Practice Areas
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate Real Estate transactions including joint ventures
- Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions
- Commercial and Distribution Law
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Education and Professional Experience
- Lawyer at GSK Stockmann since 2013
- Partner in a major international law firm from 2005 to 2013
- Secondment at the New York office of a major international law firm from 2001 to 2002
- Associate in the Corporate/M&A department of a major German and international law firm since 1997
- Admitted to practise law in Germany (1997)
- Legal traineeship in Hamburg and Brussels (European Commission)
- LL.M. in Comparative, European and International Law at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy)
- Universities of Tübingen, Bonn and Lausanne (Switzerland)
Languages
- English, German
Awards
- Recommended lawyer in the fields of “Corporate Law” and “M&A” (The Legal 500 2024)
- Recommended lawyer in the fields of “M&A, Real Estate Law and Project Development” (Juve Handbuch 2021-2024)
- Highly recommend lawyer for “M&A mid-cap transactions” (Leaders League 2024)
- Ranked among “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law and Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2024)
- Ranked among “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Real Estate Law” (Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers in Germany 2021-2023)
- Ranking among “Germany’s Best Lawyers” in the area of “Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law” (Handelsblatt und Best Lawyers in Germany 2019-2020)
Publications
- Wilmanns, Max / Löhrius, Stephanie: 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, in: Finance Sonderbeilage – März/April 2018, S. 24 ff.
- Wilmanns, Max / Edye, Dr. Christian: Analoge Anwendung des Umwandlungsgesetzes auf „Umwandlungen“ außerhalb des Umwandlungsgesetzes?, in: Der Syndikus, Mai/Juni 1999, S. 16 ff.
- Wilmanns, Max / Mattfeld, Dr. Antje: Die Haftung des Aufsichtsrates im Zeitalter der Corporate Governance, in: Der Syndikus, November/Dezember 1998, S. 18 ff.
