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Corporate Finance · Private Capital · Restructuring / Insolvency · Disputes

Clarity, when it matters most.

We guide entrepreneurs, companies and investors through their most demanding financing, distress and restructuring moments — and all stakeholders in the distress and insolvency situations of their counterparties. Precise, discreet, dependable.

Klarheit, wenn es darauf ankommt.

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We advise on and shape structures where value, time and responsibility are under pressure.

2026
Founded in Berlin
4
Complementary core disciplines
over 40 years
Combined transaction experience

Our minds.

Complex situations call for judgement — and for people who provide structure when it is needed most.

Four disciplines, same high standard.

Highly specialised advice on complex matters. The founders bring decades of experience from leading international law firms — focused on four closely interlocking fields.

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Corporate Finance

Debt for growth, acquisitions and special situations — negotiated with the composure that large financings require.

Schuldschein loan notesSyndicated loan facilitiesFactoringProject financeCorporate financingsSpecial situations & creditor discussions
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Private Capital

Bespoke capital solutions for investors and their portfolio companies — from the original commitment until the exit.

PE sponsored acquisition financingsBuy-and-build financingsVenture debtPrivate creditDistressed debt
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Restructuring / Insolvency

Restructuring, debtor-in-possession proceedings and insolvency — for companies in distress as well as for creditors, directors and officers, and all other stakeholders.

Restructuring concepts (Sanierungskonzepte)StaRUG proceedingsDebtor-in-possession (Eigenverwaltung) & protective shield (Schutzschirmverfahren)Insolvency plan proceedingsOut-of-court restructuringFiling for insolvency & advising directors and officersDistressed M&ACreditor coordination
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Disputes

Litigation and out-of-court dispute resolution — with particular weight on insolvency-related claims such as avoidance (clawback) claims and on managing directors’ liability.

Court proceedingsInsolvency-related claims such as avoidance (clawback) claimsManaging directors’ liabilityDispute resolution
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Our posture

Substance all the way to the Peak.

We build on load-bearing capacity —
not on effect.

Our standard

From Complexity to Precision

Always with clarity.

Rock to ice

News.

What moves elvenstein.

July 2026 elvenstein: four disciplines, two partners, one systemMichael Kohl and Steffen Meier have brought their practices together and founded a boutique in Berlin for Corporate Finance, Private Capital, Restructuring / Insolvency and Disputes. → Summer 2026 Michael Kohl recognised as a Best Lawyer for the tenth consecutive yearHandelsblatt has listed him without interruption since 2017, in Banking and Finance Law and in Restructuring and Insolvency Law. → July 2026 Landwärme: more than 12 creditors represented in insolvency plan proceedingsRepresentation through to acceptance of the insolvency plan, and on the creditors’ committee. → July 2026 KME SE: buyback of Cunova and repayment of the financingMajority in Cunova bought back from Paragon, reintegration into the group and a EUR 300 million financing from Apollo. → July/August 2026 Founder separations: several transactions advised in the start-up ecosystemFounders and managing shareholders stepping back under comprehensive separation agreements — the condition for each pivot. →

Insights.

Thoughts from practice. What we see in the market, and how it lands.

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Restructuring

StaRUG in its third year: what practice now actually shows (to be found here soon)

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Corporate Finance

Carve-outs under pressure: structures that hold even on a tight timetable (to be found here soon)

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Private Capital

Continuation funds: from special case to new standard? (to be found here soon)

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