Martin Hitzer

Partner | Rechtsanwalt
Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers in Germany 2022/2023
"Recommended for Corporate Law"

Martin Hitzer

Partner | Rechtsanwalt
Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers in Germany 2022/2023
"Recommended for Corporate Law"
Expertise
Expertise

Martin focuses on advising listed companies and private companies in difficult decision-making situations, in particular on public takeovers and complex transactions, group integration and reorganisation measures, dealing with shareholder and investor activism as well as on information and disclosure obligations under capital markets law. He also has extensive experience in advising on corporate governance (including cyber security and sustainable corporate governance, due diligence and fiduciary duties, compliance and internal investigations).

Vita
Martin studied at the University of Hamburg. He has been a partner at Gleiss Lutz since 2010. Between 2002–2005 and 2006–2009 Martin was with an international law firm in Düsseldorf and London and from 2005–2006 with an investment bank in London.

In surveys of leading commercial lawyers in Germany, he has been listed for many years as a "TOP lawyer in corporate law" (Wirtschaftswoche), "Frequently recommended for corporate law/M&A" (JUVE, Handelsblatt) and as a "Notable practitioner for M&A" (IFLR 1000). He is an active member of the Corporate Governance Group of the IBA and was a lecturer for M&A at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

Martin speaks German and English.
Fields
Fields
CorporateMergers and AcquisitionsCompliance & InvestigationsDigital EconomyESG: Environment – Social – Governance
Mandates
Mandates
12.01.2023
Gleiss Lutz advises STEAG and KSBG on group-wide transformation and sale process
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26.09.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises Muehlhan AG on the sale of its European and U.S. operations to OEP
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19.09.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises Atlantia on sale of EUR 600m stake in Hochtief to ACS
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02.09.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises SLM Solutions on public takeover bid by Nikon and capital increase
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23.02.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG regarding a potential IPO of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
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Know-How
Know-How
25.11.2022
Public access to anti-money laundering register infringes EU fundamental rights
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16.09.2020
News about Germany’s UBO Register: Do veto rights or blocking stakes make you an Ultimate Beneficial Owner?
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Fields
Fields
CorporateMergers and AcquisitionsCompliance & InvestigationsDigital EconomyESG: Environment – Social – Governance
Mandates
Mandates
12.01.2023
Gleiss Lutz advises STEAG and KSBG on group-wide transformation and sale process
More
26.09.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises Muehlhan AG on the sale of its European and U.S. operations to OEP
More
19.09.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises Atlantia on sale of EUR 600m stake in Hochtief to ACS
More
02.09.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises SLM Solutions on public takeover bid by Nikon and capital increase
More
23.02.2022
Gleiss Lutz advises the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG regarding a potential IPO of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
More
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