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2021.

Representative Matters:

►Galapagos, a European provider of heat exchange and machine cooling systems, in relation to its financial restructuring

►Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and certain subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases

►Agrokor on its financial restructuring

►Toys’R’Us on the sale of its stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to toy retailer Smyths

►Largest secured creditor in the insolvency proceedings of SolarWorld AG

►Coordinating committee of first lien lenders of Jack Wolfskin on the comprehensive financial restructuring

►Ad hoc committee of senior bondholders of HETA Asset Resolution AG (previously Hypo Alpe Adria)

►A.T.U on the cross-border financial restructuring

►Centerbridge as largest lender in restructuring of APCOA group

►Various creditors in insolvency proceedings of Lehman Brothers Europe Limited

►Various creditors in insolvency proceedings of Global PVQ SE (previously Q-Cells SE)

Publications:

►Chapter on Germany, in: International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – Restructuring & Insolvency, 15th ed. 2021 (together with J. Lappe and M. Berger; the full chapter is available here)

►“Ein großer Wurf und eine verpasste Chance“ (A great success and a missed opportunity), in: Börsen-Zeitung (BZ) 247/2020, p. 8 (together with L. Plank)

►Comment to decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated 7 May 2020 (case no. IX ZB 56/19): “Missbräuchliches Akteneinsichtsrecht von Gläubigern mit festgestellter Forderung“ (Creditor’s right to access the register of creditors to solicit claims sales), in: Neue Zeitschrift für Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht (NZI) 2020, p. 731 (together with S. Lürken)

►“Die Prüfung der Zahlungsunfähigkeit unter besonderer Berücksichtigung prognostischer Elemente“ (The determination of insolvency with a focus on prognostic elements), in: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) 2019, p. 2143 (together with B. Meyer-Löwy and J. Lappe)

►“Der Vorrang für neues Geld nach der Restrukturierungsrichtlinie“ (The priority for new financing under the European Restructuring Directive), in:Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) 2019, p. 1748

Education:

►Higher Regional Court of Munich, Second State Examination, 2014

►Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dr. jur., 2013, Faculty Prize of the LMU Faculty of Law, Prize of Scientific Excellence Gravenbrucher Kreis

►Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, First State Examination, 2010

►Integra-Bank eG, Munich, Germany, Banking Diploma, 2002

Admissions & Qualifications:

2014, Germany

date & time

2 June - 4 June, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Venue

Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel Paris, France

Chapter

TMA Europe

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