Tobias Fritsche

Senior Director
Advises companies in challenged, stressed, and distressed situations
Cross‑industry experience spanning finance, wholesale and distribution, food processing, construction, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, and retail 
Has led complex restructuring assignments for boards and management teams of both listed and privately held companies
Zurich
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Tobias Fritsche is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Restructuring & Turnaround in Zurich. He advises companies in challenged, stressed, and distressed situations. 

Mr. Fritsche’s experience spans operational and financial diagnostic reviews, design and implementation of restructuring options, hands-on delivery of stabilization and crisis management initiatives, contingency plan development, and stakeholder negotiation. Mr. Fritsche has worked with clients across a range of industries, including finance, wholesale and distribution, food processing, construction, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, and retail.

Notably, Mr. Fritsche advised the board of directors and management of publicly listed company Hochdorf Holding AG on a complex financial and operational restructuring. He successfully led the divestiture of a subsidiary as part of the parent company’s restructuring process, executed under the Swiss Debt Restructuring Moratorium framework.

Mr. Fritsche’s other notable engagements include: advising the 12 shareholder municipalities of GZO Spital Wetzikon; playing a key role in the turnaround management of a previously listed international retail chain; leading product and portfolio analysis, as well as price negotiations, for a global tool manufacturer navigating significant price increases during the COVID-19 pandemic; co-leading short-term cash-flow review and advisory on behalf of a bank syndicate lending to an international retail chain with 800 stores in 40 countries; developing a business plan review on behalf of banks and other creditors for multiple industries; and collaborating on a Loss Protection Agreement (LPA) worth CHF 9 billion related to the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Fritsche spent three years in KPMG’s Restructuring practice in Zurich. Previously, he worked in Julius Baer’s Business Management department, where he was responsible for various business and process optimization projects.

Mr. Fritsche earned a master’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen. He is a member of the Swiss Turnaround Association (STA) and the Swiss Association for Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy. Mr. Fritsche is fluent in German and English.

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