Maike Michels

Maike is a managing associate in our global Dispute Resolution practice and based in Munich. She specializes in dispute resolution in complex national and international commercial disputes, including litigation, in particular mass action proceedings under the Capital Investor Model Case Act, as well as white collar criminal law advice and the conduct of internal investigations.

Work highlights

Prior to joining Linklaters, Maike has most recently advised inter alia on the following cases:

• a Dax 30 company: Advising and representing in the defence against alleged claims arising from an investment agreement in the context of litigation before courts of various states.*
• a publicly listed company: advising and representing a former chairman of the supervisory board in the defence of directors' liability claims.*
• a global leader in the engineering industry: advising and representing the company in a dispute arising from a comprehensive settlement agreement following an M&A transaction, as well as advising and representing the company in a supplier dispute in the automotive industry.*
• a foreign trade company: advising and representing the company in ICC proceedings on the enforcement of commission claims from M&A brokerage activities.*
• Volkswagen AG: providing sanctions advice to Volkswagen Group in connection with the sale of its shares in Volkswagen Group Rus LLC including its local subsidiaries to a local investor.

*Highlights experience prior to joining Linklaters.

Maike joined Linklaters in 2021. Prior to joining Linklaters, she worked as a lawyer in the Corporate & Commercial Ligation practice of a boutique law firm in Munich since 2019.

Maike studied law at the University of Hanover and at the University of Munich.

Recent publications by Maike Michels include:

• Michels, Maike / Wilhelm, Kerstin, Amendment of the German Lobbying Register Act – New compliance obligations for companies (Verschärfung des Lobbyregistergesetzes – Neue Compliance-Herausforderungen für Unternehmen), CCZ 2024, 109 et seq.

• Michels, Maike / Palinkasch, Matthias, Interim relief for shareholders in the event of compulsory redemption of shares in the start-up sector (Einstweiliger Rechtsschutz für Gesellschafter bei Zwangsanteilseinziehung im Start-up-Umfeld), NZG 2022, 69 et seq.

• Michels, Maike / Klesse, Julia, Fraudulent misrepresentation in the conclusion of a company purchase agreement - false information about the economic situation of the target company (Arglistige Täuschung beim Abschluss eines Unternehmenskaufvertrags – falsche Angaben über die wirtschaftliche Situation der Zielgesellschaft), NZG 2021, 732 et seq.