Martin Hitzer
Partner Rechtsanwalt
„Recommended for corporate law“
„Recommended for corporate law“
Martin advises listed companies and private enterprises, their management boards and supervisory boards in difficult decision-making situations. This includes, in particular, complex transactions such as public takeovers, corporate integration and reorganisation measures, securing business decisions in accordance with the business judgement rule, and capital market compliance. He also has extensive experience in advising on corporate governance, fiduciary duties, compliance and internal investigations. Martin regularly provides training to our clients' executive boards, managing directors and supervisory boards on all legal issues relevant to them.
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.
Martin advises listed companies and private enterprises, their management boards and supervisory boards in difficult decision-making situations. This includes, in particular, complex transactions such as public takeovers, corporate integration and reorganisation measures, securing business decisions in accordance with the business judgement rule, and capital market compliance. He also has extensive experience in advising on corporate governance, fiduciary duties, compliance and internal investigations. Martin regularly provides training to our clients' executive boards, managing directors and supervisory boards on all legal issues relevant to them.
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.