Michael is a corporate lawyer with particular experience in M&A, private equity, and restructuring matters.

He regularly advises public and private companies in cross border transactions and joint venture projects. Michael is an expert in mid-market M&A and has broad experience in corporate governance and compliance matters.

He has a strong track record and particular experience in the Automotive, the Technology and the Logistics Sector. Michael also frequently advises family owners on business succession issues.

Languages
German, English

Education
University of Osnabrueck: Master of Law (Taxation) (1995-1996)
First State Examination (1995)

Professional Associations

• International Bar Association
  

Additional Information
VGR Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung
Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
Westfaelischer Steuerkreis e.V, tax OS e.V.
ArMiD - Aufsichtsraete Mittelstand in Deutschland e.V.

Seminars/ Presentation
M&A 2011 - Was Kaeufer im kommenden Jahr beachten sollten (M&A 2011 - Issues to be considered by Buyers in the coming year)
Client seminar in cooperation with DGM Gesellschaft fuer Mittelstandsberatung and IPONTIX Equity Consultant December 2, 2010, Cologne


M&A in der Krise (M&A in the crisis)
Client Seminar, 2009, Cologne


Professional Activities and Experience
DLA Piper, Cologne (Counsel) (2009-2014)
Weil Gotshal Manges, Munich (Senior Associate) (2006-2009)
Simmons & Simmons, Duesseldorf (2000-2005)
Bar Examination, Admission to Bar (1999)
Doctoral Thesis on "Tax Accounting of Environmental Assets" (1998)

• New ECJ Ruling Shakes Up German Pharmacy Market and Lays Path for Expansion of EU-Based Mail Order Pharmacies

  By Michael Soergel, LL.M. |October 2016

• New ECJ Ruling Shakes Up German Pharmacy Market and Lays Path for Expansion of EU-Based Mail Order Pharmacies

  By Michael Soergel, LL.M. |October 2016

Additional ArticlesM&A Deals: Risiken mit Vendor Due Dili­gence iden­ti­fizieren (M&A Deals: Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of rsiks by Ven­dor Due Dili­gence)
Finance-Magazin, June 28, 2013


Sicherungs­fra­gen bei M&A im Vorder­grund (Pro­tec­tion in the fore­ground of M&A transac­tions)
Finance-Magazin, October 16, 2012


Mi­tar­beit­er­beteili­gung: Die Unternehmenssanierung rueckt in den Fokus (Employee partic­i­pa­tion: Com­pany re­struc­tur­ing comes into focus)
Handelsblatt, November 17, 2011


Gute Zeiten fuer Un­ternehmenskaeufer (Good times for company buy­ers)
Handelsblatt, February 9, 2011


Uebernah­men auch ohne Bank finanzieren (Financ­ing of take overs with­out banks)
Handelsblatt, September 30, 2010


Mit einem Bein in der Haf­tung (Lia­bil­ity risks in M&A trans­ac­tions)
Finance-Magazin, July/August 2010


Fallstricke beim Unternehmenskauf (Pit­falls in M&A trans­ac­tions)
Vermoegen und Steuern 7/2010


Kreditk­lemme macht erfind­erisch (Credit cri­sis cre­ates cre­ativity)
Handelsblatt, September 21, 2009


Moeglichkeiten der An­passung von Buchw­ertabfind­ungen an den niedrigeren Verkehr­swert bei der GmbH (Pos­si­bil­i­ties to ad­just book value com­pen­sa­tion clauses to the lower fair mar­ket value in Ger­man limited li­a­bil­ity com­pa­nies)
DStR 2003, 1260


Koerper­schaft­s­teuer­liche Auswirkun­gen der Centros-Entschei­dung des EuGH (Tax conse­quences of the Centros de­ci­sion of the ECJ)
Der Betrieb, 1999, 2238


Die bilanzs­teuer­rechtliche Behand­lung von umweltschutzbe­d­ingten In­dus­triean­la­gen (Tax Account­ing of en­vi­ron­men­tal as­sets)
Peter Lang 1998