Dr Boris Ober

Dr Boris Ober advises insolvency administrators, companies and investors on all matters of out-of-court and insolvency restructuring, including in the context of group insolvencies and cross-border insolvency proceedings. He represents nationally and internationally operating companies in asserting and enforcing their rights prior to or during a contractual partner’s insolvency. Boris Ober has special expertise in the preparation of insolvency plans in debtor-in-possession and protective shield proceedings.

Restructuring & Insolvency

Dr Boris Ober studied law at the University of Münster (Germany), where he also received his doctorate, at the Institute of International Business Law, for a thesis on an antitrust topic. Boris Ober was admitted to the German Bar in 2011. From 2011 to 2019, he worked at GÖRG in the field of “Insolvency law and advice for distressed businesses”. Most recently, he was a partner at Reitze Wilken. Boris Ober joined Luther in 2022.

• The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Mentions in the category "Restructuring" (first recommendation in 2023) and in "City Focus - Cologne"

• 14.05.2022: Kommentierung der §§ 217 ff. InsO (Insolvenzplanverfahren)
• 01.06.2015: Funktion und Bedeutung eines so genannten IDW S 6 - Gutachtens im Rahmen der Vorsatzanfechtung
• 01.01.2012: Schutzstandards im materiellen Investitionsrecht

• Insolvency administrator of Wirecard AG reclaims dividends
• Relevant forecast period for the over-indebtedness test – Change as of 1 September 2023

• Kölner Anwaltverein e. V.
• Cologne Bar Association

• 16.03.2023: DKTR I Regelungswut oder kohärentes Vorgehen – Richtlinienvorschlag der EU-Kommission zur weiteren Harmonisierung des Insolvenzrechts