Dr. Sebastian Zeeck, LL.M. (Taxation)

Partner | Head of Restructuring and Insolvency Law Germany Hamburg

Corporate Law Insolvencies and Restructurings Litigation, Arbitration

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PwC Legal

Alsterufer 1

20354 Hamburg

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Tel. +49 40 63788160

Mobile +49 160 4118193

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Qualification

Examinations in insolvency law, commercial and corporate law
Master of Laws (Taxation) since 2006
Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 1999

Expertise

National and international companies and groups
CEOs, CFOs, managing directors, advisory board members
Entrepreneurs and private clients

Languages

German
English
French

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About me

Sebastian Zeeck heads the restructuring and insolvency law practice group. He provides comprehensive advice in the areas of restructuring and insolvency as well as corporate law, and he combines both areas. He specialises in restructuring and advising in times of crisis and insolvency on the one hand, and on complex corporate and commercial transactions and disputes on the other. He has more than twenty years of litigation experience. His clients are companies and entrepreneurs as well as insolvency administrators.

Memberships

Sebastian Zeeck is a member of the Insolvency Law and Restructuring Working Group of the German Bar Association and of the North German Insolvency Forum.

Career

Since 2024: PwC Legal, Hamburg
Until 2024: Partner at a traditional German law firm, Hamburg, Cologne
Until 2020: Partner at a major international law firm, Hamburg, Munich, London
Since 2016: Certified consultant for restructuring
Until 2016: Lecturer for the course "International Insolvency Law" for the German Lawyers' Institute (DAI)
2008: Examination as certified lawyer in commercial and corporate law
2006: Examination as certified tax lawyer
2006: Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation, University of Münster
Until 2006: Deputy General Counsel of a large, internationally renowned trading group, Hamburg
2004: Examination as certified insolvency lawyer
2002: Doctorate at the University of Hamburg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. mult. Ulrich Drobnig, M.C.L. (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, dissertation topic: International Avoidance Law in Insolvency, Mohr Siebeck, MPI Studies)
Until 2002: Senior Associate at an international law boutique
Until 1999: Lecturer, tutor, Hamburg
Until 1994: Study of Law, Hamburg, Munich, Münster, and Cambridge (UK)

Publications

Das internationale Anfechtungsrecht in der Insolvenz [International avoidance law in case of insolvency], studies on foreign and international private law, Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Vol. 108, Mohr Siebeck 2003
Die Anknüpfung der Insolvenzanfechtung [The jurisdictional basis of insolvency avoidance], ZInsO Zeitschrift für das gesamte Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht 2005, S. 281-299
Die Umsatzsteuer in der Insolvenz [Turnover tax during insolvency], KTS Zeitschrift für Insolvenzrecht 2006, S. 407-448
Der Referenzzeitraum für die Bestimmung des Börsenwerts eines Unternehmens bei Strukturmaßnahmen [The reference period for determining the stock market value of a company in case of structural measures], AG Die Aktiengesellschaft 2010, S. 699-707 (in collaboration with Dr. Michael Reichard)
Anfechtbarkeit einer Guthabenentnahme: Kapitalkonto eines Kommanditisten [Contestability of a credit withdrawal: capital account of a limited partner], DER BETRIEB 2021, S. 332-333 (in collaboration with Dr. Nefail Berjasevic)

Mentions

Sebastian Zeeck is listed in the in-house counsel survey kanzleimonitor.de since 2022/2023 among the TOP 10 for insolvency law and restructuring and among the TOP 10 for corporate law.
He has consistently been recommended as a corporate lawyer in the JUVE Handbook since 2010/2011.