Mr. Bähr is specialized in the field of Insolvency Administration and Reorganization Advising.  Mr. Bähr has been a court-appointed Insolvency Administrator for 18 years. Within the Rhein/Main area as well as in the new German Federal States, such as in Lower Saxony, Mr. Bähr has conducted numerous Insolvency Proceedings and Reorganizations and Restructurings of various-sized corporations.  Mr. Bähr’s objective has always been to sell well-operating, sustainable business units to investors in order to enhance their assets and dimension on behalf of Creditors as well as the furtherance of maintaining jobs.

 

Mr. Bähr possess profound knowledge and wide experience in connection with corporate transactions and the contractual outlining conditions they require and culminate in financing. Mr. Bähr is often called upon as an advisor in complex corporate restructurings and transactions of all sizes. 

 

German and English

Mr. Bähr is an expert at conferences and symposiums.  He is an Advisory Board Member of the German periodical (Journal for Commercial and Insolvency Law) (Deutsche Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Insolvenzrecht or DZWiR.

 

• Adjudication of German Federal Court of Justice on the new German Insolvency Code (German Federal Court of Justice or “BGH”) (de Gruyter Verlag, December 2006.  ISBN 978-3-89949-367-2 (Die Rechtsprechung des BGH zur neuen Insolvenzordnung 1999-2006 (de Gruyter Verlag, Dezember 2006, ISBN 978-3-89949-367-2)
• Consultant at the continuing education presentation in November 2006 on the top of Insolvency Proceedings for a private Limited Company with a registered office in Germany
• Rainer M. Bähr / Ottmar Hermann:  (Author of the Chapter on Insolvency Law in The City of Freiberg Construct Law Handbook (2^nd Edition 2004), DAV Verlag. (Freiberger Handbuch zum Baurecht (2.Aufl. 2004), DAV Verlag).
• Rainer M. Bähr / Daniel F. Fritz:  “The European Establishment for Insolvency Proceedings – The Challenge for Insolvency Administrators and the Courts” (published in the German periodical (Journal for Commercial and Insolvency Law) (Deutsche Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Insolvenzrecht), page 221 with the permission of Gruyter Verlages). (Die Europäische Verordnung über Insolvenzverfahren – Herausforderung an Insolvenzverwalter und Gerichte (in DZWiR 2001, S. 221)
• Co-Editor of the transcripts of the Leipzig Insolvency Day Convention, Logos Verlag Berlin
• Rainer M. Bähr / Prof. Dr. Stefan Smid, Kiel: The Right to Segregation under § 76 of the German Tax Code (abbr. the “AO” ) in new Insolvency Proceedings (in InVO [Insolvency & Enforcement (German professional journal)]2000, p. 401) Das Absonderungsrecht gem. § 76 AO im neuen Insolvenzverfahren (in InVo 2000, S. 401)
• Rainer M. Bähr:  Verification of Claims and Spreadsheet Management, published in InVO 1998, p. 205 (Forderungsprüfung und Tabellenführung, InVo [Insolvency & Enforcement (German professional journal)] 1998, S. 205).
• Das Gesamtvollstreckungsverfahren und seine Auswirkungen auf das Baugewerbe, Leipzig 1996
• Die erfolgreiche Vereinsgründung, Frankfurt am Main 1988
• Consultant at the Finance Colloquium in Heidelberg on various Insolvency Law topics (Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg)
• Permanent specialist author for the legal practice report on Insolvency Law                     

• Since 2007 Assistant Lecturer at the Leibniz University of Hannover
• GTZ: (Association for Technical Co-operation):  Mandate for Insolvency Administrator “On-the-Job Training” in Serbia (2005)
• GTZ:  (Association for Technical Co-operation):  Mandate on Insolvency Administrator Training and Judges in Russian Federation in connection with the European Union “Tacis Project” (2004)
• GTZ:  (Association for Technical Co-operation):  Mandate for the Development of an Insolvency Law for the Bosnian Federation and the Republic of Srpska (2002)
• German Federal States Commission for the Reform of the InsO:  Hearing –Expert (2002)
• From 1999 to 2005:  Member of the Preliminary “Attorneys Specialized in Insolvency Law” Examination Committee of the Bar Association of Saxony and, amongst others, as Substitute Chairman
• From 1991 to 2000:  Auditor of the Saxony Bar Association

• Member of the Managing Committee on Insolvency Law and Restructuring of the German Lawyers’ Association Working Group
• Founder and Member of the Board of the Leipzig Insolvency Day Association (Leipziger Insolvenzrechtstag e.V.) (a Registered Association)
• Federation of Insolvency Administrators Association for Germany (Verband der Insolvenzverwalter Deutschland e.V.) (a Registered Association)
• Institute for Insolvency Law (Institut für Insolvenzrecht e. V.) (a Registered Association), Hannover
• Wustrauer Working Group Association for Insolvency Law (Wustrauer Arbeitskreis für Insolvenzrecht e.V.) (a Registered Association)
• Insolvency Law Forum (German nationwide Association of more than 20 Insolvency Administrator law firms)
• Working Group of the Insolvency Tribunal and Arbitration Tribunal Association, Cologne (Arbeitskreis für Insolvenz- und Schiedsgerichtswesen e.V., Köln) (a Registered Association)
• Thuringia Working Group for Commercial and Insolvency Law (Thüringer Arbeitskreis für Unternehmens- und Insolvenzrecht e.V.) (a Registered Association)
• INSOL Europe und INSOL International
• Member of the Advisory Board of the German Commercial and Insolvency Law Professional Journal (Deutsche Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Insolvenzrecht).