Bremer Werkgemeinschaft GmbH begins restructuring as a debtor in possession – PLUTA attorney Dr Christian Kaufmann appointed provisional insolvency monitor

Bremer Werkgemeinschaft GmbH (BWG) has been in a difficult financial situation for some time now and will have to be restructured. Managing director Mr Moritz Muras filed an application to open debtor-in-possession insolvency proceedings with the competent local court to initiate the orderly planning and implementation of the necessary steps. On 8 September 2026, the Local Court of Bremen then ordered provisional debtor-in-possession proceedings. Attorney Dr Christian Kaufmann from PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH has been appointed provisional insolvency monitor and is overseeing the proceedings in the best interests of the creditors.

These proceedings should enable BWG to continue to operate effectively and make a reliable contribution to the provision of community-based mental health care in Bremen. For service users, this means that BWG’s community mental health offerings and supports will be maintained. Intake processes will continue and vacancies will still be filled.

“We did not take this decision lightly. However, it is necessary to enable us to restructure BWG in an orderly manner. Our main focus is on ensuring continuity of care for our service users and maintaining our well-established community mental health work,” said Mr Moritz Muras, managing director of Bremer Werkgemeinschaft GmbH.

ECKERT, a law firm specialising in insolvency and restructuring law, will support the proceedings with an experienced restructuring team led by partner Mr Michael Schütte. “BWG has given itself a wide range of options by taking action at an early stage. It means management can continue to act independently and will be able to analyse and restructure the company’s facilities while it is still providing its services,” said Mr Schütte.

The company finds itself in this financial situation due to the interplay of various developments over a longer period, including higher costs, changed conditions and structural challenges.

Bremer Werkgemeinschaft GmbH will be able to use the debtor-in-possession proceedings to restructure under court supervision and manage the process itself with professional guidance. Management retains its authority to act and can proceed in an orderly manner to plan the next steps together with the experts supporting it in the proceedings.

Marking its 50th anniversary this year, BWG is aiming to preserve and build on its community mental health work developed over the past five decades. BWG will keep employees, service users and their family members and legal guardians, funding entities, cooperation partners and the public informed about the steps ahead.

Bremer Werkgemeinschaft GmbH was established as a non-profit community mental health provider in 1976 and has been a non-profit limited company since 2012. It advises and supports people in Bremen living with mental health conditions. Its offering includes outpatient psychiatric care, assisted living, day centres, the Nachtwerk project (psychiatric support outside regular business hours), sociotherapy, forensic supported accommodation and crisis services. Through its work, it aims to offer people with mental illness reliable day-to-day support and enable them to participate on their own terms in all areas of life.