Michael Stein

Michael heads up the Life Sciences & Healthcare industry group and with around 20 years of experience, he is a proven specialist and solution-oriented negotiator for complex M&A and private equity transactions. Michael takes up the challenge of complex situations in the interests of his clients.

His portfolio includes advice on large corporate transactions acting either on the side of the buyer or the seller, but also on restructuring, joint ventures, minority shareholdings, management investments and general corporate law issues. Michael represents the interests of strategic and financial investors from Germany and abroad, including hospital operators, medical care centre operators, medical technology and life sciences companies, and other healthcare providers - a range that reflects his strong industry expertise.

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Career

Since 2010	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2007 – 2010	Counsel, area of Corporate M&A/Private Equity, Lovells LLP (today Hogan Lovells International LLP), Frankfurt am Main
2001 – 2007	Associate, area of Corporate M&A/Private Equity, Lovells LLP (today Hogan Lovells International LLP), Frankfurt am Main

2005

Associate, area of Private Equity, Lovells LLP (today Hogan Lovells International LLP), London/UK

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Education

2001	Admitted and established as a lawyer, Frankfurt am Main
2000	Second state examination, Koblenz
1998	First state examination, Trier

1995 – 1996	Course of study, Seville, Spain
1993 – 1998	Degree, Law, Trier

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Publications

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.
Kostendruck, knappe Kassen und die Konsolidierung des Marktes Rosige Zeiten für Privatinvestoren im Gesundheitswesen?, NZS 2011, 525 ff. (with Oliver Klöck)

Additional languages

English

Hungarian

Spanish

Expertise

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

Experience

Successful financing and add on acquisitions for Oberberg Group

Oberberg Group on the successful refinancing of its existing credit lines. The new financing also served several add-on acquisitions. This included the internationally renowned private clinic Jägerwinkel am Tegernsee, which is expanding the treatment spectrum of the Group with its range of integrative holistic psychosomatics with a focus on interdisciplinary pain therapy. In addition, Panorama Fachklinik, an acute hospital for psychosomatics, and Privatklinik Hubertus im Allgäu, a specialist hospital for psychosomatics, psychotherapy and naturopathy, were acquired.

NORD Holding on the acquisition of Zentrum Gesundheit Group

NORD Holding, a leading private equity house, on the acquisition of the majority interest in Zentrum Gesundheit Group, a leading German group of ophthalmic surgery and diagnostic centres, from Waterland Private Equity. NORD Holding, together with the management and medical team, acquired a stake as a new partner and majority shareholder. In this deal the Taylor Wessing team again demonstrated its interdisciplinary expertise in the areas of healthcare M&A, regulatory and acquisition financing.