Partner
Dr. Stefan Rindfleisch
rindfleisch@erg-legal.com
+49 40 37 48 14 0
Languages
German, English
Dr. Stefan Rindfleisch
Expertise
Stefan Rindfleisch specializes in the field of structured maritime financing. He has participated in numerous domestic and international fleet financings and restructurings, as well as in the intricacies of container financings and syndications. Stefan Rindfleisch has comprehensive experience in special forms of financing, such as domestic and international bareboat and lease financing (eg. UK Tax Leases), maritime promissory notes and loan securitization (pooling and repackaging of cash flow producing financial assets into securities that are then sold to investors). Another of his areas of expertise involves the advice to private equity, hedge funds and institutional investors on their investment activities in the shipping sector.
Stefan Rindfleisch is a registered lawyer admitted to practice in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. He is a member of the German Society for International Law of the Sea and of the German Maritime Arbitration Association. Stefan lectures on maritime commercial law at the University of Hamburg. He is co-author of the handbook “Grundlagen der Schiffsfinanzierung” (basics of shipping finance) and of the book “Maritime Law – Current Developments and Perspectives“.
1988 - 1994
Studies at the Universities of Freiburg and Hamburg
1996
Completion of the legal clerkship with the second state examination at the OLG Hamburg
2000
Doctoral thesis on the topic of international maritime law "Pursuit at Sea".
since 1998
Attorney at Law at EHLERMANN RINDFLEISCH GADOW
since 2001
Partner at EHLERMANN RINDFLEISCH GADOW
2001
The right of pursuit at sea
LIT Publishing House, Münster, Hamburg, London, 2001
2003
Legal Aspects of the German KG Ship Financing Concept
in: Marine Money, Official Guide to KG Finance, 2003
2013
Restructuring of ship financing
Grundlagen der Schiffsfinanzierung, Frankfurt School Verlag, 4th revised and extended edition
Arrest and Forced Auction
Grundlagen der Schiffsfinanzierung, Frankfurt School Verlag, 4th revised and extended edition
2013
Chapter 5, Section 8:
(Cross-Border) Leasing (in collaboration with Dr. Carolin Schmeding)
in: Hamburg Handbook of Export Law, Verlag C.H. Beck, 2013
Der Schiffshypothekendarlehensvertrag
Grundlagen der Schiffsfinanzierung, Frankfurt School Verlag, 4th revised and extended edition
2018
Chapter XII – A Brief History of German Ship Financing
Maritime Law – Current Developments and Perspectives;
in: Publications of the Institute for Law of the Sea and Maritime Trade Law of the University of Hamburg Vol. 24, published by LIT Verlag 2018
Various lectures, workshops and seminars for clients on selected legal topics.
University of Hamburg, Maritime Business Law: Fundamentals of Ship Financing (ongoing).
RWS seminars: Ship financing in times of crisis (2009 – 2018).
Chambers Global 2023
Banking & Finance – Germany
“Being admitted to practice in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, he is a regular and attractive choice for clients seeking assistance with transactions pertaining to this jurisdiction.”
General Business Law – Marshall Islands
“Recommended Lawyer” (besides Dr. Klaus Dimigen the only lawyers in Germany)
“He understands what his client wants.”
“Stefan Rindfleisch is an excellent lawyer.”
The Legal 500 Germany 2023
“Hall of Fame” in the field of maritime business law
The Legal 500 Germany 2022
“Leading name” in the field of ship finance
The Legal 500 Germany 2020
“Leading name” in the field of ship finance
“…very friendly, knowledgeable and fast worker with great experience in ship financing and also in other maritime fields”
“The eloquent Stefan Rindfleisch is a very good networker and dealmaker”
Chambers Europe 2023
Ranking Transportation: Shipping: Finance in Germany: Band 1
“Leading practitioner Stefan Rindfleisch is held in high esteem for his considerable expertise in ship financing mandates.”
“Apart from being a highly professional practitioner who knows everyone and has a long history in this market, Stefan Rindfleisch is also very good at balancing between the transaction parties. Therefore it is always really nice working with him.” “He is the best-connected lawyer in the market and has also been chairing important events for many years, which gives him a lot of exposure.”
Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers 2022
“Lawyer of the Year” for Asset Finance Law in Hamburg
JUVE HANDBUCH 2022/2023
„Often recommended lawyer“
Who’s Who Legal 2022
Global Leader im Bereich “Transport – Shipping”
National Leader im Bereich “Germany – Transport – Shipping”
Respondents say Stefan Rindfleisch is “first-tier for shipping finance and restructurings”
Lloyd’s List
Stefan Rindfleisch is listed as Top 5 in Lloyd’s List TOP 10 maritime lawyers 2017