HIGHLIGHTS:
- Frequently publishes articles on litigation-related topics
- Speaks on collective redress in Germany before domestic and international audiences
BIO:
Michael is a partner in the Firm’s Berlin office and is a passionate dispute resolution specialist. He has extensive experience with resolving large-scale domestic and international commercial disputes, including mass proceedings, and with developing and implementing domestic and cross-border dispute resolution strategies. Michael has been a Specialist Lawyer for Banking and Capital Markets Law (Fachanwalt für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht) under the German professional rules since 2017. In addition to his professional engagement, he lectures on consumer protection under German banking law, and serves as team leader and advisor for students rendering pro bono advice for consumers at the Humboldt University’s Humboldt Consumer Law Clinic.
Michael represents clients of various industries before state courts and arbitration tribunals. In addition to his role as party counsel, Michael acts as an arbitrator.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES:
- Representing a leading manufacturer of deep freeze applications against product liability claims brought by customers in North America and Asia, and in the assertion of claims against a German supplier resulting therefrom
- Representing a global beauty company in litigation relating to allegedly underpaid license fees for more than 30 worldwide markets
- Representing a Dutch manufacturer of medical devices in litigation against seller’s claims after the failed acquisition of a German supplier
- Representing a US private equity firm in litigation against third-party claims after the acquisition of a real estate portfolio
- Representing a German film fund in litigation regarding the assertion of claims against the German deposit guarantee fund (Einlagensicherungsfonds) after the collapse of Lehman Brothers
- Representing a German commercial bank in litigation regarding the assertion of claims against a credit broker resulting from large-scale fraud
- Representing a German commercial bank in mass proceedings regarding the rescission of real estate loan agreements
- Representing a German commercial bank in mass proceedings regarding breaches of pre-contractual disclosure obligations in the context of real estate investments by consumers
- Representing a German commercial bank in investigation by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin)
- Representing a Central Asian state against enforcement of an arbitration award rendered under the ICC Rules in Germany
- Representing a Brazilian construction company in arbitration under ICC Rules regarding the assertion of claims against a former German partner
- Representing an individual in arbitration under DIS Rules regarding the assertion of claims under a criminal defense cost insurance in the context of the manipulation of EURIBOR interest rates
- Representing a German media holding in various ad hoc arbitration proceedings relating to the exercise of shareholders’ rights