M18 takes on executive responsibility in restructurings as Chief Restructuring Officer, management board member or managing director, and supports companies in an advisory capacity as well as on supervisory and advisory boards. Led by Michael Giesswein, mandated by shareholders, supervisory boards and financing banks. Operating internationally.
Confidential first conversationRestructuring is decided not by the concept but by its execution. That is why we work as a well-rehearsed team of CRO, finance, operations and data-driven analysis, scaled to each mandate, always with clear accountability at the top.
Liquidity, earnings and options become transparent in the first days, AI-supported, robust and decision-ready for shareholders and banks.
We take responsibility where it is carried: on the management board, in the managing directorship, as CRO. With all consequences.
Restructuring path, financing, cost programme, stakeholder alignment: We deliver what has been agreed and hand over a stabilised company.
CRO, management board, interim executive management (CEO, CFO, COO) in crisis and special situations. Liquidity protection, financing, stakeholder management, execution of the restructuring path.
Execution of restructuring concepts: We do not write reports, we implement them. Out-of-court restructuring, StaRUG proceedings (German preventive restructuring framework) and debtor-in-possession proceedings in an executive or supporting role. Experience from one of Germany's most significant StaRUG proceedings.
Cost and earnings programmes, working capital, execution controlling. For shareholders and banks: an independent assessment of viability and management.
Board mandates in times of upheaval and crisis. Restructuring experience where oversight needs it.
Investor processes in crisis, divestment of business units, asset deals out of restructuring under time pressure and with complex stakeholder constellations.
Transparency in days rather than weeks: data analysis, liquidity and earnings reporting, process automation. So that savings last.
Our clients do not expect presentations. They expect a company that stands on its own again. Every mandate is aligned to that.Michael Giesswein · Managing Director
A selection of executive and restructuring mandates led by Michael Giesswein.
Approx. € 900 m revenue, 5,000 employees. Board mandate at the initiative of the financing banks. Initiation and successful completion of the StaRUG proceedings, one of Germany's most significant restructuring cases.
€ 1.5 bn revenue, 2,000 employees. Liquidity protection, restructuring programme and stakeholder alignment across banks, shareholders and credit insurers.
€ 450 m revenue, 1,000 employees. Restructuring and repositioning of one of Germany's largest brewing groups.
Several international mandates: parts distribution (€ 200 m, 18 sites), automotive supplier (€ 200 m, global plants including injection moulding and assembly) and performance programmes at suppliers with € 200–500 m revenue.
Restructuring and earnings programmes in textile retail (€ 80 m), food & beverage (€ 400 m) and FMCG/retail (€ 160 m).
Those who mandate M18 work with the people who also execute: in the executive body, in the project, on the board.
More than 20 years in restructuring and transformation. Appointed to executive roles by shareholders, supervisory boards and banks, most recently as management board member (CRO) of a listed technology group, completing the StaRUG proceedings successfully. An entrepreneur by experience: founded, acquired and successfully sold companies.
Experienced restructuring professionals with executive and line experience, assembled for each mandate, from interim CFO to PMO. Complemented by AI-supported analysis that creates transparency within days and streamlines processes for good.
We are available at short notice, confidentially and without obligation. In German, English or Italian.
Request a first conversationM18 GmbH (Turnaround Professionals)
Arzler Straße 68, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Commercial register: FN 501974y · Regional Court Innsbruck
Managing Director: Mag. Michael Giesswein
Business purpose: management consulting · Member of the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce · Applicable law: Austrian Trade Act (ris.bka.gv.at)
M18 Turnaround GmbH
Nördliche Münchner Straße 9c, 82031 Grünwald, Germany
Register court: Local Court Munich · HRB 285448
Managing Director: Michael Giesswein
Phone: +43 676 834 248 15 · E-mail: giesswein@m-18.at
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