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Susanne Fruhstorfer
Susanne is our Head of Restructuring & Insolvency in CEE. Her clients benefit from her quick-thinking and decisiveness on complex issues. Over a career of 25 years Susanne has made a name for herself as one of the most experienced insolvency lawyers in Austria.
Susanne joined in 2010 after managing her own insolvency, litigation and real estate law firm for just over a decade. She has worked on a huge variety of restructuring and insolvency cases, and passes this experience on to clients through her commercial wisdom, stand-out technical knowledge, and close professional network in the field. Susanne has been appointed as insolvency administrator by the Commercial Court in Vienna since 1995 and advises clients on all aspects of corporate insolvencies. As she spent two years working in-house with an Austrian bank, Susanne is also a specialist in banking law. She has particular experience in working with financial institutions, manufacturers, and technology, media & communications companies.
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Career
| Since 2010 | Partner, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c |
| 2004 – 2010 | Partner, Fruhstorfer & Günther |
| 1999 – 2004 | Partner, Fruhstorfer & Knittl |
| 1995 – 1999 | Partner, Weiss-Tessbach OEG |
| 1992 – 1995 | Associate, Weiss-Tessbach OEG |
| 1990 – 1992 | Lawyer, Creditanstalt |
| 1987 – 1990 | Academic assistant, Institute of Civil Law, International Private Law and Comparative Law, University of Trier, Germany |
| 1985 | Judicial clerkship, Higher Regional Court of Vienna |
Education
| 1995 | Admitted to the bar, Austria |
| 1986 – 1987 | Postgraduate studies, University of Trier, Germany |
| 1985 | Doctoral degree, University of Salzburg, Austria |
| 1980 – 1985 | Legal studies, University of Salzburg, Austria |
Publications
Fruhstorfer / Geroldinger, Insolvency administrators as addressees of the law governing the profession and professional ethics of lawyers; ZIK 2022/93 The implementation of the Directive in Austria – New opportunities for companies? – Eurofenix, 2021/2022, Winter Edition Austrian associations for creditor protection, Fruhstorfer / Howadt – Eurofenix, 2019 Summer Edition Leasing contracts and insolvency, in Konecny, Insolvency Forum, November 2017 Litigation in the event of bankruptcy - insolvency and restructuring law as well as execution law, Yearbook, 2017 Unresolved issues of offsetting in restructuring proceedings, ZIK, 2016 Statute of limitations for disputed insolvency claims, RdW, 2016 Out-of-court debt restructuring: Implementation of INSOL Principles in Austria, Eurofenix, 2014 Duty of the majority shareholder to file for insolvency, Breach of the separation principle, 2013 The fulfilment of the restructuring plan, RdW. 2011 Commentary on business supervision of banks and the Genossenschaftskonkursverordnung, Buchegger, Austrian insolvency law, 2009 Restructuring of securities service providers, ZIK, 2008 Assessment basis and remuneration for the use of special expertise, 2008 The maintenance of a current account credit relationship as disadvantageous legal transaction in the sense of 31 exp, OEBA, 2007 Termination of continuing obligations in bankruptcy, ZIK, 2003 Current account credit and claw back claims, ÖBA, 2001 Obligation of banks to provide information on bills-of-exchange discounts, ÖBA 2000, p.871 |
Memberships & Associations
Vienna Bar Association ICC Austria ReTurn - Forum for restructuring and turnaround Austrian Society for Bank Research INSOL Europe (International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals) DIS - the German institution for arbitration European lawyers association (ELA) |
Additional languages
| English |
| French |
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