Her clients include creditors, debtors, the management, shareholders as well as distressed debt investors.
Before joining the firm, Alena worked as a trainee lawyer in the restructuring department at a major US law firm in London.
Alena advises on all aspects of cross-border financial restructurings of stressed and distressed businesses and insolvency law.
Expertise
Experience
Representative matters
A leading German real estate service provider in its restructuring.
An international alternative investment firm on the restructuring of a mezzanine financing structure.
A bondholder in the course of the financial restructuring of one of the leading German real estate companies.
A private debt investor on the restructuring of a direct lending facility for a provider of dental services.
Pro bono
Advising voluntary debt counsellors, such as the H-Team
Published Work
- Commenting on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf dated 8 January 2024 (case no. 12 U 31/23): „Treuwidrigkeit der Insolvenzanfechtung im Kontext durch Ablösevereinbarung aufgegebener Absonderungsrechte“ (Invalidity of clawback in the context of a waived security interest by way of a release agreement with the insolvency administrator), in FD-InsR 2024, no. 4
- Commenting on the decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated 26 October 2023 (case no. IX ZR 250/22): „Rückabwicklung bei bloßer insolvenzrechtlicher Anfechtung des Verpflichtungsgeschäfts“ (rescission in case of a mere claw back oft he obligational transaction), in FD-InsR 2024, no. 2
- Commenting on the decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated 18 April 2023 (case no. II ZR 184/21): „Anwendbares Recht bei Sitzverlegung nach Entstehung des Anspruchs aus § 826 BGB wegen existenzvernichtenden Eingriffs“ (The applicable law in the event of a relocation after the accrual of a claim under section 826 of the German Civil Code for annihilating interference), in FD-InsR 2024, no. 1
- Commenting on the decision of the Federal Labour Court dated 20 July 2023 (case no. 6 AZR 112/23): „Vollstreckungsverbot während des Insolvenzverfahrens trotz fortbestehender öffentlich-rechtlicher Verstrickung“ (Prohibition of enforcement during insolvency proceedings despite persistent public-law entanglement), in FD-InsR 2023, no. 21
- Commenting on the decision of the Federal Court of Justice dated 13 July 2023 (case no. IX ZB 42/22): „Summe aller zu befriedigenden Forderungen als Obergrenze für den Schätzwert der Insolvenzmasse bei Einstellung des Insolvenzverfahrens“ (Renumeration of the insolvency administrator: The sum of all claims to be satisfied as an upper limit for the estimated value of the insolvency estate in case of a termination of the insolvency proceedings), in FD-InsR 2023, no. 20
Qualifications
Admissions
Admitted as a German Rechtsanwältin, 2023
Academic
Second German Law Degree, Higher Regional Court of Munich, Germany, 2023
First German Law Degree, University of Munich, Germany, 2021
Languages
English, German
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.