People
Dr. Michael Weiß
Biography
Michael has more than fifteen years of experience in advising companies on M&A transactions with a focus on listed companies and public takeover law as well as on all issues related to corporate and capital markets law.
He also has extensive experience in advising on complex corporate restructurings, cross-border transactions and annual general meetings. He has a special sector focus on financial institutions and companies in the life sciences industry. Michael also regularly advises tech companies and is therefore very familiar with the effects of digitisation on the business models of his clients. He furthermore continually explores the potential of Legal Tech solutions and regularly utilises Legal Tech in matters where these solutions can help to increase efficiency.
Michael regularly publishes on various issues of corporate law.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
Sectors
- Banks
Selected experience
- CropEnergies AG on the public delisting offer by Südzucker AG.
- The cornerstone investor in the IPO of Thyssenkrupp Nucera.
- Knorr-Bremse AG on the attempted takeover of Hella KGaA.
- AKASOL AG’s supervisory board on the public takeover of AKASOL AG by US automotive supplier BorgWarner Inc.
- tado GmbH, Europe’s pioneer in intelligent climate management, on its indirect public offering through a De-SPAC transaction with stock-listed GFJ ESG Acquisition I SE.
- A global healthcare company on its EUR 150m investment in and cooperation agreement with Curevac AG.
- Friede Springer and Mathias Döpfner on the public takeover of Axel Springer SE by KKR (including delisting offer in 2020). Transaction volume: EUR6.8bn.
- TF1 and Ykone S.A.S on the acquisition of majority stake in German Influencer Marketing Agency COVER Communications GmbH & Co. KG and COVER PR Beteiligungs GmbH.
- Deutsche Börse as bidder in a competitive auction process for the acquisition of all shares in MFEXMutual Fund Exchange, a leading global digital fund distribution platform from Nordic Capital.
- Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG on a relationship agreement and corporate governance matters.
Education
- First German Law Degree, 2004
- Second German Law Degree, 2008
- Dr iur, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 2010
Admissions
- Germany, 2008 (Rechtsanwalt)