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Dr. Christian Hilpert, MBA

Partner
Rechtsanwalt, Solicitor (England & Wales)

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Christian Hilpert is a Partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Germany, heads the German Restructuring & Insolvency practice and co-heads our German Banking & Finance practice. He is also the German liaison partner for our CEE-offices and works in both the Munich and the Berlin office.

Christian has more than 15 year of experience in advising on crisis, in- and out of court restructurings, (cross-border) insolvencies and on distressed M&A transactions. Furthermore, he has a long-standing experience with distressed situations in (cross-border) supply chains, especially in the CEE-region.

He regularly acts for well-known insolvency administrators, debtor-side in debtor-in-possession proceedings and for international clients from the automotive, aviation, retail and private equity sectors.

  • Advising IATA in connection with the insolvencies of Air Berlin and Condor Flugdienst GmbH (creditor-side)
  • Ongoing advice to large multinational clients from the aviation and automotive industry on distressed situations especially in their supply chain (creditor-side)
  • Advising a German insolvency estate (automotive supplier) on the sale of their business (seller-side)
  • Advising the debtor-in-possession on the cross-border links and the foreign subsidiaries (debtor-side)
  • Recognized and recommended by German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche as one of the top lawyers for restructuring in Germany (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
  • NextGen Leadership Program of the International Insolvency Institute:  Member of the Executive Committee
  • INSOL International: Member 
  • NIVD (Neue Insolvenzrechtsvereinigung Deutschlands e.V.): Member
  • Sanierungsforum Mitteldeutschland e.V.: Co-Chair

Christian studied law at the University of Münster, holds a Ph.D. from Saarland University and a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA // Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures de Gestion) from the European Institute in Saarbruecken. Christian is a certified restructuring advisor (BRSI) and since 2009 is also admitted to practice as a Solicitor in England and Wales in addition to his German admission.

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Dr. Christian Hilpert

Partner

Rechtsanwalt, Solicitor (England & Wales)

christian-hilpert
Dr. Christian Hilpert

Partner

Rechtsanwalt, Solicitor (England & Wales)

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