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Susann Brackmann
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Dr. Susann Brackmann

Rechtsanwältin

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Susann Brackmann advises German and internationally operating companies on insolvency law, corporate restructuring (incl. under the German Corporate Stabilisation and Restructuring Act) as well as related financing matters, with a focus on supporting her clients in crisis and other special situations, particularly in the context of cross-border restructurings. She also has special expertise advising on distressed M&A and NPL transactions, both on the purchaser's side and on the seller's side. Susann’s practice furthermore covers liability avoidance in crisis situations as well as insolvency claw-back claims.

Susann joined CMS in 2024. Prior to that, she worked for several years in the restructuring teams of a leading UK law firm and subsequently at a US/UK law firm.

Awards & Recognitions
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    Listed for Restructuring and Insolvency Law
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Ones to watch for Restructuring and Insolvency law
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Named as one of the world’s current rising stars for restructuring and insolvency
    Global Restructuring Review 40 under 40, 2022
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    Named as highly recommended lawyer for restructuring
    WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2022; In Kooperation mit: Handelsblatt Research Institute
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    Named as highly recommended lawyer for restructuring
    WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2025; In Kooperation mit: Handelsblatt Research Institute

Relevant experience

  • UniCredit Bank AG | On the sale of a EUR 240 million NPL portfolio
  • FMC Beteiligungs KG | On the acquisition of the insolvent Dradura group
  • Major global private equity investor | On the acquisition of a EUR 165 million student accommodation portfolio
  • Former major German airline | On the initiation of insolvency proceedings
  • Former major German engine manufacturer | On the restructuring of shareholdings
  • Former world-leading manufacturer of car safety systems | On the restructuring and sale of global business operations
  • Major global colour, printing and packaging solutions group | On cross-border financial restructuring
  • Major global US pharmaceutical and biotechnology company | On the partial acquisition of fixed assets from insolvency proceedings of a German pharmaceutical company

Publications

  • Kommentierung zum Insolvenzrecht in: Messerschmidt / Voit, Privates Baurecht,2025 (im Erscheinen)
  • Kommentierung in: Schmittmann, Fachberater für Restrukturierung und Unternehmensplanung, 2025
  • Kommentierung §§ 63, 72, 87 StaRUG, in: Morgen, StaRUG, 2. Auflage 2023 sowie3. Auflage 2025 (im Erscheinen)
  • Brackmann / v. d. Bussche-Haddenhausen, Urteilsanmerkung LG München I, Endurteil vom 5.7.2024 – 6 O 18927/21, NZI 2025, 79
  • Brackmann/Holze/Bierich, Die (ungewisse) Zukunft insolvenzbedingter Lösungsklauseln im Spiegel der höchstrichterlichen Rechtsprechung, ZRI 2024, 573
  • Brackmann/Holze, Beteiligung der Gesellschafter an einem Restrukturierungsverfahren und deren Begleitung durch den Steuerberater, StBg 2024,393
  • Brackmann/Holze, Gesellschafter- und Aktionärsbeteiligung in der Restrukturierung, ZRI 2024, 143
  • Brackmann/Straubinger/Steinicke, Strategien und Ansätze zur Bewältigung der Insolvenzgründe in der Gründungsszene INDat Report 08_2024 | Oktober 2024
  • Brackmann/Holze, Aktuelle Rechtsprechung zum StaRUG, Teil 1 und 2, NWB Sanieren 2022, 297

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Tax & Legal Excellence network
  • Executive committee of the German Bar Association’s insolvency law and restrucuring working group
  • Gesellschaft für Restrukturierung TMA Deutschland e.V. (German branch of US TMA Turnaround Management Association)
  • Distressed Ladies – Women in Restructuring e. V.
  • Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum Hamburg e.V. (insolvency forum in Hamburg)
  • Hamburg Bar Association

Education

  • 2013 - 2015: Trainee lawyer in Thuringia, Frankfurt, London and Munich
  • 2011 - 2013: PhD, thesis on (international) insolvency/criminal insolvency law under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dennis Bock, University of Jena
  • 2006 - 2011: Law studies at the University of Jena
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