Dr. Bernd Meyer-Löwy
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Dr. Bernd Meyer-Löwy
berndmeyerloewy@quinnemanuel.comDr. Bernd Meyer-Löwy is Counsel in Quinn Emanuel’s Munich office. He joined the firm in 2024. His practice with over 25 years of experience focuses on complex cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. He has acted for financial creditors, investors, turnaround advisors, debtors and insolvency practitioners in multi-jurisdictional restructurings and insolvency proceedings. He is qualified as a “special attorney for insolvency and restructuring law” (Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht).
Prior to joining the firm, Bernd was a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters and worked as an insolvency practitioner.
Practice Areas
Representative Clients
- Venator Materials, PLC on their prepackaged Chapter 11 in Texas
- Oakley Capital on the extension of their investment in IU Group
- Avaya Holdings Corp. and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases
- Beautiful Mind Capital in connection with the financial restructuring of Cordenka
- Defending former Neckermann supervisory board members against claims for damages by the insolvency administrator
- Ad hoc group of holders of senior notes issued by Wirecard AG
- Galapagos, a European provider of heat exchange and machine cooling systems, in relation to its financial restructuring
- Gordon Brothers on a EUR 100 million ABL facility to a German hypermarket chain
- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and certain subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases
- Member of creditors’ committee and appointed joint representative of the bondholders of Air Berlin PLC
- Advice to the largest secured creditor of the SolarWorld group; largest lender in out-of-court restructuring
- A.T.U on their cross-border financial restructuring and subsequent sale to Mobivia
- Tele Columbus in connection with a scheme of arrangement restructuring
- Ad hoc committee of SynLoan I lenders in insolvency proceedings of IVG Immobilien AG
- Rodenstock GmbH on the restructuring of its capital structure
- Tronox, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates in their chapter 11 restructuring
- Oaktree Capital as a principal investor/first lien lender party of the Almatis group
- Mezzanine lenders in the restructuring of JOST World group
- Lear Corporation in its prearranged chapter 11 reorganization
- TallyGenicom in its chapter 11 restructuring
- Member of creditors’ committee and advice to the bondholders of Escada AG
- Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. in its chapter 11 reorganization
- Member of creditors’ committee and advice to the second lien lenders of Schieder Möbel AG
- Advice to the creditors of Lehman Brothers Europe Limited
- Member of creditors’ committee and advice to the second lien lenders of TMD Friction GmbH
- Insolvency administrator in the disposal of ATS to UNIWHEELS group
- Ad hoc bondholders’ committee of Schefenacker
- Joint administrators of Collins & Aikman Europe: administration and sale of German Collins & Aikman business
- Treofan group: additional facilities and financial restructuring
- Viacom in the insolvency proceedings of KirchMedia
- Member of creditors’ committee and advice to the security agent of Callahan Ish
Education
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
(Dr. jur., 2000) - Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf
(Second State Examination, 1997) - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
(First State Examination, 1994) - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
(Law Degree, 1993)
Admissions
- Germany Bar
- Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht (Insolvency Lawyer)
- Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht (Tax Lawyer)
Languages
- English
- German
Prior Associations
- Kirkland & Ellis, Munich, Germany:
- Restructuring Group, 2006-2024
- Linklaters, Cologne, Germany:
- Restructuring and Insolvency Group, 1998–2006
- Linklaters, London, UK:
- Restructuring and Insolvency Group, 2000–2001
Awards
- Ranked by Legal 500, JUVE, Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR 1000 as one of the leading German restructuring and insolvency lawyers
Publications and Lectures
Publications
- Zum Begriff der „Hauptniederlassung“ einer selbständig gewerblich oder freiberuflich tätigen natürlichen Person (EuGH, Urt. V. 19.9.2024 – C-501/23), ZIP, 2024/42, p. 245
- Keine gruppenübergreifende Mehrheitsentscheidung bei lediglich zwei Gesellschaftergruppen in Restrukturierungsplan, EWiR, 11/2023, p. 343
- Inkongruenter Vollstreckungsdruck durch englische Worldwide Freezing Order, EWiR, 12/2022, p. 375
- Zum anzuwendenden Recht bei Anfechtung einer Zahlung des Insolvenzschuldners als Dritter zur Erfüllung einer vertraglichen Verpflichtung, EWiR, 12/2021, p. 369
- Die Prüfung der Zahlungsunfähigkeit unter besonderer Berücksichtigung prognostischer Elemente, ZIP, 2019, p. 2143 (co-author with Josef Parzinger and Johannes Lappe)
- Landmark court opinion increases liability risk profile for German portfolio company management, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, 3/2018, p. 136–142 (co-author with Carl Pickerill)
- German insolvency avoidance action reform and its impact on financial and trade creditors, The Banking Law Journal, 6/2017, p. 359–365 (co-author with Carl Pickerill)
- Das Verwertungsrecht des Insolvenzverwalters bei verpfändeten Geschäftsanteilen, GmbHR, 18/2016, p. 953 (co-author with Carl Pickerill)
- Neue Anforderungen an Überbrückungskredite? – Anmerkung zu KG WM 2016, 1073, WM, 27/2016, p. 1269 (co-author with Alexander Längsfeld and Wolfgang Nardi)
- Zur Insolvenzfestigkeit von Lizenzen an US-amerikanischen Patenten („Qimonda AG”), ZIP, 5/2015, p. 235 (co-author with Josef Parzinger)
- Der erforderliche Umfang der Gesellschafterfinanzierung zwecks Abwendung der Insolvenz, ZIP, 51–52/2014, p. 2478 (co-author with Ksenia Shubina and Jens M. Schmidt)
- Versperrt das Gesellschaftsrecht den rechtzeitigen Weg in die Sanierung? Eine Betrachtung zu den Auswirkungen des § 18 InsO auf den Konflikt zwischen Unternehmenserhaltungspflicht undfrühzeitigen Sanierungsmaßnahmen, GmbHR, 20/2013, p. 1065–1075 (co-author with Carl Pickerill)
- Directors’ “Twilight Zone” Project, INSOL, 2001, updated 2013
- Das Insolvenzverfahren in Sachen Dailycer oder: Wie viel Gläubigermitbestimmung ermöglicht das ESUG?, ZIP, 50/2012, p. 2432–2435 (co-author with Martin Ströhmann)
- Beratung der Gläubiger einer GmbH in Krise und Insolvenz nach dem ESUG, GmbHRundschau, 08/2012, p. 432–439 (co-author with Florian Bruder)
- Germany’s revised bankruptcy code, TheDeal.com, January 12th 2012 (co-author with Leo Plank, Jonathan S. Henes and Carl Pickerill)
- Zahlungsfähigkeit und positive Fortführungsprognose auch bei Vorlage eines Scheme of Arrangement, ZInsO, 15–16/2011, p. 662–666 (co-author with Susanne Fritz)
- Aufgeschobene Gläubigerautonomie bei Unternehmensveräußerung vor dem Berichtstermin, ZInsO, 14/2011, p. 613–614
- Business Laws of Germany 2009 Edition
- Directors’ “Twilight Zone” Project, INSOL, 2001, updated 2009 Die Gläubigerausschussmitgliedschaft - nur für besicherte Großgläubiger?, NZI, 10/2008, p. VI
- Practitioners Guide to Corporate Restructuring, 2008
- Entbehrlichkeit des Sekundärinsolvenzverfahrens bei flexibler Verteilung der Insolvenzmasse im Hauptinsolvenzverfahren?, NZI, 11/2006, p. 622–624
- Einführung in das US-amerikanische Insolvenzrecht, ZInsO, 14/2005, p. 735–740
- Neue Rechtsprechung zur Insolvenzverwalterhaftung im Überblick, ZInsO, 13/2005, p. 691–695
- Einführung in das englische Insolvenzrecht, ZInsO, 6/2005, p. 293–298
- Schranken und Beschränkbarkeit der Insolvenzverwalterhaftung aus §§ 60, 61 InsO, ZInsO, 7/2004, p. 363–368
- Eigenverwaltung (§§ 270 ff. InsO) löst Kompetenzkonflikt nach der EuInsVO, ZInsO, 4/2004, p. 195–198
- Eigenkapitalersetzende Sicherheiten und Überschuldung, ZIP 2003, p. 1920
- Unternehmenskauf vom „starken” vorläufigen Insolvenzverwalter, ZIP 2002, p. 2162
- Verlorener Zuschuss, „Feuerwehrfonds in der Insolvenz”, Financial Times Deutschland, November 11th 2003
- BGH verbietet „halbstarken” Insolvenzverwalter, Financial Times Deutschland, September 24th 2002
- Directors’ “Twilight Zone” Project, INSOL, 2001
- Das Auskunftsrecht des Aktionärs in der Hauptversammlung bei Fragenkatalogen und Massenauskünften, Munich, 2000
- Human aspects of insolvency, AEPPC Paris, 2000 Registration of merger resolution despite a pending action to set-aside, IFLR, 1999
Seminars
- Speaker at the abiLIVE Faculty webinar series “Directors’ Duties Across Borders in the Insolvency Zone, Episode 1: Europe,” online, October 2023
- Speaker at the Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzwesen Köln e.V. regarding licenses in insolvency, Cologne, May 2012
- Speaker at the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) seminar on licenses in insolvency, Munich, January 2012
- Speaker at the Transatlantic Deals & Disputes Conference: How to avoid shipwrecks in U.S.-German business, Frankfurt, June 2010
- Speaker at the 6th Annual Distressed Debt Conference, London, June 2009
- Speaker at the 3rd Annual Distressed Debt & Restructurings Seminar, Frankfurt, January 2008
- Speaker at AlixPartners’ Münchner Restrukturierungsforum regarding distressed debt, Munich, October 2006
- Speaker at the 2nd Annual European Distressed Debt Summit regarding cross-border and multi-jurisdictional distressed debt and insolvencies, Frankfurt, September 2006
- Speaker at AlixPartners’ Frankfurter Restrukturierungsforum regarding distressed debt, Frankfurt, September 2006
- Speaker at AlixPartners’ Restrukturierungsforum Rhein Ruhr regarding distressed debt, Cologne, August 2006
- Speaker at the European & Cross Border Distressed Debt Investing Forum, London, April 2006
- Speaker at INSOL 2005, 7th World Congress, Sydney, regarding cash-movements among distressed group companies, March 2005
- Speaker at the symposium “Internationales Insolvenzrecht” regarding cross-border insolvencies in particular under the EU-Insolvency Regulations, February 2004
- Speaker at the ConVent seminar “Buy-Out von Unternehmen und Unternehmensteilen aus der Insolvenz” (“Distressed M&A”), November 2002
- Speaker at a seminar of a German-wide purchasing organisation regarding the exposure of customers in the insolvency of their suppliers, 2001
Professional Activities
- Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzwesen Köln e.V.