Daniel Vos

Expertise Daniel Advises Experience Highlights Career History

Partner

Insolvency, Litigation, D&O

+49 151 1037 5484

Expertise

Dr Daniel Vos has been a litigation lawyer for over 15 years, specialising in insolvency law and related areas. A key focus of his work is the intersection of directors’ liability and insurance coverage (D&O liability), where corporate executives, supervisory board members, insolvency practitioners and insurers place their trust in his advice.

Daniel also regularly handles insolvency-related disputes, including avoidance actions and disputes over security interests, and is frequently sought after for his advisory work on structuring matters.

In addition, he advises and represents both creditors and debtors in restructuring situations. He is particularly well known in the field of debt securities law, with numerous publications on the subject.

Daniel Advises

  • Managing directors, board members and supervisory board members on all matters of compliance and liability defence, as well as in insurance-related disputes
  • Insolvency practitioners in the legal analysis of liability issues and enforcement of claims in court
  • Insurers as defence counsel, particularly in insolvency-related claims
  • Medium-sized companies in crisis and insolvency – providing not only legal advice but also economic expertise
  • Insolvency practitioners and creditors, both out of court and in court, on matters of avoidance law
  • Creditors in large-scale insolvency proceedings as joint representatives under the Debt Securities Act

Experience Highlights

  • Forensic investigation of a nationally known criminal insolvency proceeding, including the enforcement of claims in courtRepresentation of an insolvency administrator in the negotiation and enforcement of liability claims against a company director, while simultaneously securing D&O coverage
  • Regular representation of insolvency administrators before all German courts in insolvency law disputes
  • Defence against an insolvency challenge claim brought by a nationally active brewery group
  • Defence against claims for delayed filing of insolvency against a medium-sized company managing director
  • Successful action for defect in resolution under the German Bond Act, establishing a new line of case law
  • Ongoing representation of bond creditors with a portfolio exceeding EUR 250 million

Career History

Previous experience

  • 2015 to 2025: Worked as a solicitor/partner in medium-sized boutique firms at the interface of insolvency
    law/directors’ and officers’ liability law/litigation law
  • 2012 to 2015: Worked in a banking law firm with a focus on insolvency law
  • 2008 to 2011: Lawyer at GÖRG Partnership of Solicitors
  • 1998-2020: Training as a bank clerk (Dresdner Bank AG), followed by work in the area of corporate clients/intensive support/settlement

 

 

 

Daniel is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Dr Daniel Vos has been a litigation lawyer for over 15 years, specialising in insolvency law and related areas. A key focus of his work is the intersection of directors’ liability and insurance coverage (D&O liability), where corporate executives, supervisory board members, insolvency practitioners and insurers place their trust in his advice.

Daniel also regularly handles insolvency-related disputes, including avoidance actions and disputes over security interests, and is frequently sought after for his advisory work on structuring matters.

In addition, he advises and represents both creditors and debtors in restructuring situations. He is particularly well known in the field of debt securities law, with numerous publications on the subject.

Daniel Advises

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  • Managing directors, board members and supervisory board members on all matters of compliance and liability defence, as well as in insurance-related disputes
  • Insolvency practitioners in the legal analysis of liability issues and enforcement of claims in court
  • Insurers as defence counsel, particularly in insolvency-related claims
  • Medium-sized companies in crisis and insolvency – providing not only legal advice but also economic expertise
  • Insolvency practitioners and creditors, both out of court and in court, on matters of avoidance law
  • Creditors in large-scale insolvency proceedings as joint representatives under the Debt Securities Act

Experience Highlights

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  • Forensic investigation of a nationally known criminal insolvency proceeding, including the enforcement of claims in courtRepresentation of an insolvency administrator in the negotiation and enforcement of liability claims against a company director, while simultaneously securing D&O coverage
  • Regular representation of insolvency administrators before all German courts in insolvency law disputes
  • Defence against an insolvency challenge claim brought by a nationally active brewery group
  • Defence against claims for delayed filing of insolvency against a medium-sized company managing director
  • Successful action for defect in resolution under the German Bond Act, establishing a new line of case law
  • Ongoing representation of bond creditors with a portfolio exceeding EUR 250 million

Career History

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Previous experience

  • 2015 to 2025: Worked as a solicitor/partner in medium-sized boutique firms at the interface of insolvency
    law/directors’ and officers’ liability law/litigation law
  • 2012 to 2015: Worked in a banking law firm with a focus on insolvency law
  • 2008 to 2011: Lawyer at GÖRG Partnership of Solicitors
  • 1998-2020: Training as a bank clerk (Dresdner Bank AG), followed by work in the area of corporate clients/intensive support/settlement

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Daniel is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).