Andreas Ziegenhagen is a director at Dentons GmbH and partner at global law firm Dentons, in Berlin and Frankfurt. As a certified public auditor, certified tax advisor and a lawyer, Andreasʾ main focus lies in auditing annual financial statements and restructuring concepts, performing due diligence reviews as well as advising on corporate transactions (mergers and acquisitions). Furthermore, he specializes in advising on financial restructurings/corporate reorganizations as well as tax structuring. Additionally, he regularly acts as representative of bondholders under the German Bond Act (Schuldverschreibungsgesetz),and promissory note loan creditors (Schuldscheindarlehensgläubiger), as a double-sided trustee in distressed situations and as a fully authorized representative (chief insolvency officer) for restructuring by insolvency plan within debtor in possession proceedings (including protective shield proceedings).
Experience
- Providing advice related to distressed mergers and acquisitions
- Advising in the context of financial restructurings
- Acting as joint representative for bondholders and as representative for promissory note loan holders in restructuring situations
- Acting as a double-sided trustee and as a restructuring shareholder in the context of restructurings
- Acting as a generally authorized representative in self-administration proceedings as well as protective shield proceedings
- Providing advice for the preparation of plans for restructuring and insolvency
- Performing a due diligence for a public limited company listed on the stock exchange in connection with a mandatory offer under the Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz (WpÜG)
- Preparing annual audits
- Preparing an audit of fraud
- Preparing an audit in accordance with the German party law (Parteiengesetz)
Activities and Affiliations
Prior and Present Employment
- Director, Dentons GmbH (formerly Salans GmbH) and partner at Dentons (formerly Salans LLP, 2006 to date)
- Head of the Corporate Recovery Practice Group, Haarmann Hemmelrath (2004-2005)
- Partner, Haarmann Hemmelrath, and Chief representative, RSM Haarmann Hemmelrath GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (2001-2005)
- Research assistant, Freie Universität, Berlin (1995-1997)