Christoph Schoppe is an associate in Willkie’s Restructuring Group. He practices in Hamburg and is based in the firm’s Frankfurt office.
Christoph represents clients in complex cross-border and domestic restructurings inside and outside of court proceedings and on acquisitions and disposals of distressed businesses. He advises companies, creditors, investors, management, shareholders and insolvency administrators in connection with:
- Financial restructurings (in-court and out-of-court)
- Operational corporate restructurings
- Distressed M&A
- Refinancing transactions
Prior to Willkie, Christoph was with another international law firm in Hamburg, and he served as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law.
Experience
- "Insolvency 2024, Germany: Trends and Developments“, Chambers and Partners, Practice Guide Insolvency, 2024, co-author
Christoph’s experience includes advising:
- DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG, an investor in commercial real estate, on a comprehensive restructuring of its listed 2019/2024 German law bond of originally EUR 600m
- Investor on major restructuring in the real estate world
- Bank consortium in the restructuring of Gala Group
*Christoph advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie
Credentials
Education
University of Chicago Law School, LL.M., 2022 Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Second State Exam, 2019 Bucerius Law School, First State Exam, 2015