Alexander Ballmann has a broad, international restructuring practice. He advises distressed enterprises in restructuring situations, insolvency administrators, and debtors on the structuring of insolvency proceedings and distressed M&A transactions; lenders in debtor crises and insolvencies; and financial investors on distressed equity as well as debt investments and nonperforming loan (NPL) transactions.
Alexander has in-depth experience in the automotive, TMT (technology, media, and telecommunications), health care, and life sciences sectors. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2023, Alexander advised a leading global automotive supplier on a comprehensive worldwide restructuring and refinancing; the insolvent entities and the insolvency administrators in one of the largest insolvencies in Germany affecting private investors with more than 57,000 creditors and investments of more than €3.5 billion; the lenders in connection with the insolvency of a large automotive supplier; a leading global services firm on a comprehensive refinancing and corporate restructuring; and a major distressed fund on the acquisition of a distressed real estate loan portfolio of a major German bank.
Alexander regularly publishes and gives presentations on restructuring topics.
Experience
- Harvard University (Emil Noel Fellow for European Law 1999; Master in Public Administration 1996, John F. Kennedy School of Government); Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (Second State Exam in Law 1998; First State Exam in Law 1994; M.A. in Political Science and Economics 1994)
- Federal Republic of Germany
- German and English