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16.09.2009

Lawyers from bnt and Görg Rechtsanwälte are holding seminars in Riga/Latvia on 21 September and 23 October 2009.

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Partner Frank Heemann from bnt Vilnius office and attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt) Arne Engels from German insolvency and restructuring specialist law firm GÖRG Rechtsanwälte (www.goerg.de) will present these topics in cooperation with Riga Graduate School of Law.

 

The seminar on 21 September 2009 on out-of-court restructuring aims at introducing this tool, still rather unused as regards the Baltic States, for addressing company financial distress. Experiences in the Baltic States will be presented and compared to the situation in Germany, where the restructuring and turnaround industry is already a thriving business.

 

The seminar on 23 October 2009 will focus on cross-border insolvencies. It will cover the current legal framework, in particular in the Baltic States and the European Union. The focus, however, will be placed on recent developments in practice as well as problematic issues.

 

bnt Practice Group: Insolvency & Restructuring

 

bnt's "Insolvency & Restructuring" practice group pools our lawyers' specific skills and practical experience in dealing with financial distress and corporate insolvencies.

 

Financial distress and insolvency situations always require decisive action under enormous time pressure. Irrespective of whether our lawyers are involved on behalf of a company, its shareholders, or its creditors, they must be capable of quickly comprehending the economic situation of the debtor company and be ready to analyse and implement options in an economically, legally, and psychologically highly complex environment and under tight deadlines.

 

bnt's "Insolvency & Restructuring" practice group is headed by partner Frank Heemann. The team consists of lawyers from all ten bnt offices. Each lawyer offers deep expertise in insolvency and related areas of law. In addition, each lawyer has the personal strength and experience necessary to stay calm in often complex and hectic environments. Spanning ten legal systems in CEE, the international set-up of this bnt practice group allows rapid team formation to assist clients in cross-border insolvency or financial distress situations. Close ties exist to other bnt practice groups, thus providing significant surge capacity in cases requiring specific know-how. Assignments are handled in English, Russian, German, and the respective languages of local jurisdictions.

 

GÖRG Practice Group: Restructuring & Insolvency

 

Insolvency matters are one of our firm's main specialities. We act as trustees and out-of-court advisors. Along with debtors, who mainly turn to us with questions on restructuring, we also actively advise creditors prior to and during insolvency proceedings. Our firm is especially experienced in out-of-court restructuring and reorganization. Legal advice on matters of international insolvency is also one of our specialties. These include out-of-court restructuring, capital compensation and capital preservation, reorganization and restructuring, distressed M&A, insolvency law advice, insolvency trustee services, and international insolvencies.

 

About the Speakers

 

Frank Heemann from bnt Vilnius is a German-qualified lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) and has been practicing law for ten years. Before joining bnt Vilnius as managing partner in 2006, he gained substantial experience in insolvency-related matters while practicing for several years in the insolvency department of a globally active US law firm. At bnt, he heads the firm's "Insolvency & Restructuring" practice group as well as BNT's corporate restructuring unit in the Baltic States. He and the team consult banks, as well as local and international corporations. Frank Heemann, a member of INSOL Europe, frequently lectures on corporate insolvency and restructuring matters, and has authored various publications on the topic. His native language is German; fluent in English, he has a solid command of Lithuanian, French, and Spanish.

 

Arne Engels is a lawyer with a specialisation in restructuring covering German and international insolvency law, insolvency-related company law, banking and capital markets law (including conduct of cases). Born in 1978, he studied law at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany and as part of his vocational legal training in Essen, Germany, he worked at TOV CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz in Kyiv, Ukraine, and at the German Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Arne was admitted to the bar and joined GÖRG Rechtsanwälte in 2007. His native language is German but he is also fluent in English and Russian.

 

More details and registration form can be found here: