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Dr. Leonard Szabó
Leonard Szabó accompanies reorganization and restructuring projects both outside and within the framework of ongoing insolvency proceedings. Against this background, Leonard advises on avoidance as well as preparation and implementation of insolvency or self-administration/protective shield proceedings. His clients include business managers, shareholders and investors as well as insolvency administrators/administrators. The aim of the consultation is a sustainable restructuring of the company in line with interests, if possible with continuation of business operations.
Another focus is on the extrajudicial enforcement and defense against insolvency-specific claims as well as advice on insolvency-specific criminal liability risks. Leonard is a certified restructuring manager (DGfKM).
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Career
| Since 2018 | Associate, Taylor Wessing |
| 2017 | Legal assistant, German–Soccer–Association (Deutscher–Fußball–Bund e.V.), Frankfurt am Main |
| 2016 | Legal assistant, international law firm, Hamburg |
| 2012 – 2015 | Research assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg |
Education
| 2021 | Specialized legal course in insolvency law |
| 2021 | Certified restructuring manager (DGfKM) |
| 2018 | Admitted to the Bar |
| 2017 | Second state examination |
| 2015 – 2017 | Legal clerkship, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court |
| 2012 – 2016 | Doctor of Laws (Insolvency and Restructuring of Sport–Clubs after ESUG) |
| 2012 | First state examination |
| 2007 – 2012 | Legal studies, German universities of Jena and Bonn |
Publications
Let’s talk about: BGH Urteil vom 18. November 2020 – IV ZR 217/19 – D&O–Versicherung, in: Der Sanierungsberater, 02/2021, gemeinsam mit Dr. Yannick Eckervogt Insolvenz und Sanierung von Sportclubs nach dem ESUG, Diss., JWV 2016 Anmerkungen zu BGH IX 170/18 „Voraussetzungen und Nachweis der Wissenszurechnung bei Beauftragung des Hauptzollamtes“, in: Der Sanierungsberater, 01/2020, S. 38 ff. |
Memberships & Associations
Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg |
Additional languages
| English |
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