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Michael Stein

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Frequently recommended lawyer for Private Equity, especially in the healthcare sector

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Michael's clients are primarily financial investors and their portfolio companies as well as strategic investors from Germany and abroad. His practice includes the structuring, negotiation and implementation of complex corporate transactions (buy-side and sell-side, cross-border and domestic), including leveraged buyouts. He has particular expertise in advising on transactions in the highly regulated healthcare sector. Michael is described by his clients as “solution-oriented and pragmatic”. Clients also praise his extensive knowledge of the healthcare sector. He has published a number of articles on corporate law topics in professional journals and regularly lectures on private equity topics. He is co-author of the handbook on medical and healthcare law (Beck'sches Formularbuch Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht).

Michael Stein is co-head of the German Private Equity practice.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Private equity
General corporate
Joint ventures

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Health & social care and investors
Medical devices
Pharmaceuticals

CV

Since 2010 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2001 – 2010 Associate/Counsel, Corporate M&A/Private Equity, Hogan Lovells, Frankfurt am Main and London
2001 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Frankfurt am Main
2000 Second state examination, Koblenz
1998 First state examination, Trier
1993 – 1998 Law studies, Trier and Seville

Career

Since 2010 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2001 – 2010 Associate/Counsel, Corporate M&A/Private Equity, Hogan Lovells, Frankfurt am Main and London

Education

2001 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Frankfurt am Main
2000 Second state examination, Koblenz
1998 First state examination, Trier
1993 – 1998 Law studies, Trier and Seville

Publications

Steigende Haftungsrisiken für Klinikgeschäftsführung - So stellen Sie rechtzeitig die entscheidenden juristischen Weichen, in: Klinik Management aktuell, Sonderdruck 09/2020, 25. Jg., S. 46-49, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Herausforderungen für M&A-Projekte durch die Corona-Krise: Auswirkungen auf Kaufpreis, Kaufpreisfindung und -sicherung, in: M&A Review, 06/2020, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Der M&A- und Private-Equity-Markt im Life Sciences und Healthcare-Sektor, in: Health&Care Management, 04/2020, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Transaktionen – Veräußerung und Erwerb von Krankenhäusern, Rehabilitations- und Pflegeeinrichtungen (Kapitel J.), in: Scholz/Treptow, Beck’sches Formularbuch Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht, 1. Auflage 2017, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Die Suche nach dem richtigen Partner – Strukturfragen der Gesundheitsholding, in: HCM Kolumne, 03/2017, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Finanzinvestoren im Gesundheitsmarkt – Transaktionen und Kooperationen als Bestandteil der Investitionsstrategie, in: HCM Kolumne, 01/2017, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Die Verbundlösung - eine Bestandsaufnahme aus rechtlicher Sicht, in: HCM Kolumne, 11/2015 und HCM Ausgabe 1-2/2016, 7. Jg., S. 53, gemeinsam mit Christopher Peine

Unternehmensverkäufe: Exklusiv-Vereinbarungen versus Auktion, in: FYB Financial Yearbook, 12/2014

Kostendruck, knappe Kassen und die Konsolidierung des Marktes Rosige Zeiten für Privatinvestoren im Gesundheitswesen, in: NZS 2011, 525 ff., gemeinsam mit Oliver Klöck

Anmerkung zu BGH-Urteil vom 11.12.2006 – II ZR 243/05, Haftung eines fakultativen Aufsichtsrats einer GmbH, DZWiR 2007, 327 ff.

Anmerkung zu BGH-Urteil vom 16.01.2006 – II ZR 76/04, Kapitalaufbringung bei der GmbH im Rahmen eines sog. Cash-Pool-Systems, DZWiR 2006, 248 ff.

Kapitalerhaltung bei GmbH und AG, DZWiR 2004, 493 ff.

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Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

Featured

Frequently recommended lawyer for Private Equity, especially in the healthcare sector

Legal 500 2025

Recommended Lawyer for Private Equity

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2025

Best lawyers: Private equity

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for Healthcare and life sciences

Frequently recommended lawyer for M&A

Frequently recommended lawyer for Private Equity, especially health care

Leading individual: Private Equity Law

Recommended lawyer: Healthcare and life sciences

Key lawyer for M&A

Frequently recommended lawyer for M&A

Frequently recommended lawyer for Private Equity, especially health care

"fair and solution-oriented", competitor

Leading individual: Private Equity Law

Recommended lawyer: Healthcare

Excellent lawyer: Healthcare, pharmaceuticals & biotech

Leading individual: Private Equity

Experience

Comprehensive advice to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) on M&A transactions

Advising ICIG on various national and international M&A transactions, including the acquisition of Evonik's site in Lülsdorf, near Cologne, and operations in Wesseling.

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Stephan Doom, Solicitor (England & Wales)|LL.M. (Nottingham)
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Dr. Anja Fenge, LL.M.
Dr. Michael Kieffer
Dr. Stefan Horn, LL.B.

NORD Holding and Zentrum Gesundheit on the acquisition of REALEYES Group

The NORD Holding portfolio company Zentrum Gesundheit, the leading ophthalmology group in Lower Saxony, has acquired the majority in REALEYES Group. REALEYES is a market-leading premium provider in the field of ophthalmology in the greater Munich area with over 100 employees at a total of 21 locations. REALEYES offers a wide range of medical treatments in addition to a growing refractive range.

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Michael Stein
Christopher Peine

Nordmed Healthcare GmbH (Medicover Gruppe) on the acquisition of AWO Krankenhaus Calbe

Advised Nordmed Healthcare GmbH (Medicover Group) on the acquisition of AWO Krankenhaus Calbe, a hospital for internal medicine with a geriatric focus. Medicover Group provides integrated and high-quality healthcare services.

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Michael Stein
Christopher Peine

NORD Holding on the acquisition of Zentrum Gesundheit Gruppe

Advised NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH on the acquisition of a majority interest in Zentrum Gesundheit Group from Waterland Private Equity Investments. Zentrum Gesundheit is a leading German group of eye surgery and diagnostic centers.

Michael Stein
Christopher Peine

Oberberg GmbH on acquisition of Panorama Fachkliniken

Advised Oberberg GmbH on the acquisition of Panorama Fachkliniken (Scheidegg/Allgäu).) As a result of the acquisition, the Berlin-based company's nationwide network will in future be made up of thirteen facilities, making it the leading quality association of private clinics in the field of psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics in the German-speaking countries.

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Michael Stein
Christopher Peine

The Cadmus Group LLC on the acquisition of ifok and Meister Consultants Group

Advised The Cadmus Group LLC, a leading US strategy consultancy on the acquisition of the consulting companies ifok GmbH and Meister Consultants Group.

Michael Stein
Christopher Peine

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