ANDREAS STEIGER advises secured and unsecured creditors, distressed investors, debtors, shareholders and sponsors on financial and operational restructurings in both non-insolvency and insolvency situations, predominantly in a cross-border context with a focus on complex capital structures. He also advises on all matters regarding German insolvency law.
Andreas has received acknowledgement from numerous industry ranking guides:
- Chambers Europe 2024 — Ranked for Restructuring/Insolvency (Germany), where a client comments “He produces results. He’s good at creating technically complex structures and at pushing them through.”
- Juve’s “40 under 40” 2023.
- Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2023 — Listed among the “Best Lawyers” for Restructuring and Insolvency Law.
- Legal 500 (Germany) 2023 — Next Generation Lawyer for Restructuring.
- Chambers Europe 2023 — Ranked for Restructuring/Insolvency (Germany), where clients describe him as “very results-focused and driven.”
- Legal 500 (Germany) 2022 — Next Generation Lawyer for Restructuring.
- Chambers Europe 2022 — Ranked as an up-and-coming practitioner for Restructuring/Insolvency (Germany), where clients comment that he is “extremely commercial with a very good understanding of when to push for his opinion, because it matters, and when to just hold still and give away some ground.”
- Wirtschaftswoche 2022 — Ranked as a leading individual in Restructuring.
- Chambers Europe 2021 — Ranked as an up-and-coming practitioner for Restructuring/Insolvency (Germany), where sources praised his “quality, work ethic, the content of his work product and his understanding of the positions of the parties involved.”
- Wirtschaftswoche 2021 — Ranked as a leading individual in Restructuring.
Prior to joining Sidley in 2017, Andreas was a managing associate in the banking/restructuring and insolvency practice of another international law firm.
He is fluent in German and English.