Associate

Dr. Madeleine Martinek, LL.M., LL.M. (oec.) Nanjing

Rechtsanwältin

Languages

German
English
Chinese (Mandarin)
French

Madeleine Martinek advises on German and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, assisting with due diligence as well as contract drafting and negotiation. She also provides ongoing corporate law advice and has special expertise in China-related projects due to her experience gained working in Shanghai and Beijing.

Madeleine started her legal career in 2021 at an international commercial law firm in Cologne and completed a secondment in Shanghai. Prior to that, she headed the legal department of AHK Greater China (German chamber of commerce) in Beijing and was an assistant professor at the China-EU School of Law of China University of Political Science and Law.

Madeleine joined CMS in 2024. She holds a teaching position at Saarland University and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan. She is also the regional spokesperson for the Young Leaders of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Relevant experience

(Prior to joining CMS)

E.On | On acquisition of a majority stake in German start-up GridX
Carborundum Universal Limited (listed Indian company) | On acquisition of two leading German companies in the abrasive tools sector
Antalis (leading B2B distributor of paper and industrial packaging and services in Europe and Latin America) | On acquisition of BB Pack Group
Norwegian green tech investment company (energy sector) | On acquisition of an IPT company
RIEDEL Communications | On acquisition of a Hong Kong based software provider for multi-camera production
Peach Property Group | On change of legal form of the company’s Danish subsidiaries
Leading global provider of digital employee communication platform | On acquisition of a majority stake in a software company

Publications

Keine Ausweitung der deutschen Unternehmensmitbestimmung auf die SE, juris Praxisreport Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 05/2024 Anm. 1
Von der Legalisation zur Apostille – Erleichterungen im Urkundenverkehr mit der VR China, RIW 2024, magazine 1-2, 18-23
Reformierung und Internationalisierung des chinesischen Schiedsgesetzes, SchiedsVZ 2022, magazine 6, 326-331
Stärkung der Corporate Governance: China überarbeitet Gesellschaftsgesetz, ChinaContact – Das Außenwirtschaftsmagazin, 2022, magazine 3, 20-21
Garantien für deutsche Investitionen in China - Zeitenwende?, Außenhandelspraxis Aktuell 09/2022, 4-5
Das chinesische Schiedsgesetz auf dem Prüfstand, Investment Plattform China-Deutschland
Warenaustausch zwischen China und Deutschland – Die europäische CE-Kennzeichnung und das chinesische CCC-Verfahren im Vergleich, in: Festschrift für Klaus Vieweg, 399-408, Duncker & Humblot,2021
Das Lieferkettengesetz und die Entwicklungen der Gesetzgebung in der EU, AnwaltZertifikatOnline Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht 23/2021
Einrede der Schiedsvereinbarung: Rüge der verspäteten Erhebung im Rechtsbeschwerdeverfahren, juris Praxisreport Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 4/2021 Anm. 4
Wirksame Einbeziehung einer AGB-Schiedsklausel – sach- und kollisionsrechtliche Aspekte, juris Praxisreport Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 1/2021 Anm. 3
Das chinesische Sozialpunktesystem für Einzelpersonen und Unternehmen – Funktionen, Sanktionen und Implikationen, juris – Die Monatszeitschrift 2020, 41-43
Experimental Legislation in China between Efficiency and Legality – The Delegated Legislative Power of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, July 2018
Die Kreditsicherheiten im chinesischen Recht – eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung, Der Jurist 2015, 31-52
Special Economic Zones in China and WTO: Bleak or Bright Future?, ZChinR 2014, magazine 1, 41-51

Memberships & Roles

German-Chinese Lawyers’ Association
European China Law Studies Association
DIS 40
HK45

Education

2019: Research assistant (foreign trade law) at a major US law firm in Berlin
2019: Second state examination in law
2016 - 2019: Trainee lawyer at Berlin Higher Regional Court, including placements at major international law firms in Berlin and San Francisco
2013 - 2017: PhD, English-language thesis on “Experimental Legislation in China between Efficiency and Legality – The Delegated Legislative Power of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone”, University of Goettingen
2013 - 2015: LL.M. in Chinese Law and Comparative Law at the University of Goettingen and LL.M. in Business Law at Nanjing University, China
2013: First state examination in law
2008 - 2012: Research assistant at the Institute for comparative law, conflict of laws and international business law of the University of Heidelberg
2007 - 2013: Law studies at the University of Heidelberg
2006: Abitur at German International School of Johannesburg, South Africa

Practice Areas

Corporate / M&A Structuring under corporate law International Group Structures Mergers & Acquisitions

Insights

Global Reach

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