'Shareholder Loans in the Context of Private Equity Transactions': The granting of shareholder loans plays an important role in the context of leveraged private equity transactions and becomes particularly significant in the event of the company's insolvency. On the basis of the systematics of shareholder loan law and the statutory level of creditor protection, the paper explores the limits of any special treatment of shareholder loans in leveraged private equity transactions under insolvency law, taking a look at the typical practical constellations.