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Michaela is co-managing partner of Reed Smith’s Munich office and a leading lawyer in the firm’s German Antitrust and Competition practice. She advises a range of international companies on EU and German antitrust and competition matters, including some of the world’s largest digital platforms and industry leaders, on investigations, competition litigation, compliance, distribution matters, on cartel, as well as market-dominance cases. Michaela also has significant experience in guiding clients through the regulatory aspects of transactions, often in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, to obtain merger clearance and to deal with German foreign investment screening.

Qualifications

  • University of Frankfurt, Germany, 2001, Dr. jur.
  • Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2000, Second State Exam (Bar exam equivalent)
  • Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, 1999, LL.M.
  • University of Frankfurt, Germany, 1997, First State Exam (J.D. equivalent)
  • University of Frankfurt, Germany, Study of Law
  • University of Keele, 1995, Study of Law

  • Allemagne

  • All German Higher Regional Courts
  • All German Local and District Courts

  • Munich Bar Association 
  • German Competition Law Association
  • Munich Competition Law Forum

  • Allemand
  • Anglais

Récompenses et distinctions

  • Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in Germany and Handelsblatt for Competition/Antitrust Law, 2020-2025
  • Recognised in the JUVE Handbook Germany for Competition/Antitrust, since 2018