Hamburg-based partner Max Wilmanns is a long-standing expert in corporate law, M&A/private equity and corporate real estate transactions. His extensive expertise ranges from complex company acquisitions and joint ventures in the corporate real estate sector to venture capital financing and distribution law issues. He advises German and international strategic investors and private equity clients on corporate law matters as well as on M&A/PE transactions, more often than not in cross-border contexts.
Max is often commended for his efficient and pragmatic consulting style, and his expertise has consistently earned him a place in prominent legal rankings over the years.
Practice areas
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate real estate transactions, including joint ventures
- Private equity and venture capital
- Distribution and commercial law
Awards
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “M&A” and “Corporate Law” (2019-2025), “Real Estate Law” (2021-2025) and “Private Equity” (2024-2025) - Legal 500
Recommended for “Corporate Law” and “M&A” (2024-2026) - JUVE Handbook of Corporate Law Firms
Recommended for “M&A” (2021-2026) as well as “Real Estate Law” and “Project Development” (2021-2025) - Leaders League
Highly recommended for “M&A Mid-Cap Transactions” (2024)
Testimonials about Max Wilmanns
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2013
- Partner at a major international law firm (2005-2013)
- Lawyer at a major international law firm (1997-2005)
- Secondment at a major international law firm in New York City (USA) (2001-2002)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1996)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Comparative, European and International Law at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy)
- Studied law in Tübingen (Germany), Lausanne (Switzerland) and Bonn (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Wilmanns, M. and Löhrius, S. (2018). Über Grenzen hinweg: Meilenstein für die Mobilität von Gesellschaften: Nach der Polbud-Entscheidung umfasst die EU Niederlassungsfreiheit auch die Verlegung des Satzungssitzes einer Gesellschaft über die Grenze, ohne gleichzeitig den tatsächlichen Verwaltungssitz verlegen zu müssen. Finance, Sonderbeilage März/April, pp. 24 et seq.
- Wilmanns, M. and Edye, C. (1999). Analoge Anwendung des Umwandlungsgesetzes auf „Umwandlungen“ außerhalb des Umwandlungsgesetzes? Der Syndikus, May/June, pp. 16 et seq.
- Wilmanns, M. and Mattfeld, A. (1998). Die Haftung des Aufsichtsrates im Zeitalter der Corporate Governance. Der Syndikus, November/December, pp. 18 et seq.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2013
- Partner at a major international law firm (2005-2013)
- Lawyer at a major international law firm (1997-2005)
- Secondment at a major international law firm in New York City (USA) (2001-2002)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (1996)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Comparative, European and International Law at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy)
- Studied law in Tübingen (Germany), Lausanne (Switzerland) and Bonn (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Wilmanns, M. and Löhrius, S. (2018). Über Grenzen hinweg: Meilenstein für die Mobilität von Gesellschaften: Nach der Polbud-Entscheidung umfasst die EU Niederlassungsfreiheit auch die Verlegung des Satzungssitzes einer Gesellschaft über die Grenze, ohne gleichzeitig den tatsächlichen Verwaltungssitz verlegen zu müssen. Finance, Sonderbeilage März/April, pp. 24 et seq.
- Wilmanns, M. and Edye, C. (1999). Analoge Anwendung des Umwandlungsgesetzes auf „Umwandlungen“ außerhalb des Umwandlungsgesetzes? Der Syndikus, May/June, pp. 16 et seq.
- Wilmanns, M. and Mattfeld, A. (1998). Die Haftung des Aufsichtsrates im Zeitalter der Corporate Governance. Der Syndikus, November/December, pp. 18 et seq.
Max Wilmanns, LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt, Partner*