At Müller-Heydenreich Bierbach & Kollegen, we are committed team players. Our colleagues, working together for many years, are distinguished not only by their exceptionally high degree of specialisation and great commitment. Equally important is our respectful, fair and open dealing – within our office team but also with all participants in insolvency proceedings entrusted to us.

Axel W. Bierbach
Partner
Lawyer
Expert specially qualified in insolvency and restructuring law

Oliver Schartl
Partner
Lawyer, commercial mediator,
Expert specially qualified in insolvency and restructuring law

Thomas Funk
Partner
Lawyer specially qualified in employment law
Expert specially qualified in insolvency and restructuring law

Dr. Stefan Debus
Partner
Lawyer
Expert specially qualified in insolvency and restructuring law

Henrik Brandenburg
Partner
Lawyer, Expert specially qualified in insolvency and restructuring law, Lawyer specially qualified in commercial and company law and employment law

Severin Haneke
Partner
Lawyer

Dominik Schmitt
Partner
Lawyer

Wolfgang Stölzel
Lawyer

Evgeniy Geyler
Lawyer

Christopher Alff
Lawyer
Expert specially qualified in insolvency and restructuring law
Expert specially qualified in tax law

Bork Elpers
Lawyer

Dr. Carmen Schauberger
Lawyer

Markus Scheffler, MBA
Lawyer

Maximilian P. Hallberg
Lawyer
Expert specially qualified in commercial and corporate law

Claudia Heyer-Eisenhardt
Lawyer

Angela Zumbach
Lawyer
Special qualification in family law

Bettina Sezer
Lawyer

Ivonne Gabriel
Lawyer

Petra Fischer, MBA
Lawyer
Expert specially qualified in insolvency and restructuring law
Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Christian Beutler
Lawyer, formally retired
Consultant to the law firm

Barbara Beutler
Lawyer, formally retired
Consultant to the law firm

Eckhart Müller-Heydenreich
Lawyer, formally retired
Consultant to the law firm.

Anne Wittenbecher
Consultant

Nicole Michel

Vanessa Höft
Consultant

Melissa Schwinn
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

Susann Lo Giudice
Office Oliver Schartl

Gudrun Tiefenthaler
Office Axel W. Bierbach

Angelique Ziemann
Office Axel W. Bierbach
Office Ivonne Gabriel

Andreas Eberle
Office Christian Beutler
Office Severin Haneke

Markus Aurednik
Office Thomas Funk

Angela Lautner
Office Evgeniy Geyler

Cynthia Gordon
Team Assistant

Anja Liebert
Office Henrik Brandenburg

Stefanie Spießhofer

Melanie Mulik
Office Severin Haneke
Office Dr. Carmen Schauberger

Simone Sebastian
Office Maximilian P. Hallberg,

Valeria d`Errico
Office Angela Zumbach
Office Christopher Alff

Arfin Hamdi
Office Bettina Sezer

Melitta Hendel
Team Office Nürnberg

Ramona Holzmeier
Office Dr. Stefan Debus
Office Bork Elpers

Marie-Christin Handel-Schmidt
Office Dominik Schmitt

Vanessa Morgener
Office Markus Scheffler

Katrin Keller
Office Dominik Schmitt

Michaela Wurdak
Office Claudia Heyer-Eisenhardt
Office Wolfgang Stölzel

Eva-Maria Kendzia
Office Manager

Ursula Bayerle
Team Assistant

Werner Müller
Team Assistant

Irmgard Ponath
Accounting

Meike Lang
Accounting

Mandy Baron
Accounting

Martina Schiele
Accounting

Birgit Ranftl
Accounting

Julia Heid
Accounting

Jacqueline Leinweber

Angela Gras
Insolvency Table

Susann Krysinski
Insolvency Table

Marc Kidalla
Tax

Dieter Hurtz
Staff

Klaus Linczowski
Staff
Our Philosophy
The legal environment of commercial and insolvency law undergoes continuous change. The values of our law firm nevertheless remain constant. Müller-Heydenreich Bierbach & Kollegen has for decades stood for independent, transparent, responsible and high-quality insolvency administration. We consistently operate on one and the same principle, namely, our highest priority is the best possible satisfaction of creditors and the survival of businesses with their employees and the created assets. We establish the basis for this objective with a team which is distinguished by open communication and respectful dealing with one another as well as with all participants in proceedings. Our independent administrators combine commercial thinking, rapid and precise planning and decisive, expert action with the necessary courage and optimism in implementation.

History
1964 | Founder Eckhart Müller-Heydenreich developed the law firm into an insolvency law firm after six years in office as mayor of the State capital Munich (1972 to 1978) |
1985 | Lawyer Barbara Beutler joins as partner and second name in the firm‘s title |
1994 bis 2010 | The current partners Christian Beutler, Axel W. Bierbach, Henrik Brandenburg, Dr. Stefan Debus, Thomas E. Funk and Oliver Schartl join the law firm |
1999 | In that year, lawyer and insolvency administrator Axel W. Bierbach, whose name is included in the law firm’s name today, became a partner |
12/2006 | Eckhart Müller-Heydenreich withdrew from the law firm |
12/2011 | Barbara Beutler withdrew from the law firm |
10/2013 | The law firm assumed the name Müller-Heydenreich Bierbach & Kollegen which, on the one hand, reflects continuity and, on the other hand, transmission to a new generation |
Certification
As one of the first insolvency administration law firms in Germany, we received, as early as 2008, certification under ISO 9001. In addition, we have adopted the principles of proper insolvency administration (GOI – Grundsätze ordentlicher Insolvenzverwaltung) and the law firm is certified accordingly (VID CERT). Our law firm is also certified since July 2015 according to InsO Excellence, the highest certification standard for insolvency administrators in Germany.