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Birgit Wagner
Legal Manager

Birgit Wagner, M.B.L.

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Swedish

Birgit is specialized in providing transactional advice on national and international M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions in the legal area of corporate law. Her focus is on the evaluation of corporate structures and shareholdings, restructurings and capital measures. Her clients include corporations as well as medium-sized companies and family-owned businesses.

After a career in investment banking with two German private banks and a private equity boutique, Birgit worked in a US law firm’s corporate/M&A practice group, focussing on the automotive and pharmaceutical/healthcare sector, before joining CMS as a senior legal consultant in 2018.

Education

  • 2017 - 2019: Master of Business Law (MBL) with a focus on M&A, Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2015 - 2016: Certified Expert for Insolvency and Restructuring (CEIM), University of Hamburg
  • 2011 - 2015: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) with a focus on M&A/capital markets law, University of Hamburg
  • 1993 - 1996: Business Economist, European Management Academy Hanover/Paris

Insights by Birgit

CMS advises SWARCO on acquisition of Heusch/Boesefeldt

27 Aug 2025 1 min read

CMS advises Brenntag on its acquisition of Gefahrenstoffzentrum Kaiserslautern

21 Jul 2025 1 min read

CMS advises SYNQONY on strategic acquisition in the field of digital waste and environmental management

05 Jun 2025 2 min read

CMS advises KKA Partners on management buyout of Mühldorfer Nutrition AG

08 May 2025 2 min read
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