Michael-Florian Ranft - Taylor Wessing

Munich Germany

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Michael-Florian is a leading expert in Sino-foreign transaction business and the founder of the Shanghai and Beijing offices. Under his leadership of more than 30 years, the China practice has developed into one of the most prestigious international practice areas of our firm. 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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Since 1996 Partner, Taylor Wessing

1994 Partner, international law firm

1993 Associate, international law firm

Career

Since 1996 Partner, Taylor Wessing

1994 Partner, international law firm

1993 Associate, international law firm

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.

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JUVE 2025/2026

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Ltd (YOFC) on the acquisition of Radio Frequency Systems’ (RFS) worldwide cable business excluding North-America

4 August 2023

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Germany

Chambers Europe 2022 recommends 28 Taylor Wessing lawyers from 21 Practice Areas whilst Data Protection is listed for the first time

21 March 2022

by multiple authors

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Interface - Autotech & Mobility

New PRC data rules: Impacting all automotive industry

15 June 2021

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