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Dr. Georg Hüllen

Attorney | Counsel | Certified Attorney Specializing in Insolvency and Restructuring Law | Certified Attorney Specializing in Labor Law

For more than two decades, Dr. Georg Hüllen has been advising companies and their decision-makers in restructuring, turnaround, and insolvency situations. He is one of the most experienced advisors on complex corporate crises and supports clients in stabilizing, restructuring, and continuing their businesses. He assists companies, shareholders, board members, investors, and insolvency administrators in complex transformation and crisis situations, as well as in the legal and strategic realignment of companies facing extraordinary economic circumstances.

His advice combines in-depth expertise in insolvency law and labor law with a comprehensive understanding of economic contexts. Clients particularly value his ability to identify legal risks early on, structure complex sets of interests, and develop viable solutions even in time-sensitive situations.

Biography


Dr. Georg Hüllen studied law and, until his intermediate exams, also business administration at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. After completing his legal clerkship and earning his doctorate, he was admitted to the bar in 1997. For many years, he has practiced exclusively in the areas of commercial law, insolvency and restructuring law, and insolvency labor law.

Drawing on his many years of advisory experience, he takes a business-oriented approach to consulting, with the goal of developing sustainable and practical solutions for companies, shareholders, and creditors.

The focus of his practice lies in supporting restructuring and reorganization processes and self-administration proceedings, as well as advising managing directors, board members, and shareholders on liability and corporate law issues, including matters of insolvency labor law. In addition, he has many years of experience in the judicial and extrajudicial enforcement of commercial law claims. His client portfolio includes restructuring and reorganization proceedings in the healthcare, long-term care, industrial, retail, and automotive sectors. His advisory services cover both out-of-court reorganization processes and court-supervised restructuring and insolvency proceedings.

  • Advising companies in crisis situations
  • Self-administration and protective shield proceedings
  • StaRUG proceedings and preventive restructuring
  • Assisting managing directors and board members with liability issues
  • Enforcement and defense against claims under insolvency law
  • Corporate law advice in exceptional situations
  • Company acquisitions and investor proceedings in restructuring situations
  • Development and implementation of restructuring plans
  • Insolvency and labor law support for distressed M&A transactions
  • Strategic advice in complex commercial law disputes
  • Representation of creditors in insolvency and restructuring proceedings
  • Implementation of restructuring plans under labor law, including mass layoffs, negotiations on reconciliation of interests, and social plans
  • Litigation in insolvency and labor law matters

Publications

  • Schneider/Linkert/von Buchwaldt (Hrsg.), Handbuch zum neuen Sanierungsrecht, Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg, 2021; Autor der Kapitel B.IX.: „Gegenseitige Verträge, insbesondere in der Außenfinanzierung, und deren Gestaltung unter dem StaRUG“ und B.X.: „Konzernrestrukturierung und Innenfinanzierung unter dem StaRUG“ (mit Schneider)
  • Prof. Dr. Markus Gehrlein, Prof. Dr. Daniel Graewe, Judith Wittig (Hrsg), Das Recht der Kreditsicherung, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 12. Auflage 2026; Autor des Kapitels § 10: „Verpfändung von beweglichen Sachen“