Frank Grell chairs the German Restructuring & Special Situations Practice of Latham & Watkins LLP. He helps clients navigate distressed situations related to restructuring or insolvency. Frank Grell has earned a strong reputation from clients and leading publications for his empathetic approach and ability to craft pragmatic and commercial solutions in high-pressure or crisis situations. He advises companies, management, and shareholders in a financial or operational crisis; creditors in all phases of financial restructurings, including debt-equity swaps, share pledge enforcements, and insolvency plan proceedings; investors on the acquisition of distressed companies and on restructuring, rescue financing, or refinancing transactions, including debt-equity swaps as well as insolvency administrators on M&A, restructurings, or disputes. Complementing his transactional work, he also represents parties in claw-back and liability cases. Frank Grell is regularly recommended for restructuring and insolvency in German and international law firm rankings, including JUVE, IFLR1000, Chambers Europe Germany, The Legal 500 Germany, and Handelsblatt Best Lawyers. He is a board member of TMA Germany e.V. and of Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum e.V. (Insolvency Forum of Northern Germany) and regularly speaks and writes about insolvency and restructuring matters.
