PLUTA attorney Ingo Thurm appointed provisional administrator for Dammeyer construction business – restructuring options being examined
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PLUTA attorney Ingo Thurm appointed provisional administrator for Dammeyer construction business – restructuring options being examined

10 January 2025 · Hanover · Business Area Insolvency Administration

Dammeyer Bauunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG, a building construction firm based in Harsum, Lower Saxony, has filed for insolvency. The Local Court of Hildesheim, as the competent court, then ordered provisional insolvency proceedings and appointed Mr Ingo Thurm from PLUTA Rechtsanwalts GmbH as provisional administrator on 8 January 2025.

Dammeyer is a family business employing around 30 people. It is mainly contracted to work on commercial construction projects for new office and administration buildings, industrial and commercial facilities and public buildings. The company also carries out renovations on existing buildings.

Restructuring options being examined

The company is managing numerous construction projects in the Hildesheim/Hanover region. Management filed for insolvency due to imminent illiquidity and a difficult sales and cost situation. Managing director Ms Simone Dammeyer said, “The current situation is not easy. Economic conditions in the industry are challenging and we have filed for insolvency. The priority now is to preserve our company under these insolvency proceedings. We hope we will be successful in this.”

All stakeholders support an examination of the possible ways in which the company might be restructured. Together with PLUTA restructuring expert Mr Ingo Thurm, management has informed the staff about the current situation. Their salaries are guaranteed thanks to specific substitute benefits provided under German insolvency law. Pre-financing of these benefits will ensure the employees are paid for a period of three months, and the provisional insolvency administrator has already initiated the process of securing this. He is being supported in the proceedings by attorney Mr Günther Hahn and Mr Stefan Ordowski, a business economist and controlling expert.

Discussions regarding ongoing construction projects

The business is continuing to operate at this time. “Our goal is to find a long-term solution. As a first step, we will now hold discussions with all key business partners and analyse how things currently stand with the various construction projects,” said provisional insolvency administrator Mr Thurm. One key task in the coming days will be to determine how far along all of the ongoing projects are. Continuation agreements will have to be signed with project partners and clients as an utmost priority to ensure the construction work can still proceed. Possible restructuring options will also be examined and, among other things, an M&A process will be prepared with this in mind.

Dammeyer Bauunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG has a long history. Master mason Mr Bernhard Dammeyer founded a masonry and building construction company in Machtsum in 1934, laying the foundations for the present business.

PLUTA expert

Ingo Thurm

Ingo Thurm
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht

Günther Hahn

Günther Hahn
Rechtsanwalt

Stefan Ordowski

Stefan Ordowski
Betriebswirt (VWA), Controllingbetriebswirt (VWA)

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