The law office JAFFÉ Rechtsanwälte Insolvenzverwalter was founded by Dr. Michael Jaffé in 1993 and is currently represented at 8 locations. At present, 7 insolvency administrators have been appointed in 6 federal states of Germany. Additionally, Dr. Jaffé frequently acts within the framework of group insolvency proceedings, which include international aspects and issues.

To maintain the highest standards of quality, we have been certified according to ISO 9001.2008 and InsO 9001 (a quality management system specifically targeted at in-solvency administrators).

The law office JAFFÉ Lawyers & Insolvency Administrators successfully operates in all regions of Germany and is primarily active in the fields of insolvency administration, insolvency law, and related legal areas.

Provided that petitions are filed at an early stage, the German Insolvency Act pro-vides - along with our experience and assistance - an excellent and reliable legal framework to carry out reorganizations swiftly and in a manner that is protected against individual enforcement measures. Within the framework of insolvency pro-ceedings, we develop - together with the parties involved - successful restructuring solutions and implement them as well (e.g. also by means of so-called insolvency plan proceedings, i.e. complex settlements under German law).

Our professional experience and our independence are a guarantor for fair, transparent, and successful proceedings - particularly when these proceedings comprise complex business and financing structures. We handle insolvency proceedings related to companies of different sizes and operating in different sectors. In this context, we have specific experience in the field of group insolvencies, which include international repercussions. Furthermore we have special expert knowledge concerning the exploitation of intellectual property (as is shown, for example, in the internationally known insolvency proceedings KirchMedia and Qimonda). We have a long-standing, well-coordinated - national and international - network of resources enabling us to process also cross-border cases and proceedings.

The continuation of enterprises, frequently within the framework of multilevel groups and for many years after opening of proceedings, is part of our routine business activities. In this connection, the vast majority of the enterprises survived and continued their operations, and it was often possible to achieve very good quotas for the creditors. In particular, we have extensive experience of, and are well versed in, the continued operation of businesses with many hundreds of employees and several - often foreign - locations where also complex restructuring measures have to be implemented. These experiences and these competencies will be efficiently applied when handling insolvency proceedings of any size and thus are also beneficial to medium-sized companies in crisis.

In the area of labor law, which is especially important for the implementation of reorganizations for insolvent enterprises, we have comprehensive knowledge gained through many years of practical experience. In all insolvency proceedings, the re-quired restructuring activities and any other measures related to labor law were, and are, supervised and implemented by our lawyers who are specialized in this field. In insolvency proceedings, which simultaneously comprise several plants located at different sites and thus also several works councils and, at the same time, central works councils or group works councils and trade unions, these skills and competencies are particularly valuable and can be applied already at the beginning of the preliminary insolvency administration to ensure that plants and jobs are preserved to the maximum possible extent.

In cooperation with JAFFÉ Rechtsanwälte LLP (www.jaffe-llp.com), a highly specialized and independent corporate law firm, even complex insolvency proceedings are handled efficiently and successfully by us.