Oliver advises corporates, shareholders and creditors in connection with complex out-of-court and in-court restructurings, with a focus on self-administration and protective shield proceedings as well as StaRUG schemes. He regularly acts for buyers and sellers in insolvency and non-insolvency related M&A transactions. Further, he advises managing directors and (supervisory) board members regarding their obligations under insolvency law. Oliver has experience in financial restructuring, non-performing loans, solvent liquidations and international insolvency law matters.
Before joining FINKENHOF, Oliver worked for Allen & Overy LLP in their financial restructuring and insolvency department. He gained experience abroad in the bankruptcy department of White & Case LLP in New York as well as in Hong Kong and Oslo.
Oliver is fluent in German, English and Norwegian.
- Protective shield proceedings / self-administration
- Out-of-court restructuring / StaRUG
- Insolvency law advice
- M&A transactions
- International insolvency law
Since 2021 | Attorney at law, FINKENHOF, Frankfurt am Main |
2019 – 2021 | Attorney at law, Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt am Main |
2016 – 2018 | PhD in law at WWU Muenster |
2014 – 2016 | Legal clerkship at Higher Regional Court of Duesseldorf |
2006 – 2013 | Studied law at universities of Regensburg, Oslo and Muenster |
- “No applicability of business judgment rule in insolvency proceedings”, SanB 2020, pp. 126-129 (co-authored with Vanja Alexander Kovacev)
- “On the question of applicability of business judgment rule to insolvency administrators” – Annotation to the judgement of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) dated 12 March 2020 – IX ZR 125/17, ZWH 2020, p. 337
- “Settlement claim of the exiting shareholder” – Annotation to the judgement of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) dated 28 January 2020 – II ZR 10/19, SanB 2020, pp. 93-95 (co-authored with Vanja Alexander Kovacev)
- “Preventing Overindebtedness through Subordination Agreements in Finance and Restructuring”, GmbHR 2015, pp. 729-734 (co-authored with Dr. Jan-Philipp Hoos)
- “Liability of director of private company limited by shares for belated insolvency filing” – Annotation to the judgement of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) dated 2 December 2014 – II ZR 119/14, ZWH 2015, pp. 76-79 (co-authored with Dr. Jan-Philipp Hoos)
Oliver Köhler
Rechtsanwalt · Attorney at law
Ulmenstraße 23-25
D – 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49 (0) 69 / 71 91 83 7 – 0
Mobil: +49 (0) 172 / 8291284
oliver.koehler@finkenhof.de