Salvatore Calcagno
Areas of practice
Salvatore Calcagno specialises in insolvency and restructuring advice. He primarily acts as an advisor to companies in crisis and deals with insolvency law issues. His services include performing preparatory work and providing legal assistance both before a company files for insolvency and during insolvency proceedings. Furthermore, he advises managing directors on their obligations under corporate and insolvency law and on liability issues. Salvatore Calcagno further advises shareholders and creditors on matters relating to insolvency law and on the enforcement and defence of insolvency-specific claims.
Vita
Salvatore Calcagno studied law at the University of Tübingen (Germany). After being admitted to the German Bar in 2011, he initially worked primarily in the area of insolvency administration and then, in 2016, joined the reorganisation and insolvency team of a leading German law firm that specialised in insolvency law.
In 2020, Salvatore Calcagno moved to Luther, where he is a member of the Service Line Commercial. He additionally works as an assistant lecturer in insolvency law for the study programme Accounting, Taxation and Business Law at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW).
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Ones to Watch" in "Restructuring and Insolvency Law"
Clients
- Advised a communications technology company on its restructuring and reorganisation with debtor-in-possession management (Wisi beantragt Insolvenzverfahren in Eigenverwaltung | Digitalfernsehen)
Memberships
- AnwaltVerein Stuttgart e.V., FORUM Junge Anwaltschaft
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hans-Peter Hufschlag
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Volker Schneider
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Ann-Marie Jüttner
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Mathis Lorenzen, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Gunnar Müller-Henneberg
Partner
Stuttgart
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Boris Ober
Partner
Cologne
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Luisa Kramer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Julie Schwarz, LL.M. (Georgetown)
Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Elisabeth Sechtem
Senior Associate
Munich
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Elisabeth Kohoutek
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon Breiden
Associate
Cologne
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Patrick Vinson
Associate
Hanover
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Astrid Seehafer, M.Sc.
Partner
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Kim Larissa Kähler, LL.B.
Associate
Hanover
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover