Maximilian Schmitt

Dr Maximilian Schmitt

Senior Associate

Email

maximilian.schmitt@aoshearman.com

Phone

+49 89 71043 3984

Offices

Munich

V-CARD
Maximilian focuses on national and cross-border M&A transactions.

His advice includes corporate mergers, management participation programs as well as general corporate advice.

Prior to joining the firm, Maximilian worked for another law firm in the area of Private Equity/M&A.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Founder and CEO of SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH a global technology leader in refractive and therapeutic corneal surgery in the sale of a majority stake in SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH by Ardian to Adagia Partners (previous firm experience).   
  • Aterian Investment Partners in is acquisition of Allentown, LLC, a provider of laboratory solutions for biomedical pre-clinical research and other life sciences industries (previous firm experience).
  • US based Elevate Brands in its acquisition by SellerX group, one of the leading e commerce aggregators in Europe (previous firm experience). 
  • Dstny, a leading European provider of cloud-based business communications it its acquisition of easybell GmbH, a German voice over IP and cloud service provider (previous firm experience).   
  • ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. on the acquisition of has-to-be GmbH an Austria based e-mobility software provider (previous firm experience).

Published Work

  • Schmitt (2022) „Elektronische Marktplätze – Vermittler ohne Produktverantwortung? Produktbezogene Pflichten und Haftung von Betreibern elektronischer Marktplätze“, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot

Qualifications

Admissions

Rechtsanwalt, Germany, 2020

Academic

Dr. iur., Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2022

Second German Law Degree, Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg, 2019

First German Law Degree, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2017

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.