Lars Westpfahl
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Star Individuals : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Lars Westpfahl
Practice Areas
Lars leads the German restructuring and insolvency practice. He advises German corporate groups on their financial restructurings, often in complex situations. He often acts for fulcrum creditors on innovative restructurings of their borrowers. Lars has been involved in most of the milestone transactions that have shaped the German restructuring and insolvency environment.
Career
Lars joined Freshfields in 1997, and has been a partner since 2003.
Professional Memberships
TMA Germany, INSOL, ABI.
Publications
Lars is co-editor of a book on cross-border insolvency and has contributed to several books, and published numerous articles on current restructuring, insolvency and dispute resolution themes.
Chambers Review
Europe
Star practitioner Lars Westpfahl is widely considered one of the leading experts in the German restructuring world. Prominent debtors, creditors and investors alike seek his advice on complex and often multi-jurisdictional mandates, covering distressed M&A and corporate as well as financial restructurings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lars is the go-to lawyer in the German market, in my view. He's very seasoned and sophisticated."
"Lars is the grand seigneur of the Freshfields restructuring team in Hamburg."
"Lars is the go-to lawyer in the German market, in my view. He's very seasoned and sophisticated."
"Lars is the grand seigneur of the Freshfields restructuring team in Hamburg."
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