“Five Years on, Germany’s StaRUG Is Doing Well,” Write Gibson Dunn Lawyers in Global Turnaround

In the Media  |  October 29, 2026

Global Turnaround

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In five years, the StaRUG, the law by which the German legislator implemented the European Restructuring Directive, has proven itself to be a reliable and fast restructuring tool whose mechanics strike a fair balance between the parties involved, write partner Leo Plank, of counsel Sacha Lürken, and associate Leo Verlage in their insightful article in Global Turnaround. 

They argue that the upcoming evaluation should not call the basic mechanics of the procedure into question but focus on making StaRUG a model for the foreign restructuring regimes that have so far been its equals.

This article by Leo Plank, Sacha Lürken and Leo Verlage first appeared in the October 2026 edition of Global Turnaround [PDF] magazine. Global Turnaround is the leading source of market intelligence for the cross-border restructuring and insolvency community.