Dr. Andreas Hautkappe Partner MAIN OFFICE: Frankfurt Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP An der Welle 4 D-60322 Frankfurt am Main T +49 69 79302 165 F +49 69 79302 222

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Dr. Andreas Hautkappe is a partner and the head of the Business Reorganization and Restructuring Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Frankfurt. He is also a member of the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services Department.

Dr. Hautkappe specializes in advising on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, pre- and post-insolvency scenarios, corporate law issues, including corporate restructurings and corporate finance, as well as compliance matters. He regularly advises financial investors, companies, banks and other creditors, shareholders, management and advisors.

Chambers Europe (2011) and Chambers Global (2011) rank Dr. Hautkappe among the leading individuals practicing in the area of restructuring/ Insolvency Law in Germany.

Dr. Hautkappe is fluent in German, English and French.

Dr. Hautkappe is a member of TMA and INSOL Europe. He serves as a lecturer at the Institute for Law and Finance of the University of Frankfurt.

Prior to joining Willkie, Dr. Hautkappe was counsel in the Frankfurt office of Clifford Chance.

Dr. Hautkappe’s recent significant matters include advising:

• e.n.o. energy on the sale of a wind farm in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and a wind farm near Le Havre, France, to Dutch private equity fund DIF Renewable Energy
  
  
• Commerzbank AG on its role as largest lender (total €12bn) in the restructuring of Schaeffler Group
  
  
• Oaktree Capital Management in the Oaktree-led financial restructuring of and investment in SGD Group
  
  
• PAI Partners on its restructuring efforts regarding Monier Group
  
  
• Sub-group of significant lenders of Delphi Corp. on the successful credit auction ($4bn) and on the ongoing restructuring of Delphi Group
  
  
• AXA Private Equity on its acquisition of HSE24 (out of insolvency of Arcandor AG)
  
  
• Babcock & Brown on its sale of a distressed real estate portfolio
  
  
• Creditors of Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG on various restructuring and insolvency matters
  
  
• ReD on the acquisition of the card business of Lomo (out of preliminary insolvency)
  
  
• e.n.o. energy on the sale of a portfolio of wind farms to an investor
  
  
• Management of Schieder on restructuring and insolvency matters
  
  
• Management of ATS on restructuring and compliance matters
  
  
• Advisers of ODS on restructuring and compliance matters
  
  
• A medical company on insolvency matters (and settlement amongst shareholders)
  
  
• AlixPartners on legal issues related to various restructurings and insolvencies
  
  
• A group of Sparda banks on the sale of a majority stake in NetBank AG, the first European internet bank
  
  
• The entire group of Sparda banks on the acquisition and restructuring of a software company
  
  
• Permira on the acquisition of the frozen food operations from Unilever
  
  
• Permira on the intended acquisitions of Ruhrgas and Linde
  
  
• Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Mecom Group on the acquisition and restructuring of Berliner Verlag
  
  
• Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Mecom Group on the acquisition and restructuring of Hamburger Morgenpost
  
  
• KKR on the acquisition of and the exit from MTU Aero Engines
  
  
• Rockwood Specialties and KKR, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners/CSFB Private Equity on the acquisition and restructuring of Dynamit Nobel
  
  
• Rockwood Specialties on the acquisition of the rheology and copisil business from Südchemie AG
  
  
• EURO Kartensysteme on its reorganization and the establishment of ConCardis
  
  
• Bertelsmann AG on the restructuring of a joint venture