Dr. Leopold Bauer

Leopold is a member of the Restructuring & Insolvency team. He advises companies, insolvency administrators and insurers on corporate and insolvency law issues and has a strong focus on insolvency related litigation, especially directors’ liability and D&O as well as E&O cases.

CV

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2017 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2015 – 2016 Visiting researcher, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen

Carrière

Since 2024 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2017 - 2024 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2015 – 2016 Visiting researcher, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen

Formation

2017 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf

2016 Second State Examination

2009 First State Examination

Publications

German D&O insurers avoid coverage of directors’ liabilities in insolvencies, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Expert Guide 2023, 42-44

Vorstandshaftung und Expertenrat, Dissertation, Bucerius Law School Hamburg, 2022 (published in German)

Keine Business Judgment Rule für Insolvenzverwalter, ZIP 2020, 2272-2278 (published in German)

Ansprüche wegen verbotener Zahlungen in der D&O-Versicherung, ZIP 2018, 2149-2156 (co-authored with Michael Malitz, published in German)

Von Vorstandsbezügen, Flugreisen, Festschriften, Firmensponsoring und Festessen: Vorstandshaftung für übermäßige Vergütung und „fringe benfits“, ZIP 2015, 1901-1911 (co-authored with Holger Fleischer, published in German)

Zur Darlegungs- und Beweislast des Vorstands in organschaftlichen Haftungsprozessen, NZG 2015, 549-551 (published in German)

Investorenkontakte des Aufsichtsrats: Zulässigkeit und Grenzen, DB 2015, 360-368 (co-authored with Holger Fleischer and Till Wansleben, published in German)