Dr. Cristina Weidner

Partner Restructuring
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

Cristina Weidner is extremely knowledgeable, ready to work and connects people.” A client says: “Very well integrated in our structure, pragmatic and hard working.” - Legal 500, JUVE

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

Cristina advises on financial and corporate restructurings, acting for sponsors, creditors and investors in turnaround situations. One focus is the advice to German companies on their financial restructurings by use of international restructuring tools, often in complex constellations with multi-layered financing structures. Cristina also advises (secured) creditors on the financial restructuring of their borrowers. She acts regularly for creditors in the context of distressed M&A transactions and German insolvency proceedings.

Cristina is a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA Deutschland e.V.) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Insolvency and Restructuring Working Group of the German Bar Association (DAV). Prior to joining Kirkland in 2023, Cristina spent her entire career at another tier one international law firm where she became partner in 2021 and head of the German Restructuring and Insolvency Practice in 2022.

Chambers Europe (2024) ranks her as one of the top restructuring individuals in Germany. Legal 500 named Cristina a “Leading Individual” for restructuring in Germany (2024). In 2024, she was recognized as a leading individual for restructuring in Germany by WirtschaftsWoche. Cristina is also listed among the “best lawyers” for restructuring and insolvency in Germany by Handelsblatt Best Lawyers (2024). JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien (2022/2023) lists Cristina as a frequently recommended lawyer for restructuring and insolvency.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Chapter on Trends and Developments in Germany, in: Chambers Insolvency Guide, 2023 (together with Dr. Johannes Lappe, Ann-Kathrin Ziegler and Dr. Michael Berger; the full chapter is available here).

The tort liability of the management board of a stock corporation. 2008 Berichte aus der Rechtswissenschaft. Aachen: Shaker.

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2005Germany

Languages

  • German
  • English

Education

  • Goethe University Frankfurt am MainDr. jur.2008
  • Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am MainSecond State Examination2005
  • Goethe University Frankfurt am MainFirst State Examination2002