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Gunnar Müller-Henneberg

Lawyer │ Partner

Certified Specialist in Commercial and Corporate Law

Stuttgart

+ 49 711 9338 24760

gunnar.mueller-henneberg@luther-lawfirm.com

Areas of practice

Restructuring & Insolvency

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Commercial & Distribution Law, Product Liability/Product Compliance

Gunnar Müller-Henneberg primarily advises companies across an array of industries in restructuring situations, in particular in reorganisation proceedings under the German Corporate Stabilisation and Restructuring Act and in debtor-in-possession and protective shield proceedings. He further advises various stakeholders when companies face an economic crisis. This includes advising the company’s management on obligations under corporate and insolvency law, advising shareholders and creditors on possible ways to secure assets and hedge against risks, as well as asserting and defending claims arising from such situations. Gunnar Müller-Henneberg covers the entire range of advisory services from crisis prevention up to and including providing advice when a company is unable or on the brink of becoming unable to meet its financial obligations or is over-indebted and also during insolvency proceedings.

Gunnar Müller-Henneberg’s clients also include well-known family offices, who appoint him to handle the “problems” in their investment portfolios.

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Vita

Gunnar Müller-Henneberg studied law in Tübingen (Germany). He already started dealing with reorganisation issues during his legal training in Heilbronn (Germany) and London (England). From 2013 to 2017, he taught international business law in addition to working as a lawyer. Right up until he moved to Luther in 2020, he headed the reorganisation team of the Stuttgart office of a renowned specialist law firm.

Honors and distinctions

The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendations in the categories "Insolvency" and "Restructuring" (first recommendations in 2022, "Gunnar Müller-Henneberg is very committed.", "Gunnar Müller-Henneberg deserves a special mention.")
Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in "Restructuring and Insolvency Law"
WirtschaftsWoche 2025: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "Restructuring"" (first recommendation in 2019)

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Clients

Assisting a medical and nursing care foundation with its reorganisation (Schutzschirmverfahren für die Pfeifferschen Stiftungen | Gesundheitsmarkt)
Advised a communications technology company on its restructuring and reorganisation with debtor-in-possession management (Wisi beantragt Insolvenzverfahren in Eigenverwaltung | Digitalfernsehen)
Represented a customer and participated on the creditors’ committee in large, legally complex proceedings (BRL und Schmidt-Jortzig verhandeln für Bahnbetreiber mit den Bundesländern | juve.de)
Advised on preventing the insolvency of, and restructuring, a renowned security services company
Advised on the reorganisation of a medium-sized metal processing company with debtor-in-possession management (Luther advises restructuring of Thielmann Ucon – insolvency plan accepted | LUTHER Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (luther-lawfirm.com)
Advised on the reorganisation management and liquidation of an internationally operating distribution company of a petroleum group

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Publications

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