Mr. Torsten Gutmann is a qualified bank officer, a graduate in Business Administration, an attorney for general law and an attorney specialising in insolvency and restructuring law. He is a Managing Partner of PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH as well as branch manager of the PLUTA branches in Brunswick and Hanover.
He was insolvency administrator for companies such as RiCö Internationale Transporte und Logistik GmbH, FUBA PRINTED CIRCUITS GmbH or Läufer & Gutenberg GmbH.
His main areas of activity are the restructuring of companies in self-administration and in ordinary proceedings. Mr. Gutmann is appointed as a restructuring managing director (CRO), e.g. by companies in the mechanical engineering, printing and healthcare (hospitals) sectors. He also advises on restructuring mandates.
Torsten Gutmann publishes and lectures regularly on insolvency law topics. He is a member of the German Association of Insolvency Administrators (VID), the Working Group on Insolvency Law and Restructuring created by the German Bar Association (DAV), the Hanover Association for Insolvency Law (Institut für Insolvenzrecht Hannover e.V.) and the Northern German Insolvency Forum (Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum e.V.)
In 2020, Torsten Gutmann was awarded Lawyer of the Year in the legal field of "Restructuring and Insolvency Law" by the Handelsblatt. He was also included in the list of "Germany's Best Lawyers".
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht, Diplom-Kaufmann
Managing Partner PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Branch Manager Hanover and Brunswick, Insolvency Administrator
+49 511 543815-0
hannover@pluta.netBranches
Practice Areas
- Restructuring of companies in self-administration proceedings
- Restructuring of companies in ordinary insolvency proceedings
- Acting as the chief restructuring officer (CRO)
Languages for negotiations
German, English
Important References
- Autohaus Sölter GmbH & Co. KG
- Axxicon Moulds Osterode GmbH
- Brauerei Herrenhausen GmbH & Co. KG
- FUBA PRINTED CIRCUITS GmbH
- Immorent AG
- KOL Klinikum Osnabrücker Land GmbH
- Läufer & Gutenberg GmbH
- RiCö Internationale Transporte und Logistik GmbH
- Wilhelm Mende GmbH & Co.
Press Releases
Memberships
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Insolvenzrecht und Sanierung im Deutschen Anwaltverein
- Institut der Norddeutschen Wirtschaft e.V.
- Institut für Insolvenzrecht e.V.
- Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum Hamburg e.V.
- Rechtsanwalts- und Notarverein Hannover e.V.
- VID Verband Insolvenzverwalter und Sachwalter Deutschlands e.V.
Career levels Torsten Gutmann
2011
Managing Partner of PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH
2009 - 2011
Gutmann Insolvenzverwaltung
1998 - 2008
Lüders, Warneboldt, Gutmann Partnerschaftsgesellschaft
1996 - 1998
Johlke, Niethammer & Partner, Hamburg
1994 - 1996
Legal clerkship in Berlin and Bangalore/India
1994
Diplom-Kaufmann University of Passau
1993
Trust agency, Berlin, Directorate Processing, Legal Department
1993
First state examination in law
1988 - 1993
Study of law (optional subject commercial law) and business administration at the University of Passau
1986 - 1988
Civilian service at the rehabilitation clinic in Neckargemünd
1984 - 1986
Training as a banker at Südwestbank AG, Freiburg