Matthias Klefisch advises on insolvency law and restructuring. One focus of his work is providing comprehensive advice to creditors during and outside of complex and international insolvency proceedings. In addition, Matthias Klefisch regularly advises on the pursuit or defence of claims arising from director's liability and insolvency avoidance. He frequently assists on the seller and investor side in challenging and time-critical M&A processes in a crisis (distressed M&A). Furthermore, Matthias Klefisch advises debtor companies in (preliminary) insolvency and self-administration proceedings. He is also a certified restructuring and reorganisation expert.
Matthias Klefisch has been a lawyer at Oppenhoff since 2022. After studying law at the University of Trier with a focus on insolvency and company law, he graduated to Dr. jur. at the University of Trier. During his legal internship Matthias Klefisch worked at, among others, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFIN) on the restructuring and winding-up of credit institutes, and at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Düsseldorf in the corporate law/M&A department.
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Keine Insolvenzanfechtung von auf Verständigung basierender Bußgelder („Air Berlin“) (OLG Braunschweig Urt. v. 28.12.2023 – 9 U 103/22) [No insolvency challenge of fines based on an understanding (“Air Berlin”) (Higher Regional Court of Braunschweig judgement of 28 December 2023 - 9 U 103/22)]
EWiR dated 14 June 2024, Issue 24
Wahl des Versammlungsortes einer GmbH-Gesellschafterversammlung bei zerstrittenen Gesellschaftern in Pandemiezeiten [Choice of meeting place for the shareholders‘ meeting of a GmbH in case of disputing shareholders times of a pandemic]
DER BETRIEB dated 21 August 2023, No. 34, pp. 1977-1978 (in collaboration with Dr. Philipp Heinrichs)
Die Bestellung eines Notgeschäftsführers wegen unbekannter Erbenstellung [The appointment of an emergency managing director due to unknown status of heir]
DER BETRIEB dated 05 December 2022, No. 49, pp. 2909-2910 (in collaboration with Dr. Philipp Heinrichs)
Insolvenzanfechtung von rechtsgrundlos geleisteten Dividendenzahlungen auch gegenüber gutgläubigen Aktionären (OLG Frankfurt, Urt. v. 25.5.2022 – 4 U 310/19)[Challenge in insolvency of dividend payments made without legal basis, also against shareholders acting in good faith (Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, ruling dated 25 May 2022 – 4 U 310/19)]
EWiR dated 25 November 2022, Issue 22, p. 694 (in collaboration with Dr. Nefail Berjasevic)
Keine Berücksichtigung finanzieller Absicherungen nach Beendigung eines Gewinnabführungsvertrags bei der Berechnung des fiktiven Jahresfehlbetrags [Commercial law: no consideration of financial hedges after termination of a profit and loss transfer agreement when calculating the fictitious net loss for the year]
DER BETRIEB dated 20 June 2022, Issue 25, pp. 1505-1506 (in collaboration with Dr. Günter Seulen)