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Dr. Christian Kaufmann

Dr. Christian Kaufmann

Dr. Christian Kaufmann is a lawyer and specialist solicitor for insolvency and restructuring law. He studied law and economics in Bayreuth and Salzburg.

Since November 2015, Dr. Christian Kaufmann has been Managing Director and shareholder of PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH as well as branch manager of the PLUTA branches in Bremen and Oldenburg as well as deputy branch manager of the PLUTA branch in Hanover.

His main areas of activity are the restructuring and continuation of companies in self-administration and regular insolvency proceedings. In addition, Dr. Kaufmann advises in restructuring mandates and is available as restructuring director (CRO) especially in self-administration proceedings.

Dr. Kaufmann lectures and publishes regularly on insolvency law topics, in particular the restructuring of companies in the insolvency proceedings. He is a member in various insolvency law associations, such as ARGE Insolvenz und Sanierung im DAV and Gesellschaft für Restrukturierung TMA Deutschland e.V.

Dr. Christian Kaufmann is recommended 2022 by the German business journal "WirtschaftsWoche" as TOP lawyer for insolvency law and is listed in the German JUVE Handbook Business Law Firms 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 as often recommended insolvency administrator.

Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht

Managing Director and Shareholder PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Branch Manager Bremen and Oldenburg, Insolvency Administrator

+49 421 835008-0

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Career levels

Practice Areas

  • Restructuring of companies in general insolvency proceedings as well as self-administration proceedings as insolvency administrator, trustee and CRO
  • Restructuring and restructuring advice
  • Core areas are alternative energies, car dealers and automotive, printing industry, health care (hospitals, retirement homes et al.), wood processing (furniture, windows), maritime economy, logistics and transport

Languages for negotiations

German, English

Important References

as an insolvency manager

  • Schulz AG (district court Verden, reference number: 11 IN 67/13) (automobile trade): 308 employees, 6 months continuation of operations, transferring restructuring, preservation of 174 jobs, expected insolvency quota of 19 percent
  • NAVITEK - Schiffsreparatur- und technische Beratungsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (district court Wilhelmshaven, reference number: 10 IN 157/13) (shipyard): transferring restructuring after 6 weeks, preservation of all 19 jobs, expected insolvency quota of more than 90 percent
  • druckservice duisburg medienfabrik GmbH & Co. KG (district court Bremen, reference number: 505 IN 10/14) (printing company): 38 employees, 5 months continuation of operations, expected insolvency quota of 32 percent
  • Oforny GmbH (district court Bremerhaven, reference number: 10 IN 14/15) (services): 31 employees, 11 months continuation of operations, transferring restructuring, expected insolvency quota of 47 percent
  • Versand und Weiterverarbeitung Hagen GmbH (district court Bremen, reference number: 526 IN 13/15) (services for the printing industry): 260 employees, 3 months continuation of operations, transferring restructuring, preservation of 158 jobs, expected insolvency quota of 35 percent
  • Securitas Gesellschaft für Seeverpackung GmbH & Co. KG (district court Bremen, reference number: 520 IN 25/11) (ocean shipment): 24 employees, transferring restructuring after 4 weeks, continuation of operations in the application process, preservation of 23 jobs (95,8 %), expected insolvency quota of more than 70 percent
  • Evangelisch-Lutherisches Altenheim Hesel gGmbH (district court Leer, reference number: 8 IN 7/18) (retirement home): 106 employees, transferring restructuring, preservation of all jobs, expected insolvency quota of 37 percent
  • Synthese Kinder-, Jugend- und Familienhilfe GmbH und Co. KG (district court Bremen, reference number: 520 IN 10/18) (assistance for children, adolescents and families): 68 employees, strong provisional administration, 3 months continuation of operations – therof one month after opening, transferring restructuring, preservation of two thirds of all jobs, expected insolvency quota of more than 30 percent

as CRO in debtor-in-possession proceedings

  • KOL Klinikum Osnabrücker Land GmbH (district court Osnabrück, reference number: 62 IN 28/14) and SKOL Service Klinikum Osnabrücker Land GmbH (district court Osnabrück, reference number: 59 IN 25/14) (hospital): 363 respectively 116 employees, advising the self-managing management, insolvency plan, preservation of 140 jobs, transfer company, insolvency quota of 26 respectively 40 percent
  • Winter Holzbau GmbH (district court Verden, reference number: 11 IN 77/15) (wood window manufacturer): 91 employees, advising the self-managing management, transferring restructuring, preservation of 61 jobs, transfer company, expected insolvency quota of 50 percent
  • Akademie Lothar Kannenberg GmbH (district court Walsrode, reference number: 11 IN 101/17) (assistance for children and adolescents): 232 employees, advising the self-managing management, 8 months continuation of operations, transferring restructuring, preservation of 25 percent of jobs, transfer company, expected insolvency quota of 40 percent

as trustee in debtor-in-possession proceedings

  • SKN group in Norden/Emden (district court Aurich, reference numbers: 9 IN 38/18 to 44/18 and 55/18 to 59/18): 344 employees, corporation, 12 companies, insolvency plans, transfer company, expected preservation of around 290 jobs

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Career levels Dr. Christian Kaufmann

2015

Managing director and shareholder of PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH

2011

Attorney specialising in insolvency law

2011

PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Branch manager Bremen and Oldenburg

2010 - 2011

Gutmann Insolvenzverwaltung (insolvency administration)

2009

Appointed as trustee and insolvency administrator

2008 - 2010

Lüders Warneboldt Gutmann Partnerschaftsgesellschaft (insolvency administration)

2007 - 2008

Himmelsbach, Achsnick & Kollegen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Köln (restructuring consulting)

2005 - 2007

Lüders Warneboldt Gutmann Partnerschaftsgesellschaft (insolvency administration)

2005

Admission to the bar

2004

Second state examination in law (Higher Regional Court Celle)

2003

Doctorate in law (Dr. jur.) (insolvency law) (University Bayreuth)

2000

First State Examination in law (University Bayreuth)