Maximilian Findeisen
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
Related services
- Corporate, M&A and securities
- Compliance
- Corporate governance
- Energy
- Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
- Financial investors
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity and venture capital
- Projects
- Real estate
Key industry sectors
Biography
Maximilian Findeisen is a corporate and M&A lawyer and co-head of our Düsseldorf office.
He advises international and domestic clients on complex and innovative transactions and projects, mostly across borders and jurisdictions. His clients include industrial companies as well as private and institutional investors.
Maximilian's profound M&A expertise comprises share deals and asset deals, both on buy-side and sell-side, as well as joint ventures and club deals. In addition, he is highly skilled in corporate law and advises clients and their executive board and supervisory board members on questions of corporate governance and corporate compliance.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Universities of Freiburg, Aberdeen University, Humboldt Universität Berlin, 1st state exam
- University of Rostock, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Ph.D
- University of Speyer, OLG Köln, 2nd state exam
- Rechtsanwalt (German qualified lawyer)
Advising
- UK industrial client - on the acquisition of a German packaging company*
- US industrial client - on the acquisition of EV charging business*
- Big Oil - on the acquisition of a German EV infrastructure start-up*
- German private equity fund - on the acquisition of a heating technology company*
- Publicly-listed med-tech company - on acquisitions in Switzerland and Sweden*
- Publicly-listed biotech company - on annual general meeting and corporate governance*
*Experience prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright
- JUVE Handbuch: Recommended lawyer for M&A and Corporate Law, since 2019
- Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt: Recommended lawyer for M&A and Corporate Law, since 2019
- Legal 500 Germany: Recommended lawyer for M&A and Corporate Law, since 2020
- WirtschaftsWoche: Recommended lawyer for Corporate Compliance, 2021, Corporate Law, since 2022
Max regularly publishes on current corporate law and M&A issues.
- Co-author of "Der Aufsichtsrat", C.H. Beck, January 2023
- "Clean Exit – Vertragliche Gestaltung der Haftungsreduzierung und Haftungsverlagerung in der M&A-Transaktion", Betriebs-Berater 2021, pp. 1607 et seq
- "Die Sorgfaltspflichten des Erwerbers beim Unternehmenskauf", Betriebs-Berater 2015, pp. 2700 et seq
- M&A Experts Day" Handelsblatt, 2021-2022
- "Deutscher General Counsel Kongress", 2022
- VGR e.V.
- IBA
- German
- English
Insights
European M&A and ESG: There is more to come
Publication | January 25, 2024
ESG and sustainability
Publication | January 17, 2024
ESG and M&A: There is more to come!
Publication | December 19, 2023