Bernd Richter is managing director and shareholder of PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH as well as managing director of PLUTA Management GmbH. He supports the teams in pre-insolvency restructuring advice and M&A transactions. His focus is on advising medium-sized companies in special situations. This includes distressed M&A, valuation and going concern issues, stakeholder management and mediation in conflict situations. He has extensive experience in national and international transactions and restructuring projects. Through numerous relevant projects, Bernd Richter also gained extensive expertise in the automotive industry.
He was a partner in the Strategy and Transaction department at EY, where he was head of the Transaction Turnaround department in Germany until 2020. Most recently, he was a member of the German EY management team as Chief Transformation Officer.
Bernd Richter is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Heidelberg in the Corporate Restructuring programme and is the author of numerous articles and industry studies. He is a member of the advisory board of numerous medium-sized companies. He is particularly focussed on the challenges of transformation in the German automotive industry.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer
Managing Partner PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Managing Director and Shareholder PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Managing Director PLUTA Management GmbH
+49 89 7432975-0
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Practice Areas
- Advising medium-sized companies, especially in exceptional situations and complex corporate decisions in connection with distressed M&A, valuation and going concern issues as well as stakeholder management and conflict mediation
- Focus sectors: Manufacturing industry (especially mechanical engineering and automotive industry), transport and logistics (especially shipbuilding), renewable energies, food production and retail
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German, English
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Career levels Bernd Richter
2023
Managing Director and Shareholder PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH
2021
Chief Transformation Officer EY Germany and member of the German management team
2012
Managing Partner of the EY Restructuring Practice Germany
2002
Establishment of the EY restructuring team at the Hamburg office
1991-2002
Arthur Andersen - Auditing