Stefanie Skoruppa, LLM (UNSW, Sydney)

Stefanie advises national and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, including Distressed M&A, as well as restructuring and insolvency law. In addition, she serves clients on general corporate, commercial and trade law matters. Stefanie is standing legal counsel to various US and German companies that are active in the automotive, chemical, machinery, technology and food industries.

In addition to her native German, Stefanie is fluent in English.

Restructuring and Insolvency

Represented:

• Various clients in court and out-of-court disputes on insolvency challenge claims.
• Various clients in the enforcement of their claims as insolvency creditors.

Advised:

• Various clients on dealing with distressed or insolvent customers and suppliers.
• Various trustees regarding master documents for contractual trust arrangements (CTA) in various structures, including certificates on insolvency remoteness and insolvency equivalency.
• Various trustors in connection with the conclusion of contractual trust arrangements (CTA).
• Leading German glass manufacturer on questions of restructuring law.
• International Australia based investment bank on the acquisition of distressed debt, restructuring and enforcement regarding a road toll infrastructure company.
• Leading family-owned German company in the wood industry regarding the refinancing and restructuring of the group including mezzanine structures.
• Big Four accounting firm as security trustee in the insolvency proceeding of Vivacon AG.
• International investment bank as member of creditors' committee of insolvent IVG Immobilien AG in self-administration proceedings, including in relation to the preparation and content of an insolvency plan and insider trading.
• Service provider in the gambling industry on questions of restructuring law.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advised:

• German mail-order company for women’s fashion on various acquisitions of assets from insolvent companies.
• Hydro on the acquisition of Hueck group and its building systems and extrusions business. 
• BENTELER Group on the sale of its hot rolling mill in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, by way of share deal to Tenaris.
• German private equity company on several investments and de-investments.
• On sale of majority stake in Theobald Software.
• Lear Corporation on acquisition of Kongsberg Automotive’s Interior Comfort Systems Business Unit.
• Leading tourism group on the acquisition of certain assets from the insolvent Thomas Cook group.
• WiseTech Global, a leading developer and provider of software solutions to the logistics execution industry globally, on its public tender offer for shares in Softship AG, a leading provider of software solutions and related services to the international liner shipping sector, and subsequently on the squeeze-out of the minority shareholders in Softship AG.
• Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited on the acquisition of EEW Energy from Waste GmbH from Swedish investor EQT for a purchase price of approximately EUR 1.4 billion. This acquisition was until then the largest M&A transaction of a Chinese company in Germany.
• Listed international chemicals company on the sale of its German and Austrian subsidiaries.
• MacLean-Fogg Company on the sale of its Presswerk Krefeld affiliate to HANNOVER Finanz as new equity investor and majority shareholder as part of a management buy-out.
• Generac Power Systems, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of power generation equipment and other engine powered products for residential, commercial and industrial use, on the acquisition of the assets of MOTORTECH Holding GmbH & Co. KG.
• Publicis Groupe, a global advertising service provider, on the squeeze-out of the minority shareholders of Pixelpark AG.
• German affiliates of a listed US automotive supplier on several M&A projects.

Corporate and Commercial

Ongoing corporate and commercial law advice to:

• German affiliates of a listed US automotive supplier, including advice on corporate restructuring projects, supervisory board-related questions, warranty and product liability issues, supply, consignment stock, service, logistics and other types of agreements.
• Listed US-based international chemical company, including on corporate restructuring projects, supervisory board-related questions and logistics agreements.
• Listed Australian provider of software solutions for the logistics industry, including advice on corporate restructuring projects.
• Leading tire manufacturer including on warranty and product liability issues, supply, service, consignment stock, logistics and other agreements.
• International glass manufacturer, including warranty and product liability issues, supply, service and other types of agreements.
• Premium listed food company including drafting general terms and conditions, advice on warranty issues, supply, service and other agreements.

• Second State Law Examination (bar exam), Mainz
• Legal Clerkship (Referendariat), Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Brussels
• First State Law Examination, Mainz
• University of Mainz

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• German
• English
• French