Dr. Jan-Philipp Praß is an associate in Latham & Watkins’ Hamburg office and a member of the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice. Mr. Praß represents clients in complex domestic and cross-border restructurings inside and outside of insolvency proceedings and distressed M&A.
Mr. Praß advises creditors, investors, companies, management, shareholders, and insolvency administrators in connection with:
Financial restructurings (in-court and out-of-court), including debt-equity swaps, share pledge enforcements, and insolvency plan proceedings
Operational corporate restructurings
Acquisition of distressed companies, restructuring, rescue financing, or refinancing transactions
Mr. Praß is a member of the firm’s Ethics Committee.
Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Praß worked as a research associate at the University of Hamburg. He has authored numerous publications on restructuring, insolvency, corporate, and legal profession law.
Experience
Mr. Praß’ experience includes advising:
Löwenplay / Safari Holding Verwaltungs GmbH on the financial restructuring and recapitalization, which involved the first UK scheme of arrangement for a German issuer post-Brexit
Chiho Tiande on the acquisition of Scholz Group by way of a debt-to-equity swap
H.I.G. Capital on the sale of the Losberger Group to Gilde Buy Out Partners
Hellmann Worldwide Logistic on its refinancing and restructuring
Onex Corporation in the acquisition and IPO of SIG Combibloc Group
Riverside on the sale of the Keymile Group to Dasan Zhone Solultions Inc.
Rockaway Capital SE on the acquisition of Unister out of insolvency
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Rechtsanwalt (Germany)
Education
Dr. iur., University of Hamburg, 2017
Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Hamburg, 2015
First German State Exam, University of Hamburg, 2010
Notice: We appreciate your interest in Latham & Watkins. If your inquiry relates to a legal matter and you are not already a current client of the firm, please do not transmit any confidential information to us. Before taking on a representation, we must determine whether we are in a position to assist you and agree on the terms and conditions of engagement with you. Until we have completed such steps, we will not be deemed to have a lawyer-client relationship with you, and will have no duty to keep confidential the information we receive from you. Thank you for your understanding.
