Michael Neises is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Heuking Kuehn Lueer Wojtek and advises on corporate finance law matters, in particular equity and debt capital markets-, finance-, public takeover- and M&A-transactions.
Prior to joining Heuking Kuehn Lueer Wojtek, Michael Neises was the head of the Corporate-Finance-Team of a German boutique law firm. Since 2004, Michael worked at international law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf primarily on cross border capital markets-, finance- and M&A-transactions. He was head of the German Desk in the London office of Dewey & LeBoeuf from 2008 to 2010. Michael Neises started his career in the banking and finance group of Clifford Chance in 2001 and is dual qualified as a German Rechtsanwalt and as an English solicitor.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Michael Neises trained with Deutsche Bank and gained work experience in the corporate finance teams of the Hannover, Magdeburg and Osaka branches of Deutsche Bank AG.

Bar Admissions
Admitted since 2001 (Rechtsanwalt) / 2009 (Solicitor (England & Wales))

Education
Januar 2001: Second State Exam (State of Hesse)
October 1998: First State Exam (Lower Saxony)
Law School from October 1993-October 1998 (Universities of Marburg, Freiburg and Goettingen)
August 1990-September 1993: Deutsche Bank AG Hannover / Magdeburg

Significant Accomplishments
since October 2013: Heuking Kuehn Lueer Wojtek, Partner (Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law, M&A)
September 2010-September 2013: German Boutique Law Firm
Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH (Partner, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law, M&A)
April 2008-August 2010: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (Leiter des German Desk, London Office, Local Partner, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law, M&A)
October 2008-March 2009: BPP Law School - QLTT Solicitor (England and Wales)
Oktober 2004-March 2008: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (Local Partner from 2007, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law; M&A)
February 2001-September 2004: Clifford Chance LLP (Associate, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law)


Professional Associations

• International Bar Association
  
• Law Society
• Rechtsanwaltskammer Hessen

• Heuking advises The Grounds Real Estate Development AG on strategic investment by H.I.G. Realty Partners

  By Michael Neises |November 2023

• Liquidity Support Through "Unlimited" Loan Guarantees - Update - Including Initial Emergency Measures by German States (Bavaria, Hamburg)

  By Michael Neises |March 2020

• Liquidity Support Through “Unlimited” Loan Guarantees

  By Michael Neises |March 2020

Additional ArticlesFinancial Covenants Trends in German magazine Finance (special supplement for 12th Structured Finance Conference, Stuttgart), November 2016

EU Commission Proposal for new Prospectus Regulation in Update Capital Market Law, January 2016

New Delisting Legislation in Update Capital Market Law, 4 November 2015

Key factors of Fintech IPOs, Boersen-Zeitung, August 1, 2015

CIRO - Alumni - Workshop within the 18 DIRK - Conference: "Current legal challenges in Investor Relations communications - The self-exemption of the ad hoc disclosure requirement"

"Presentation of legal issues in annual (consolidated) financial Statements", Bond Guide Online, 26 November 2014

"Presentation of legal issues in annual (consolidated) financial statements of listed companies main focus areas for 2015 published by the Deutsche Pruefstelle fuer Rechnungslegung (Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel)", Update Capital Market Law, 11 November 2014
"Issuers use their possibilities for an Exit", Boersen-Zeitung, 18 May 2014

"New rulings by the German Federal Supreme Court regarding the Delisting", Update Capital Market Law, November 2013

"Mittelstands-Bondmarket requires a further professionalization", Boersen-Zeitung, May 14, 2013 (co-author)

"The M&A market within Germany", Euromoney Yearbook International Mergers & Acquisitions, April 2013

Important Changes to the Unregulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Unternehmer Edition, April 2012, p. 20ff (co-author)

"Polish IPOs - a Success Story", Boersen-Zeitung, May 14, 2010, p. 19 (co-author)

"Fundamental Changes for German Stock Corporations by the new Appropriateness of Management Remuneration Act" EuroWatch, September 15, 2009 (co-author)

"Attention Pitfalls - Protective regulations for SPAC Investors should be created carefully", Going Public Magazine / Special supplement &SPACs&, October 2008, pp. 26/27 (co-author)

"Blind date with a Company"; Interview in Euro am Sonntag, July 20, 2008, pp. 32-33

"IPOs of SPACs - Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Actually Reach Europe", Going Public Magazine, Special Edition "Capital Law Markets 2008", May 2008 (co-author)