Senior Partner
Dr. Dirk Wegener is a lawyer at dhpg. He has worked exclusively in restructuring consulting and insolvency administration for more than 20 years. He is regularly appointed as an expert and insolvency administrator by nine insolvency courts in North Rhine-Westphalia, including in major proceedings such as the Oebel bakery with 1,000 employees and 167 branches. In addition, Dr. Dirk Wegener has special expertise as an advisor and administrator in self-administration proceedings.
In addition to his work as an attorney at dhpg, Dr. Dirk Wegener comments on provisions of the Insolvency Code and the Act on the Stabilization and Restructuring Framework for Companies at Uhlenbruck. In terms of content, the commentaries deal with the requirements for an insolvency petition, the settlement of contracts in insolvency, the distribution of the insolvency estate and the duties of a tax advisor to provide information when preparing annual financial statements. He is a member of the Cologne Lawyers' Association and the Cologne Working Group for Insolvency Law.
Dr. Dirk Wegener completed his law studies at the University of Trier. While working, he completed his doctorate on an insolvency law topic at the University of Cologne, where he also completed a master's degree (M.B.L.) with a focus on "Corporate and Business Law". After working for several years in insolvency administration at supra-regional law firms, he joined dhpg in 2012. He has been a senior partner since 2016.