PLUTA Management GmbH builds expertise in restructuring consulting and real estate – expansion of market presence in northern Germany

Restructuring specialist PLUTA Management GmbH has announced three new additions to its ranks: restructuring experts Mr Jakob Weyres-von Levetzow and Dr Dominik Doll and real estate specialist Mr Wolfram Fünder have now joined the PLUTA team.

Mr Jakob Weyres-von Levetzow is a business management expert with over 20 years of experience in management consulting. He spent more than ten years at EY in Hamburg working on restructurings and several years as Director of EY Parthenon’s Strategy & Transactions service line. Most recently, the 48-year-old was with RSM Ebner Stolz Management Consultants, where he grew its Hamburg operations. Mr Jakob Weyres-von Levetzow has expertise in pre-insolvency management consulting and in debtor-in-possession restructuring proceedings for midsize companies and family businesses. He also specialises in cost-saving and efficiency initiatives, liquidity management and operational implementation of management strategies. His focal areas of industry expertise include the mechanical and plant engineering, automotive and manufacturing sectors. Mr Jakob Weyres-von Levetzow has been with PLUTA Management GmbH since July and is responsible for expanding its operations in Hamburg.

Dr Dominik Doll is a business management expert (Technology and Management) with many years of expertise in leading and restructuring midsize companies, especially in the mechanical engineering and automotive sectors. The 39-year-old worked for more than five years at Roland Berger as Senior Project Manager in the Corporate Performance, Organisational Transformation and Commercial Due Diligence divisions. He was also an Operating Partner at a private equity firm in Düsseldorf and is a founder of and shareholder in a specialist centre for psychotherapy in Munich. Prior to joining PLUTA, Dr Dominik Doll acquired a company out of insolvency, led it as managing partner and implemented restructuring measures before exiting the business almost a year later. He is currently undertaking advanced legal studies (LL.M. corp. restruc.) in Heidelberg, which will be completed by the end of this year. Dr Dominik Doll has been working at PLUTA’s Munich office since August. He will support companies with financial and personnel turnaround management and take charge of restructuring measures.

Mr Wolfram Fünder is an experienced real estate specialist and has been working for PLUTA at its Hamburg office since early July. The real estate economist is helping Mr Sascha Witt to further expand PLUTA’s property segment. Mr Wolfram Fünder has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and has been responsible for numerous complex commercial real estate projects. He worked for more than ten years as Director Asset Management at FREO Financial & Real Estate Operations GmbH. He also spent several years as a real estate asset manager at Allianz Real Estate Germany GmbH and Dresdner Bank AG. Most recently, he was Senior Asset Manager with RFR Management GmbH and Director Asset Management at pure development GmbH. His areas of expertise include asset and inventory management, tenant base analysis and rental management as well as the identification and implementation of restructuring and value enhancement measures and the provision of support for acquisition and sales processes. Mr Wolfram Fünder has acted for both owners and investors and will provide pre-insolvency advisory services to banks and capital providers at PLUTA. He will also manage real estate in insolvency scenarios.

In welcoming these new additions, PLUTA is expanding its real estate expertise for special situations and strengthening its restructuring business in Munich and for northern Germany from its Hamburg office. PLUTA Management GmbH is a steadily growing firm focused on the challenges facing SMEs and on current industry hotspots, including the automotive, real estate and health sectors. With its new employees, PLUTA has added established experts with a hands-on mentality who are committed to supporting companies in a responsible role.

Managing director Dr Maximilian Pluta said, “We are strengthening our team with experienced experts. Restructuring consulting is a growing business and we can further expand our offering in this area in a targeted manner with Mr Jakob Weyres-von Levetzow and Dr Dominik Doll. We also see great potential in the real estate segment and have brought Mr Wolfram Fünder on board as a specialist in this. Together with our offices in Hanover, Bremen and Hamburg, we are building our restructuring expertise in the northern German market. All of this means we are very well positioned for the future.”