Dr. Johannes Lappe

Partner Restructuring
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

Dr. Johannes Lappe is a restructuring partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

He focuses on cross-border restructurings advising both debtors and creditors on acquisitions, disposals and reorganizations of stressed and distressed businesses as well as on related litigation matters.

IFLR1000 recognizes Johannes as a “Rising Star” 2025 for restructuring and insolvency in Germany. He is also listed among the “Best Lawyers” for restructuring and insolvency in Germany by Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2025. He is a lecturer for the German, European and international insolvency law at the University of Heidelberg.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Chapter on Trends and Developments in Germany, in: Chambers Insolvency Guide, 2023 (co-author with Dr. Cristina Weidner, Ann-Kathrin Ziegler and Dr. Michael Berger)

Kommentierung der §§ 60-63 StaRUG (legal commentary §§ 60-63 StaRUG), in: StaRUG Kommentar, 1st ed. 2022 (eds. Seibt, Westpfahl) (co-author with Dr. Josef Parzinger)

Chapter on Germany, in: International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – Restructuring & Insolvency, 15th ed. 2021 (co-author with Dr. Josef Parzinger and Michael Berger)

The race is on to be Europe’s ‘preferred candidate’ for restructurings, in: Journal of Corporate Renewal, March 2021 (co-author with Joris Dunki Jacobs and Vincent Vroom)

“Die Prüfung der Zahlungsunfähigkeit unter besonderer Berücksichtigung prognostischer Elemente“ (The determination of insolvency with special regard to considerations of prognostic elements), in: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) 2019, 2143 (co-author with Dr. Bernd Meyer-Löwy and Dr. Josef Parzinger)

Kooperationen wissenschaftlicher Einrichtungen, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, doctoral thesis, passim

Fortgeschrittenenklausur - Zivilrecht: Schuldrecht und Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht – Biodieselpreisjumping, JuS 2018, 877 ff. (co-author with Laura Köpf)

Eine Kooperationsform für die Wissenschaft, Ordnung der Wissenschaft 2017, 1 ff. (co-author with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Hommelhoff and Prof. Dr. Wolfram Eberbach)

Fortgeschrittenenklausur: Beratungsbedarf bei Beendigung eines Mietverhältnisses, ZJS 2015, 173 ff.

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2018Germany

Languages

  • German
  • English

Education

  • Heidelberg UniversityDr. jur.2018
  • Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am MainSecond State Examination2018
  • Heidelberg UniversityFirst State Examination2014
  • Université de LausanneLaw Studies2012–2013