Berlin/Frankfurt—Global law firm Dentons has advised numerous national and international banks in their capacity as note creditors of Leoni AG on the repayment of their note loans. 

On July 10, 2025, the sale of the majority stake in Leoni AG to the Chinese company Luxshare was completed. As part of the transaction, Luxshare is acquiring 50.1 percent of the shares in Leoni from the previous sole owner Stefan Pierer, as well as the entire cable division of the Franconian automotive supplier. For Leoni, the successful repayment of its restructured financial liabilities marks the completion of its financial restructuring.

A Dentons team led by Andreas Ziegenhagen has provided comprehensive advice to the promissory note holders of Leoni AG since 2022 with regard to the financial restructuring under the German Corporate Stabilization and Restructuring Act (StaRUG). The team advised the creditors during the transition to the StaRUG procedure and provided them with intensive support throughout the entire restructuring period as promissory note representative until their loans were repaid in full.

Leoni AG, based in Nuremberg, is a global provider of products, solutions, and services for energy and data management in the automotive industry. The group employs around 87,000 people in 21 countries.

Advisors to the group of promissory note creditors

Dentons (Berlin/Düsseldorf/Frankfurt): Andreas Ziegenhagen (Lead Partner, Restructuring, Berlin), Oliver Dreher (Partner, Banking and Finance, Frankfurt), Philippa Münnich-Winter (Counsel), Detlef Spranger (Counsel), Yasmin Mohammadi (Senior Associate, all Berlin), Tobias Schröter (Senior Associate, Düsseldorf), Mariam Lomtatidze, Jacob Nicolaus (both Associate, all Restructuring, Berlin), Sven Henneke, Luis Anton Michalzik (both Legal Project Manager, Banking and Finance, Frankfurt)

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