Dr Boris Ober
Areas of practice
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.
Vita
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.
Honors and distinctions
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Mention in "City Focus - Cologne" (first mentioned in 2024)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2024: Mention in the category "Restructuring" (first mentioned in 2023)
Publications
- Kommentierung der §§ 217 ff. InsO (Insolvenzplanverfahren), in: Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung, herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Volker Römermann & Dr. Jörg Nerlich, C.H. Beck, 2022
- Funktion und Bedeutung eines so genannten IDW S 6 - Gutachtens im Rahmen der Vorsatzanfechtung, Anmerkung zum Urteil des OLG München vom 16.12.2014 – 5 U 1 297/13 (gemeinsam mit Sebastian Hagemann)
- Schutzstandards im materiellen Investitionsrecht, in: Kölner Schrift zum Wirtschaftsrecht (KSzW) 2011, S 105 ff. (gemeinsam mit Torsten Lörcher)
Blog posts
Lectures
Memberships
- Kölner Anwaltverein e. V.
- Cologne Bar Association
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