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We are an interdisciplinary team consisting of lawyers specialising in guarantee and loan collateral law as well as construction and architectural law, business experts and civil engineers. As guarantee managers, we examine the utilisation of guarantees from a construction and legal perspective.
TORSTEN STEINWACHS
Lawyer Torsten Steinwachs, Business Mediator (Uni of A. Science) Managing partner at BMS
Mr Steinwachs has 30 years of professional experience in the implementation of restructuring and insolvency proceedings. Initially as a bank lawyer working in risk management for BHF Bank, ING Bank Deutschland AG and the law firm HERMANN Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer und Steuerberater, in particular in the major cases Philipp Holzmann AG, Babcock Borsig and Walter Bau.
In addition to this, Mr Steinwachs advises banks/ credit insurers and companies on the national and international level in the context of the issue of guarantees and in the event of an assertion of guarantee-related claims.
Mr Steinwachs is a lecturer in economic private law at the University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management – FOM – in Frankfurt am Main, and for restructuring and insolvency management at the International School of Management – ISM – in Frankfurt am Main.
Mr Steinwachs has published on the subject of guarantees in the publications Bankenkommentar zum Insolvenzrecht (3rd ed. 2016) and Rechtssicheres Avalgeschäft (4th ed. 2020) as well as on the subject of loan collateral in Fachanwaltsbuch für Banken- und Kapitalmarktrecht (5th ed. 2019).
Mr Steinwachs is a co-editor of the journal ForderungsPraktiker. For more information, please go to www.forderungspraktiker.de
BMS Bond Management Support GmbH & Co KG
Management Mr Torsten Steinwachs
Wiesenhüttenplatz 26
60329 Frankfurt am Main, germany
Tel.: +49 69 8740309-00
Fax: +49 69 8740309-10
ROBIN STEINWACHS
Robin Steinwachs studied commercial law in Frankfurt and Hamburg, specialising in particular in the areas of guarantee law and insolvency law. With 6 years of professional experience in guarantee management, Robin Steinwachs has extensive knowledge in the structuring and assessment of sureties. His legal expertise extends not only to the underlying theoretical principles, but also to practical applications in the corporate environment. In addition, he acquired the title “Certified Legal Tech Manager”, using it to implement innovative technologies in a legal context.
In addition to his work at BMS, Robin Steinwachs has obtained a double qualification as an insurance broker (section 34d of the Industrial Code, GewO). This additional qualification allows him to advise clients comprehensively on insurance-law matters and to develop customised solutions.
In his free time, Robin Steinwach devotes himself to sporting activities, such as water sports with a CW (coastal waters) licence.
BMS Bond Management Support GmbH & Co KG
Wiesenhüttenplatz 26
60329 Frankfurt am Main, germany
Tel.: +49 69 8740309-00
Fax: +49 69 8740309-10
SÖREN QUENT
Dipl.-Wi.Jur. (commercial lawyer, University of Applied Sciences) Head of Internat. Bonding
Mr Quent has 20 years of professional experience in the implementation of restructuring and insolvency proceedings. Initially as Risk Manager for Gerling Speziale Kreditversicherung AG, including in various major cases in the construction and plant engineering industry.
Mr Quent then worked in the corporate finance department of a Big4 consultancy firm.
In addition, Mr Quent regularly acts as an interim manager in restructuring proceedings, takes care of the continuation of operations during insolvency proceedings on behalf of insolvency administrators and manages the potential utilisation of guarantees at the national and international level.
Mr Quent gives lectures on topics such as operational restructuring, guarantee management and leadership.
BMS Bond Management Support GmbH & Co KG
Wiesenhüttenplatz 26
60329 Frankfurt am Main, germany
Tel.: +49 69 8740309-00
Fax: +49 69 8740309-10
FAISAL SIDDIQUI
Faisal Siddiqui successfully completed his training as an office management assistant in Frankfurt, specialising in human resources and management assistance.
Thanks to his first position at AWO-Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Mr Siddiqui was able to work with the latest digitalisation software and from this time onwards was mainly responsible for digitalisation in the HR department, including HR office activities. Mr Siddiqui came into contact with law matters through his other positions at the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office (secretariat) and the federal airport police (human resources department).
Mr Siddiqui was able to expand his legal knowledge by handling criminal complaints, processing injunctions/law suits and additional training in the detective trade (ZAD). In addition to his work as assistant to the management at BMS, Mr Siddiqui is also responsible for arranging bail bonds.
In his free time, Mr Siddiqui mainly devotes himself to his family.
BMS Bond Management Support GmbH & Co KG
Wiesenhüttenplatz 26
60329 Frankfurt am Main, germany
Tel.: +49 69 8740309-00
Fax: +49 69 8740309-10
CHRISTIAN SORING
Diplom-Ingenieur (chartered engineer)
Mr Soring has more than 20 years of experience in the engineering claims assessment of guarantee claims. After several years as an engineer in the construction industry, Mr Soring was employed in the Claims Adjusters Engineering department of a leading credit insurer. In this function, he had technical responsibility for major construction insolvencies, such as Philipp Holzmann AG, Walter Bau AG, Wiemer & Trachte GmbH, as well as insolvencies of well-known steel and plant manufacturers.
For a number of years now, Mr Soring has also been dealing with the requirements governing the utilisation of guarantees for photovoltaic and wind power plants – which often deviate from construction and building law – and provides consultancy services in this regard.
Mr Soring has published on “interdisciplinary claims processing”, a method he developed (Der Bausachverständige 05/2013). Mr Soring is also developing new business models for financial service providers, such as the processing of guarantee loans through guarantee servicing (Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen, issue of 1 March 2016).
BMS Bond Management Support GmbH & Co KG
Neuer Wall 80
20354 Hamburg, germany
Tel.: +49 040 756790954-01
christian.soring(at)bms-bond.com
KARL NIEßLER
Lawyer, Fachanwalt (specialised lawyer) for insolvency law and tax law Of Counsel
Mr Nießler has been working in commercial, corporate, tax and insolvency law for 30 years.
He can call on decades of experience in legal consultation and structuring, in litigation and as an insolvency administrator.
An important focus in the context of insolvency is the provision of consultation and representation services to affected parties, in particular public-law credit institutions.
He has been a member of the committees of public-law institutions for decades and therefore also has profound theoretical and practical experience in (legal) issues relating to such institutions.
BMS Bond Management Support GmbH & Co KG
Wiesenhüttenplatz 26
60329 Frankfurt am Main, germany
Tel.: +49 69 8740309-00
Fax: +49 69 8740309-10