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Andrea Metz is Founding Partner at Barckhaus law firm, a newly founded boutique law firm based in Frankfurt, Germany. She is specialised in Distressed M&A and Restructuring/Insolvency and has more than 20 years of experience in advising national and international clients. Andrea has been involved in some high profile transactions in the German and European restructuring market, e.g., advising bidders I throughout complex cross-border insolvency situations. Andrea is also coordinator of Barckhaus’s French Desk. After her studies at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Andrea Metz completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at the London School of Economics. Before forming Barckhaus (together with five other partners), she worked as an inhouse legal counsel at entertainment group Stella AG in Hamburg with a focus on Corporate Law/M&A. She then joined Luther law firm where she worked for many years, followed by BUSE law firm. For the duration of one year, Andrea has also worked at the German Legal Desk of EY / Donahue & Partners in New York. Andrea acquired her Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and studied law in Mainz, Germany and Dijon, France. She speaks English and French fluently, in addition also some Italian, Spanish and Arab.