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          Michael Falter

          Partner // Managing Partner (Germany)

          Michael is the Managing Partner of DWF Germany. He also specialises in corporate law and has significant experience in commercial and corporate litigation and dispute management. 
          Sectors

          Retail, Industrials, Financial Services, Consumer Credit Regulations

          Services

          Acquisition Finance, Business Restructuring, Acquisition & Disposal of Insolvent Businesses & Distressed Assets, Creditor Services, Distressed Real Estate, Business Contracts, Construction Advice & Disputes, Equity Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Litigation and Arbitration, Commercial Litigation & Dispute Management, Finance Litigation and Regulation, Intellectual Property Litigation, International Arbitration, Real Estate Litigation, Insured Litigation

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          Experience

          Michael handles cross-border and multi-jurisdictional M&A projects, complex joint venture agreements, representing clients in corporate and post-M&A disputes and the acquisition of companies in administration (distressed M&A).

          He also advises on all general corporate law issues, including business restructuring. His sector expertise includes retail and fashion, chemicals, insurance, food and beverage, real estate and construction for clients across Europe, the Middle East and the US.

          • English legal commentary on the GmbHG (Limited Liability Companies Act). http://gmbhg.kommentar.de/eng/Abschnitt-3/Aufgabenkreis-der-Gesellschafter.
          • Landrechte der Six Nations: Landrechte der Six Nations in den britischen Gebieten Nordamerikas und Kanadas seit 1763, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010.
          • Die Unterrichtung des Wirtschaftsausschusses bei Unternehmensübernahmen nach Inkrafttreten des Risikobegrenzungsgesetzes, in NZA 2008 Heft 19, p. 1097-1101 (co-authored with Oliver Schröder).
          • Good Leaver-/ Bad Leaver Provisions and its enforcements, Juve Handbuch 2012/2013, co-authored with Dr. Mathias Reif.
          •  Kommentierung der §§ 712 bis 716 BGB in: von Göler Kommentare, BGB.Kommentar.de, abrufbar unter www.bgb.kommentar.de.
          • Kommentierung des § 46 GmbHG in: von Göler Kommentare, GmbHG. Kommentar.de (ongoing).
          • Case-Study: Causa VW-Die Kardinalfehler, rechtliche Sicht, GmbH.Kommentar.de
          • Brexit – Anwendbare Rechtsquellen und Auswirkungen auf Verträge, GWR 2016, 475
          Office Detail

          Office Detail

          Michael Falter

          Cologne

          • DWF Germany Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Habsburgerring 2, Westgate, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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