Dr Dietmar Schulz LL.M.

• Advising a German bank in relation to its exposure towards insolvent Thomas Cook and Condor.
• Advising the insolvency administrator of BEV-Bayerische Energieversorgungsgesellschaft in relation to the sale of the business.
• Advising Italian Ricchetti Group in the restructuring and sale of its German business.
• Advising the debtor-in-possession administrator (Eigenverwalter) of Holzverpackung Hüfingen on the sale of the business in Germany, Spain and Poland to strategic investor Pilous.
• Advising on the acquisition of Dutch Propertize Bank by a bidder consortium of Lone Star and JP Morgan.
• Advising domestic and international financial institutions on the work-out and exit of distressed loan assets, inter alia, UniCredit Bank, Rabobank, Glitnir Bank Luxembourg and ING Bank.
• Acting as a foreign law expert to the High Court of Justice and advising the European Commission as Legal Expert in relation to selected questions of German/International insolvency law.

• JUVE Handbook 2023/2024: Frequently recommended for insolvency and restructuring: restructuring and reorganisation; "pragmatic", competitor.
• Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommended for restructuring and insolvency: restructuring
• Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024/2025: Recommended for restructuring and insolvency.
• WirtschaftsWoche 2024: Recommended as “top lawyer” for restructuring.

Dr Dietmar Schulz has written numerous articles and co-authored books on insolvency law.

• 2015 - "Apcoa – Grenzen der Anerkennung des Scheme of Arrangement nach Änderung der Rechtswahlklausel", in ZIP 2015, 1912.
• 2014 - Regarding the internal settlement of claims in a civil law company - remarks to German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 4 June 2013 - II ZR 207/10, in  WuB II J § 705 BGB 1.14.
• 24 May 2013 - Regarding the assignment of restitution claims deriving from contestation in insolvency proceedings, - remarks to German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 10 January 2013 - IX ZR 172/11, in EWiR 2013, p. 329 et seqq.
• 25 January 2013 - Disadvantaging of creditors, order for payment of debt respectively loans, -remarks to German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 21 June 2012 - IX ZR 59/11, in WuB 2013, p. 63 et seqq.
• September 2012 - The obligation of a liquidator of a German public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft) after its dismissal to point out matters of high importance to its successor, - remarks to German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 28 February 2012 - II ZR 244/10, in WuB 2012, p. 527 et seqq.
• 17 November 2011 - shareholder liability, accessory liability, measure of proportional liability, - remarks to District Court of Berlin (Kammergericht), 22 December 2010 - 26 U 232, in WuB 2011, p. 659 et seqq.
• 16 August 2011 - Validity of assignments of loan claims, inter alia, to non-bank, - remarks to German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 19.04.2011 - XI ZR 256/10, in EWiR 2011, p. 521 et seqq.
• 21 October 2010 - More rights to investors in case of liquidation of open funds, guest article in Börsen Zeitung, no. 203, p. 2.
• 16 July 2010 - Assignee's formal enforcement proceeding of a claim securing land charge by title of a submission clause only by entering into to the security agreement - remarks to German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 30 March 2010 - XI ZR 200/09, in EWiR 2010, p. 409 et seqq.
• 11 June 2010 - Insurance agreements regarding outstanding loan and residual debt as connected contracts, - remarks to German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 15 December 2009 - XI ZR 45/09, in EWiR 2010, p. 351 et seqq.