Frankfurt
+49 69 975 61-303 +49 69 975 61-200 m.neises@heuking.de
Languages
German,
English
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Corporate Finance
- Financing
- Finance Law
- Capital Markets
- Going Public
- Shareholder Activism
- Stock Corporation Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Acquisition financing
- Corporate finance
- Project financing
- Ship financing
- Mezzanine/Debt fund financing
- Capital market financing
- NPL
- Corporate / M&A
Vita
- Admitted to the bar (Rechtsanwalt) / 2009 (Solicitor (England & Wales)) since 2001
- Education and former activities
- German Boutique Law Firm (Partner, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law; M&A) 2010 – 2013
- Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (Head of German Desk, London Office, Local Partner, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law; M&A)2008 – 2010
- BPP Law School – QLTT Solicitor (England and Wales)
- Oktober 2004 – March 2008: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (Local Partner from 2007, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law; M&A) 2008 – 2009
- Clifford Chance LLP (Associate, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law) 2001 – 2004
- Second State Exam (State of Hesse) Januar 2001
- First State Exam (Lower Saxony) October 1998
- Law School (Universities of Marburg, Freiburg and Göttingen)1993 – 1998
- Deutsche Bank AG Hannover / Magdeburg1990 – 1993
Affiliations
- DKS e.V. (Deutsche Kreditmarkt-Standards)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Law Society
- Frankfurter Juristische Gesellschaft e.V.
- German Lawyer Association (DAV)
Michael Neises's Distinctions
Best Lawyers 2026
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2025
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
Leaders League 2024
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Events
Speaker at Conferences (e.g. Structured Finance Conference, Stuttgart, 2020, 2019, 2018: expert slots on “Recent Trends in Covenant-Lite and Covenant-Loose Financings”; Restructuring Summit, Frankfurt; C5 Commercial Lending, Amsterdam und Frankfurt; Euroforum, Frankfurt)
Latest news
Publications
2025
Fokusthema: Abspaltungen von börsennotierten Unternehmen
GoingPublic, July 28, 2025, together with Dr. Harald Hasselmann and Ralf Hellfritsch
2024
Neuregelung zum deutschen NPL-Markt – Kreditzweitmarktgesetz in Kraft seit 30. Dezember 2023
Restructuring Update 01/2024 und Banking & Finance Update 01/2024,
together with
Dr. Arnold Büssemaker, Licencié en droit
, Christian Staps
, Dr. Karolina Badura
2023
The Secondary Credit Market Act – a new regulation for the German NPL market (effective from 30 December 2023)
Update Restrukturierung 02/2023 & Update Banking & Finance 01/2023,
together with
Dr. Arnold Büssemaker, Licencié en droit
, Dr. Karolina Badura
, Christian Staps
Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz: Erleichterungen bei Kapitalerhöhungen
Update Corporate / M&A Nr. 36, Update Capital Market Nr. 53,
together with
Dr. Thorsten Kuthe
, Boris Dürr
, Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. (Columbia University)
Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz: Die neue Börsenmantelaktiengesellschaft
Update Capital Market No. 52,
together with
Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. (Columbia University)
, Dr. Thorsten Kuthe
, Boris Dürr
2022
Heuking und PwC Legal beraten bei Messe-Joint-Venture
JUVE Rechtsmarkt, January 26, 2022
2021
Unlimited Personal Liability of Shareholders in Air Berlin PLC as a result of BREXIT?
Update Shareholder Activism No. 3,
together with
Christian Staps
Der Fall GameStop – Handlungsmöglichkeiten für börsennotierte Unternehmen nach deutschem Recht im Falle eines Short Squeeze
Update Shareholder Activism No. 2
2020
Liquidity support through “unlimited” loan guarantees – Update – including KfW quick loan program and initial emergency measures by German states (Bavaria, HH, NRW)
Update capital markets | special newsletter coronavirus,
together with
Sandra Pfister, LL.M. (University of Sydney)
, Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. (Columbia University)
, Dr. Thorsten Kuthe
, Dr. Markus Rabe, LL.M. (University of Queensland)
Effects on existing corporate loan agreements under german law
Special newsletter coronavirus,
together with
Sandra Pfister, LL.M. (University of Sydney)
2019
Covenant-Lite und Covenant-Loose-Finanzierungen
Update Banking & Finance, April 2019
2017
Chambers Fintech Guide
Chapter: Germany Law and Practice
FinTech Guide 2018
Chambers and Partners, 22. September 2017,
together with
Dr. Christoph Gringel
2016
Trends bei Financial Covenants
Finance special supplement to 12th Structured Finance, 11-12/2016, p. 14
Proposal of the EU Commission for a new Prospectus Regulation
Update Capital Markets, January 19, 2016
Lectures
2022
M&A Transaktionen in unsicheren Zeiten: Risikomanagement durch rechtliche Lösungen
20. Deutscher Corporate M&A-Kongress, October 04, 2022, Frankfurt
2019
How Activists Prevent Buyouts in the EU: Squeeze Outs and Hold Outs
March 6, 2019 in London
2016
Recent Developments in the German Finance Markets
WSG Banking & Finance Group Meeting 2016, February 5, 2016, in Frankfurt am Main
The Syndicated Loan – recent Developments regarding Documentation and Restructuring
presentation during “Financial Restructuring I – Special Situation Financing” conference organized by Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner in Frankfurt on September 21, 2015, Düsseldorf on November 2, 2015, Hamburg on November 9, 2015Berlin on November 23, 2015, Stuttgart on January 18, 2016, Munich on January 25, 2016