
Dr. Thomas Rühle
Attorney/Partner- Litigation
- Restructuring and Insolvency Law
- M&A
- Company Law
20354 Hamburg
F: +49 40 226 3333 - 33
E: ruehle@lws-rechtsanwaelte.de
Fields of Practice
Litigation (especially managerial liability, disputes related to insolvency, post-M&A disputes)
Restructuring and Insolvency Law
(Distressed) M&A
Company Law
Professional Background:
Research Assistant for Professor Dr. Stefan Smid (concentration: litigation and insolvency law) from 2001 to 2004
First Legal State Examination 2004 in Kiel
Research Assistant for Professor Dr. Stefan Smid
(concentration: litigation and insolvency law) from 2004 to 2006
Doctor of Laws; granted right to use academic title 2005
Grand Legal State Examination 2007 in Hamburg
Attorney at Hengeler Mueller in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and London from 2007 until 2013
Attorney at Görg in Köln from 2013 until 2017
Partner at Ludwig Wöhren Schewtschenko in Hamburg and München since 2018
Publications (Selected):
Commentary on Secs. 225a, 238a, 246a, 248a, 254a, 254b, 259a, 259b German Insolvency Code, in: Nerlich/Römermann, Insolvency Code Commentary
Means of Compensation as per Sec. 251 III German Insolvency Code both Within and Outside of the Insolvency Proceeding, NZI 2015, pp. 151-157, with Dr. Jochen Lehmann
The accelerated rejection proceeding pursuant to Sec. 253 IV German Insolvency Code in practice, NZI 2014, pp. 889-895, with Dr. Jochen Lehmann
Restructuring of shares in the times of the German Debt Securities Code 2009, BB 2014, pp. 907-914, with Dr. Alexander Kessler
The elective procedure in case of multiple proposed candidates for a supervisory board position, AG 2011, pp. 805-813, with Dr. Andreas Austmann
The allowance of use by shareholders in the times of the German Law on the Modernization of GmbH Law to Prevent Abuses (MoMiG), ZIP 2009, pp. 1358–1367
Reciprocal agreements following the revocation of the insolvency proceeding, 2006 (167 pages)
European Restructuring Law, in: Law of Restructuring Finance, Eds.: von Knops/Bamberger/Maier-Reimer, 2005, pp. 527-544, with Prof. Dr. Stefan Smid
Lectures (Selected):
2017 Lecture on the topic: "5 Years of ESUG: The Reformed Planned Procedure Under Examination" at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt, HSBC in Düsseldorf and Marsh in Hamburg
2016 Lecture on the topic: "Avoiding Liability Risks in Restructuring Outside of Insolvency" at HSBC in Düsseldorf and Marsh in Frankfurt
2015 Lecture on the topic: "CRO Liability in (Preliminary) Self-Administration" at HSBC in Düsseldorf and Marsh in Frankfurt