Dr. Marlene Ruf

Selected Project Samples

• MetalCorp: ad hoc group of institutional investors on the bond restructuring of MetalCorp group pursuant to the German Bond Act.*
• Leoni: lenders (a group of German and international banks) under Leoni's EUR 750 million revolving credit facility on the automotive supplier’s financial restructuring, including the first-ever German Scheme (StaRUG) implementation process for a large-scale financial restructuring.*
• SGB Smit: agent, backed by an ad hoc group of lenders, on an amend and extend transaction implemented through a UK Restructuring Plan over a German company.*
• Löwen Play: ad hoc group of noteholders on the financial restructuring of Löwen Play involving a complex debt-for-equity-swap through an English scheme of arrangement.*
• HIT Holzindustrie: direct lenders on the financial repositioning and takeover of HIT Group through a fully consensual deal.*
• Bartec: ad hoc group of lenders on the successful recapitalization of Bartec Group through a change of ownership through a Luxembourg share pledge enforcement, an investment of new equity and the significant reduction of financial debt.*
• Wirecard: fund on the acquisition of Wirecard North America.*

* Matters handled at a prior firm.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Marlene is noted as a frequently recommended lawyer for restructuring and reorganization in the 2023/2024 edition of JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms. She was recognized as one of JUVE’s “40 under 40” in 2023. IFLR1000 ranked Marlene in its 2023 Financial and Corporate Guide as a “Rising Star Partner” for restructuring in Germany.

Marlene speaks and publishes frequently on a range of restructuring and insolvency topics.

Marlene studied law at Bucerius Law School and holds a doctorate degree from the University of Hamburg. She is admitted to the German bar and speaks German and English.