Brigitte Umbach-Spahn

Brigitte Umbach-Spahn leads the Insolvency and Restructuring 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 creditors’ committees. Brigitte Umbach-Spahn has been appointed by FINMA as an investigating agent for banks and financial institutions.

We strife to constantly enhance our career models to ensure equal opportunities for female lawyers. This is a vital part of the overall objective of our firm to attract excellent talent. A true diversity is an essential part to our firms success. The firm currently has more than 60 per cent female fee earners, the vast majority have already been working for our firm for many years. We offer very flexible employment conditions (part time models down to 60 per cent, flexible hours, opportunities to work from home etc.). At the level of counsel, more than 50 per cent are female fee earners. This shows our successful efforts to attract and develop a pipeline of excellent women lawyers also for senior positions. As a female partner I have been leading our Insolvency and Restructuring team (which is a key pillar of our law firm), since several years. I also serve on committees in our firm.

• Extraordinary bankruptcy administrator Publicitas AG in bankruptcy liquidation

• Liquidator Bank Hottinger & Cie AG in bankruptcy liquidation
• Liquidator Petroplus Marketing Ltd in debt restructuring liquidation
• Advising several Swiss debtors in cross-border, out of court, COVID related restructurings in the retail sector (particularly fashion in 2020/2021/2022)
• Advising Swiss companies whose financial situation has been affected by the Ukraine sanctions (2022)

• Banking
• Restructuring and insolvency

• Banking

• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services

• 1999

Member of the Advisory Board for the IBA Insolvency Section; Member of Insolvency Institute, Member of INSOL

• LL.M. UPENN 2001