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Torsten Gutmann

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Qualifications

Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht, Diplom-Kaufmann

Position

Managing Partner PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Branch Manager Hanover and Brunswick, Insolvency Administrator

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Phone+49 511 543815-0
Fax+49 511 543815-96
Emailtorsten.gutmann@pluta.net
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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".

Expertise

InsolvencySelf-Administration AdvisoryDebtor-in-possession proceedingsInsolvency AdvisoryInsolvency expertRestructuring officerCustodianshipCorporate insolvencyConsumer insolvencyRestructuring Advisory

Languages

GermanEnglish

Press

Press release

Long-standing business JL Goslar GmbH successfully restructured under protective shield proceedings

Press release

Further steps taken to stabilise the Wolters Group

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PLUTA partner Torsten Gutmann finds investor for Domus Cura nursing home in Hildesheim

Career history

2011Managing Partner of PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH
2009-2011Gutmann Insolvenzverwaltung
1998-2008Lüders, Warneboldt, Gutmann Partnerschaftsgesellschaft
1996-1998Johlke, Niethammer & Partner, Hamburg
1994-1996Legal clerkship in Berlin and Bangalore/India
1994Diplom-Kaufmann University of Passau
1993Trust agency, Berlin, Directorate Processing, Legal Department
1993First state examination in law
1988-1993Study of law (optional subject commercial law) and business administration at the University of Passau
1986-1988Civilian service at the rehabilitation clinic in Neckargemünd
1984-1986Training as a banker at Südwestbank AG, Freiburg