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Michael advises national and international clients on all aspects of corporate and partnership law, including cross-border M&A transactions, reorganizations, joint ventures and restructurings.

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Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2023 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2023 Associate Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein
2019 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2019 Second state examination
2016 First state examination

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2023 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2023 Associate Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein

Education

2019 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2019 Second state examination
2016 First state examination

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