Dentons expands Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice with two additions in Germany

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*Partner Petra Brenner and counsel Verena Etzel join the Frankfurt office.* 
 
*Frankfurt, April 10, 2018* - Global law firm Dentons has further 
strengthened its Frankfurt office with the recruitment of partner Petra 
Brenner and counsel Verena Etzel. Both will be part of the renowned 
Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice team, headed by Andreas 
Ziegenhagen. Furthermore they will work closely with the Banking and Capital 
Markets teams, led by Dr Arne Klüwer and Robert Michels, on capital 
structuring issues. 
 
*Dr Petra Brenner*, who joined Dentons in April 2018, was previously with 
corporate finance advisory firm One Square, where she served as Managing 
Director of the Frankfurt office. She has tremendous experience in banking 
and finance related issues as well as in financial restructuring, inside and 
outside of insolvency. She has worked for leading international law firms, 
as well as for a large British bank and an international investment bank. 
 
*Verena Etzel* will join at the beginning of May. She advises companies, 
creditors and investors on all German insolvency-related issues and on 
complex restructuring mandates, such as the financial restructuring of APCOA 
PARKING, BASLER fashion and Praktiker. She advises on distressed M&A 
transactions and has practical experience in structured finance, 
NPL-transactions and insolvency administration. At the moment, she is 
completing an executive MBA at the University of St. Gallen. She has vast 
experience in international law firms, having worked at Clifford Chance, 
Linklaters and, most recently, Willkie Farr & Gallagher. 
 
*Andreas Ziegenhagen*, Germany Managing Partner and Head of the Europe and 
German Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice group, commented: 
"Petra Brenner and Verena Etzel will reinforce our insolvency advisory 
capabilities in Frankfurt, one of Europe's largest financial centers." 
 
*Robert Michels*, Managing Partner of the Frankfurt office: "We are very 
happy to welcome Petra and Verena, whose experience in financial 
restructuring will interface well with our banking and capital markets 
offering." 
 
*Dr Petra Brenner*, said: "I very much look forward to the upcoming 
challenges at Dentons and to collaborating with my new colleagues." 
 
*Verena Etzel* said, "Dentons is a first class law firm for sophisticated 
and thorough restructuring and insolvency advisory. I look forward to 
working with such a renowned and widely skilled team." 
 
Including the two newcomers, Dentons' Restructuring, Insolvency and 
Bankruptcy practice now includes more than 20 lawyers in Germany. Other 
recent additions to the team include partner Daniel Fritz, who also works in 
Frankfurt. The Frankfurt office has doubled its personnel in the last two 
years to more than 45 lawyers and professionals. 
 
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*About Dentons* 
 
Dentons is the world's largest law firm, delivering quality and value to 
clients around the globe. Dentons is a leader on the Acritas Global Elite 
Brand Index, a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner and recognized by 
prominent business and legal publications for its innovations in client 
service, including founding Nextlaw Labs and the Nextlaw Global Referral 
Network. Dentons' polycentric approach and world-class talent challenge the 
status quo to advance client interests in the communities in which we live 
and work. www.dentons.com [1]*.* 
 
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