Hauke Sattler
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Dr Hauke Sattler

Counsel

Hauke advises companies, financial institutions and investors on restructurings and insolvencies, with a focus on complex cross-border and multinational restructurings.
Hauke works with domestic and international clients across jurisdictions and from multiple sectors, such as energy, real estate and retail. He possesses particular expertise in restructurings and insolvencies within the automotive sector, bolstered by a secondment to the crisis management of a leading automotive manufacturer. He also has a strong track record in trusteeships.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Branicks Group AG on its financial restructuring using an innovative combination of German StaRUG and self-administration proceedings.
  • Central Group on the cross border realisation of security in the hundreds of millions.
  • Corestate Capital Holding S.A. on its complex multijurisdictional restructuring.
  • GERRY WEBER International AG on its corporate and financial restructuring including StaRUG proceedings.
  • Infrastructure fund on the successful restructuring of a large EV charging stations project.
  • The international automotive supplier TAKATA on its global restructuring and sale to an investor (previous firm experience).
  • A leading German automotive manufacturer on the restructuring of the supplier Borgers (previous firm experience).
  • A leading German automotive manufacturer on the restructuring and insolvency of Halberg Guss (previous firm experience).

Published Work

  • Prüfer/Lingens/Sattler (2023), „The proposals of the EU Commission for the harmonization of national insolvency laws in the EU“, DB 2023, 943 seq.
  • Sattler (2023), in: Seibt/Westpfahl (Ed.), Commentary on the Stabilisationand Restructuring Framework for Businesses (StaRUG), sec 64-71 of the StaRUG
  • Sattler (2021), in: Stürner/Eigenmüller/Schoppmeyer, Munich Commentary on the Insolvency Code, „Restructuring and Insolvency Law of Japan“ (together with Tomohiro Okawa)

Recognition

Hauke Sattler is a very experienced consultant, especially in automotive cases, has in-depth industry knowledge and knows all the players.
Legal 500 Germany 2024
With Hauke Sattler and Josef Parzinger came two rising stars. Established consultants around Franz Bernhard Herding.
Legal 500 Germany 2024

Qualifications

Admissions

Rechtsanwalt, Germany, 2012

Academic

First German Law Degree (with distinction), Germany, 2006

Dr. iur. (summa cum laude), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 2010

Second German Law Degree (with distinction), Germany, 2011 

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.