Michael is a German qualified Corporate & Securities Counsel in Reed Smith’s Munich office and a member of the firm’s Global Corporate Group. His practice focuses on transactional matters, with a particular emphasis on venture capital, private equity and mergers and acquisitions, especially in cross-border situations.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to its sale of the FREENOW mobility platform to Lyft (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to the sale of its shareholding in used-car platform heycar to Volkswagen (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to the sale of full-service mobile solution for automotive repair and maintenance provider RepairSmith to automotive retailer AutoNation (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Representative Experience
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to its sale of the FREENOW mobility platform to Lyft (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to the sale of its shareholding in used-car platform heycar to Volkswagen (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to the sale of full-service mobile solution for automotive repair and maintenance provider RepairSmith to automotive retailer AutoNation (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to its investment in humanoid robotics company Apptronik’s $403 million Series A financing round (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to its strategic equity investment in Taiwan-based ProLogium to develop next-generation solid-state battery cells (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Inhouse advice of Mercedes-Benz Group relating to its strategic equity investment in US-based Factorial to develop next-generation solid-state battery cells (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Advised Carlyle Group on equity investment in HSO group, a leading global Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner, serving clients across Europe, North America and Asia (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Advised FinTech investor FinLab AG on multiple equity investments in FinTech startups such as US-based Uplandme and Spark Change, Singapore-based Sparrow Tech, AUTHADA GmbH, Gapless and Next Big Thing AG (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Advised PropTech investor Surplus Invest regularly on equity investments in PropTech startups such as Scaled Robotics (now: Naska.AI, Spain) and IMMO Investment Technologies (UK) (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Advised French investment fund The Investment and Support Fund for Businesses in Africa on equity investment in Zambian bank AB Bank Zambia Ltd. (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Advised Jochen Schweizer on the sale of Jochen Schweizer GmbH to ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Advised cybersecurity provider AUTHADA GmbH on its Series C financing round (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Advised Technology Crossover Ventures on its equity investment in SuperVista AG, the operator of the website brillen.de (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)
Credentials
Education
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law, 2014, LL.M.
- Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe, 2013, Second State Exam (Bar Exam equivalent)
- University of Mannheim, 2011, First State Exam (J.D. equivalent)
- Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, 2007, Legal studies
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Germany
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- German American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV)
- Munich Bar Association