Stefanie is a finance and restructuring practitioner with extensive experience advising on high-value, complex and cross-border restructurings, insolvencies and special situations. Her practice also covers rescue finance, distressed M&A, non-performing loan portfolio sales and collateral enforcement. She acts for a broad range of stakeholders, including banks, credit funds, financial sponsors, corporates and directors.
Stefanie also advises across the whole spectrum of lending activities with a particular focus on real estate finance across Europe, advising both lenders (senior and mezzanine) and borrowers on acquisition financings, development financings, senior and mezzanine structures, and loan-on-loan financings across all real estate asset classes. Her experience spans Luxembourg and numerous European jurisdictions, including pan-European transactions.
She is a regular conference speaker and was a guest lecturer in insolvency law at the University of Luxembourg.
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Luxembourg
- +352485050253
- Email me
- Practice area Financial regulation, Global Financial Markets, Banking & finance, Restructuring & insolvency
- Sector Real estate, Banks
Career & qualifications
- University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, DEUG Droit 2000
- University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, Licence en droit 2001
- University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, Maîtrise en droit des affaires (Certificate in European law) 2002
- Cambridge University, LL.M. 2003
- Admitted as an avocat 2004
- Joined Clifford Chance 2004
- Admitted as an avocat à la Cour 2006
- Counsel 2011
- Partner since 2021
Professional bodies
- Legal Affairs Committee of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL)
Awards and citations
- "Her commercial awareness and vision are very strong. A pleasure to work with”.
Chambers Europe 2024 - “Stefanie Ferring has a focus on cross-border financial restructurings and restructuring work involving financial institutions and real estate portfolios.”
Legal 500 2023: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets – Luxembourg - Rising star partner
ILFR 1000 2020 : Banking and finance : M&A - Luxembourg - Excellent lawyer, responsive and client oriented
Legal 500 2022