Languages
- German
- English
- Dutch
- Spanish
Jan Friese is a banking and insolvency lawyer with long-standing experience in advising on large-volume, international financings, in particular corporate, project and acquisition financings, as well as their restructuring and refinancing. He represents the interests of creditors when enforcing and realising collateral in particular in insolvency proceedings, both out of court and in corresponding court proceedings, e.g., in defending against insolvency challenge claims. Jan also has special know-how in leasing and factoring matters.
Jan’s clients mainly include German and international financial services institutions such as banks as well as leasing and factoring companies. Based on a secondment of several months in Amsterdam, he has built in-depth expertise in advising on cross-border Dutch-German matters, which forms a particular focus of his practice.
Jan joined CMS in 2011 and was made principal counsel in 2023.
