Michael–Florian Ranft

Florian is the founder of the Shanghai and Beijing offices and heads the international China Group of Taylor Wessing. He is considered a leading expert in Sino-foreign transaction business. Since the early 1990s, he has been advising on investments in and out of China - from project structuring (including IP), drafting and negotiating contracts to questions of subsequent business operations.

His portfolio includes both nationally and provincially approved projects in China. Florian’s clients include multinational corporations and medium-sized companies as well as individual start-ups, especially technology-driven companies in the automotive and life sciences and healthcare sectors. In various functions he is committed to improving cooperation between East and West: Florian is Secretary General of the German-Chinese Lawyers’ Association and a member of the board of the German Asia Pacific Business Association.

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Career

Since 1996	Partner, Taylor Wessing
1994	Partner, international law firm
1993	Associate, international law firm

1991

Legal clerkship, international law firm

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Education

1993	Admitted as a lawyer, Munich
1993	State examination, Munich

Publications

"Handbuch Wirtschaft und Recht", Beck-Verlag 1999
"Chinesisches Wirtschaftsrecht: Einführung für Unternehmer", Nomos–Verlag 2006

Memberships & Associations

General secretary of the Deutsch–Chinesische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
German Asia Pacific Business Association
Chinaforum Bayern e.V.

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Services and Groups Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Sectors Automotive & mobility Life sciences & healthcare Manufacturing & industrials

Experience

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Awards

JUVE Handbook 2021/2022	Frequently recommended lawyer for corporate law
Chambers Global 2021	Michael-Florian Ranft offers considerable experience with cross-border corporate matters involving China, with one client describing him as "very reliable and quick, very responsive and client-oriented."
Legal 500 Germany 2021	Key lawyer: China M&A
JUVE Handbook 2020/2021	Frequently recommended lawyer for Corporate (especially for China)
JUVE Handbook 2019/2020	Frequently recommended: Corporate Law
Chambers Europe 2019	Leading individual - Foreign expert for China (based in Germany)
JUVE Handbook 2018/2019	“always high performance”
JUVE Handbook 2018/2019	Frequently recommended: Corporate/M&A
Chambers Global 2018	Listed as "Foreign expert for China"
ILO Client Choice Awards 2016	Client Choice Winner - General corporate (Germany): “He is able to guide a corporation through the legal and commercial pitfalls they may encounter when entering China.” “He is a pragmatic and very experienced lawyer and a strategic thinker,” client
Chambers and Partners 2015	The “very creative” Michael-Florian Ranft heads the firm's international China group and continues to advise German clients on their business interests in China, as well as assisting with inbound investments from China. Clients say: “His communication is extraordinary, and this team works seamlessly.”
Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020	"Michael-Florian Ranft is extremely experienced, agile, inventive and very quick to react. Above the purely mandated work packages, he is willing to support in other fields and make connections to very relevant business matters."