Anna C. Bretting

Anna Bretting advises debtors and creditors in complex financial and out-of-court restructurings including the assertion of rights in critical situations both prior to and after the filing for insolvency. She also advises various stakeholders (including debtors, insolvency administrators, trustees, secured creditors, shareholders, and investors) during the course of distressed situations and in connection with the preparation and structuring of insolvency proceedings.

Anna has worked in several international law firms and has extensive experience in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies, in particular in the automotive and financial services sectors with a focus on the restructuring of individual companies and entire groups of companies, as well as in distressed M&A transactions and their structuring.

Anna has advised on several high-profile insolvencies and restructurings in the German and European markets, including the comprehensive restructuring of a large German agricultural trader. Before joining Jones Day in 2023, she was involved in the restructuring of the Benteler Group (leading automotive supplier) and advised insolvency administrators in major insolvency proceedings in the automotive sector, as well as the insolvent companies and the insolvency administrators in one of the largest investor insolvency proceedings in Germany, in which more than 57,000 creditors with an investment volume of over 3.5 billion euros are affected.