Dr. Patrick Schulz
- Global Finance
- Private Equity
- Restructuring
DR. PATRICK SCHULZ focuses on cross-border and domestic corporate restructuring and insolvency matters, often in large-scale, multi-jurisdictional transactions. He advises debtors, shareholders, creditors, creditor committees, alternative capital providers and other financial institutions on all aspects of corporate reorganization, recovery and turnaround matters in both non-insolvency and insolvency situations.
Prior to joining Sidley in 2017, Patrick was an associate in the banking/restructuring and insolvency practice of another international law firm.
While working on his Ph.D., Patrick served for several years as a research associate to the Chair of Civil and Civil Procedure Law at the University of Mainz. His thesis on debt-to-equity-swaps has been awarded with multiple awards for academic excellence. Furthermore, he taught at King’s College London and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as visiting lecturer.
He is fluent in German and English.
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Memberships and Activities
Recent experience includes advising:
- Global Loan Agency Services Limited as facilities agent, GLAS Trust Corporation Limited as existing security agent and TMF Trustee Limited as new security agent, on the restructuring of BARTEC, a German manufacturer of explosion safety equipment.
- Global Loan Agency Services in connection with the restructuring of Galapagos Holding S.A.
- A leading German automotive OEM on the refinancing of its investment in a provider of ride hailing services.
- Losberger De Boer Group on its financial and operative restructuring.
- A leading U.S. automotive OEM in relation to the restructuring of a key supplier.
- A major private equity investor in relation to the acquisition of debt instruments in the context of the restructuring of a distressed retail Group.
- A leading German bank on the refinancing of its investment in a FinTech venture.
- TowerBrook Capital Partners on the financing of its acquisition of Bosal ACPS, a leading manufacturer of tow bars for original equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
- Intermediate Capital Group on the acquisition of proALPHA Business Solutions Group, one of the largest providers of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions.
- OpCapita and its portfolio company NKD, a German discount clothing retailer, in connection with the refinancing of existing indebtedness by way of an asset-based lending facility.
- The Senior Lenders’ Ad Hoc Committee on the financial restructuring of H.C. Starck Group.
- Leading U.S. investors on the restructuring of their investments in German biogas and commodity assets.
- A leading German electricity producer on the restructuring of its distressed foreign offshore investments.
*Some of the above matters were handled by Patrick prior to joining Sidley.
- Dr. Patrick Schulz is co-founder and member of the organizing committee of the German TMA NextGen Chapter, the group of young restructuring professionals within Gesellschaft für Restrukturierung TMA Deutschland e.V., the German section of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).
- Member of the Munich Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer München).
Capabilities
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Germany – Rechtsanwalt
Education
- King's College London, LL.M., 2009 (with merit)
- Johannes Gutenberg University, Ph.D., 2015 (summa cum laude)
- Johannes Gutenberg University, B.A., 2004
Languages
- English
- German