Dr Michael Stobbe, M.C.J. (NYU)
Lawyer, Partner*
Dr Michael Stobbe, M.C.J. (NYU)
Lawyer, Partner*
Berlin-based partner Dr Michael Stobbe is a highly experienced corporate transaction adviser. He regularly advises clients on group-internal reorganisations and shareholder disputes and has extensive expertise in the structuring and negotiation of M&A transactions, joint ventures and real estate share deals. His client base encompasses a diverse range of industries, including real estate, automotive, healthcare and IT sectors, with a strong presence in both the domestic and international markets. His transactional and corporate law expertise is complemented by extensive experience in restructuring and insolvency situations, litigation, tax structuring as well as labour, IP and capital markets law. He has been recommended by the industry publication JUVE for his M&A advice and has been named by Handelsblatt as one of the best lawyers in Germany for corporate law.
Practice areas
- Transactional work, in particular company acquisitions, real estate share deals and joint ventures
- Corporate law, in particular stock corporation and limited liability company law
- Shareholder disputes
- Insolvency and creditor advisory services
- Corporate restructuring
Awards
- JUVE Handbook of Corporate Law Firms
Recommended for “M&A” (2021-2026) - Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “Corporate Law” (2020-2025) - Legal 500
Recommended for “Corporate Law” (2021-2023) and “M&A” (2023)
Testimonials about Dr Michael Stobbe
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2002
- Worked at a major international law firm in the practice areas of corporate law, M&A, banking and capital markets law
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1999)
- Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.) at the New York University School of Law (USA)
- Studied law at the Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- Stobbe, M. (2017). Fokussierung durch Abspaltung von Unternehmensteilen, in FAZ Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 25 June, p. 3.
- Stobbe, M. and Kahler, J. (2016). Schutzrechte in M&A-Transaktionen, in FINANCE Magazin, Sonderbeilage Top-Kanzleien, Edition 1, p. 6.
- Stobbe, M. (2006). Finanzinformationen in Wertpapierprospekten neuen Rechts, in Going Public, May, p. 30.
- Stobbe, M. (1999). Die Durchsetzung gesellschaftsrechtlicher Ansprüche der insolventen GmbH im Gläubigerinteresse, doctoral thesis, University of Jena.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2002
- Worked at a major international law firm in the practice areas of corporate law, M&A, banking and capital markets law
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1999)
- Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.) at the New York University School of Law (USA)
- Studied law at the Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- Stobbe, M. (2017). Fokussierung durch Abspaltung von Unternehmensteilen, in FAZ Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 25 June, p. 3.
- Stobbe, M. and Kahler, J. (2016). Schutzrechte in M&A-Transaktionen, in FINANCE Magazin, Sonderbeilage Top-Kanzleien, Edition 1, p. 6.
- Stobbe, M. (2006). Finanzinformationen in Wertpapierprospekten neuen Rechts, in Going Public, May, p. 30.
- Stobbe, M. (1999). Die Durchsetzung gesellschaftsrechtlicher Ansprüche der insolventen GmbH im Gläubigerinteresse, doctoral thesis, University of Jena.
Dr Michael Stobbe, M.C.J. (NYU)
Lawyer, Partner*