Dr. Florian Doster is an associate in Willkie’s Restructuring Group. He practices in Hamburg and is based in the firm’s Frankfurt office.
Florian advises clients in complex cross-border and domestic restructurings inside and outside of court proceedings. He advises companies, creditors, investors, management, shareholders and insolvency administrators.
His practice includes:
- Financial restructurings (in-court and out-of-court)
- Implementation of restructuring solutions through German scheme proceedings (StaRUG)
- Distressed M&A
- Refinancing transactions
- Operational corporate restructurings
Prior to Willkie, Florian was with another international law firm in Hamburg and he has been recognized for restructuring and insolvency in the Handelsblatt Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list.
Experience
Florian’s experience includes advising:
- Leoni Group on its restructuring including the first large-scale German restructuring scheme (StaRUG)
- Bank consortium in the restructuring of BENTELER Group
- EMAG Group in the development and negotiation of a comprehensive restructuring concept
- Bank consortium in the insolvency of TriStyle
- Bank consortium in the restructuring of Gala Group
- Summit Partners on the sale of RadioOnkologieNetzwerk (RON) to Medipass
- Luxury goods retailer Christ Group on its amend-and-extend refinancing
*Florian advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie
Credentials
Education
University of Hamburg, Dr. iur., 2024 Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Second State Exam, 2018 University of Mannheim, First State Exam, 2016 University of Mannheim, Bachelor of Laws, 2013