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Birgit Wagner
Legal Manager

Birgit Wagner, M.B.L.

Legal Manager

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 TRUMPF on the acquisition of 80 per cent of the Cutlite Penta business from the El.En. Group

CMS advises TRUMPF on the acquisition of 80 per cent of the Cutlite Penta business from the El.En. Group

17 Aug 2026 2 min read
CMS advises Sosteneo on entry into German market with acquisition of 350 MW wind portfolio

CMS advises Sosteneo on entry into German market with acquisition of 350 MW wind portfolio

12 Aug 2026 2 min read
CMS advises DPE on the acquisition of a majority stake in the FOGTEC Group

CMS advises DPE on the acquisition of a majority stake in the FOGTEC Group

11 Aug 2026 2 min read
CMS advises dormakaba on the acquisition of the airport software company AirSphere

CMS advises dormakaba on the acquisition of the airport software company AirSphere

22 May 2026 1 min read
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