Brigitte Umbach-Spahn
Brigitte Umbach-Spahn is a partner on the Insolvency and Restructuring team and head of the team. She advises creditors and debtors in national and cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases and represents clients in court in insolvency matters. She also acts as administrator/liquidator in complex insolvency proceedings and serves as a member of creditor committees. Brigitte Umbach-Spahn has been appointed by FINMA as an investigating agent for banks and financial institutions. Brigitte Umbach-Spahn is past co-chair of the IBA Insolvency Section and since 2019 member of the advisory board of the IBA Insolvency Section. She regularly speaks at national and international conferences and publishes on topics relating to insolvency law. · Wenger Plattner
About
Brigitte Umbach-Spahn is a partner and head of the Insolvency and Restructuring team at Wenger Plattner, advising creditors and debtors in national and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters, representing clients in court, and acting as administrator/liquidator in complex insolvency proceedings. She has been appointed by FINMA as an investigating agent for banks and financial institutions, is a past co-chair of the IBA Insolvency Section and a member of its advisory board since 2019, and regularly speaks and publishes on insolvency law.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- University of Zurich, lic. iur., 1996
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.M., 2001
Admissions
- Bar admission, 1999