Partner

Dr. Martina Schmid

Rechtsanwältin

Languages

German
English
French

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Martina Schmid specialises in advising listed and unlisted stock corporations on all aspects of the German stock corporation and capital market law as well as in representing companies in comprehensive civil and commercial lawsuits. Her practice in particular includes working with her clients on AGMs and any kind of structural measures. She also advises on corporate governance issues and capital market disclosure and reporting requirements. She furthermore has long-standing experience with complex civil and capital market law disputes, corporate litigation, shareholder compensation claims and disputes between corporate bodies.

Martina joined CMS in 2005 and became a partner in 2014.

Publications

Kapitel "Rechte der Aktionäre in der Hauptversammlung", in: Ziemons/Binnewies, Handbuch Aktiengesellschaft, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt KG, 2019
Neue Regeln für Unternehmer, FAZ Einspruch vom 29.05.2019
Keine bahnbrechenden Neuerungen – Der Gesetzentwurf zur Umsetzung der zweiten Aktionärsrechterichtlinie (ARUG II) bringt nur eine unwesentliche Stärkung der Aktionärsrechte, Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Ausgabe 23 vom 14.11.2018, p. 8 ff.
Uneinheitliche Praxis bei Datenschutzhinweis an Aktionäre, Börsen-Zeitung 13.10.2018, p. 9 (together with Maximilian Schneider)
Datenschutzhinweise in der HV-Einladung - wo und wie?, HV-Magazin 03/2018, p. 30 (together with Maximilian Schneider)
Shareholder Activism – Erscheinungsformen, Risiken und Handlungsoptionen, in: CLI Corporate Legal Insights / CMS Hasche Sigle, Investor Activism 2018 – Phänomen, Erscheinungsformen, Abwehrstrategien und wirksame Handlungskonzepte, p. 134 ff.
Handlungsoptionen bei Shareholder Activism – Trotz (erwartetem) Störfeuer Hauptversammlungen rechtssicher durchführen, HV Magazin, Special Edition HV-Recht 2018, p. 20 f.
Kapitel zu Entlastung, Mehrfachorganschaft, Vertretungsberechtigung und Rechtsverhältnis zwischen Aufsichtsratsmitglied und Gesellschaft, in: Holthausen/Kurschat, Vertragsgestaltung für Geschäftsführer, Vorstände und Aufsichtsräte, Verlag C.H.Beck, 2017
Update zur Marktmissbrauchsverordnung, in: Update Compliance, November 2017 Edition
"Investor activism – prevention and defense: A phenomenon that has increased significantly in Germany in recent years", Business Law Magazine, No. 4 – November 23, 2017, p. 3 ff. (together with Dr. Richard Mayer-Uellner, LL.M.)
Corporate Governance Code: the amendments, Finance Special Supplement – January/February 2016, p. 18 f.
Increasing professionalism - Stricter requirements for the supervisory boards of listed companies, Business Law Magazine No. 2, June 11, 2015, p. 20-23
Stricter rules by Market Abuse Regulation, Finance Online of 26 August 2014
BGH: Umfang der Rechtskraftwirkung eines klageabweisenden Urteils bei der Haftung wegen fehlerhafter Anlageberatung, GWR 2013, 519
Änderungen des DCGK zur Vorstandsvergütung - Die Vorschläge der Regierungskommission vom 5. Februar 2013, GoingPublic Magazin 5/2013, p. 38 f.
OLG Stuttgart: Kein Aufschubinteresse nach § 246a II Nr. 3 AktG bei Barkapitalerhöhung, GWR 2013, 67
Europäischer Gerichtshof verschärft Ad hoc-Pflichten bei gestreckten Sachverhalten - Anmerkung zum Urteil des EuGH vom 28.06.2012 (Rechtssache C-19/11 "Geltl/Daimler"), BKR 2012, 343 ff.
BVerfG: Delisting berührt nicht den Schutzbereich des Eigentumsgrundrechts - Macrotron-Rechtsprechung zulässig, GWR 2012, 320
OLG Frankfurt a.M.: Zulässigkeit eines Spruchverfahrens nach Widerruf der Börsenzulassung analog § 1 SpruchG, GWR 2012, 296
Änderungen beim (elektronischen) Bundesanzeiger: das Ende des Papier-Bundesanzeigers - Handlungsbedarf für die Hauptversammlung?, HV Magazin 2/2012, S. 28
Herausforderung Hauptversammlungsberatung - Fallstricke und deren Vermeidung, azur 01/12, S. 132 ff.
CMS Guide to Mandatory Offers and Squeeze Outs 2011, chapter on legal situation in Germany (together with Dr Karsten Heider and Dr Henrik Drinkuth)
Internationale Schiedsverfahren: Spielregeln für globalisierte Konflikte, ZfR 2007, 65 ff.
Die Grenzen der Auslegungskompetenz des EuGH nach Art. 234 EG - dargestellt am Beispiel der überschießenden Richtlinienumsetzung, Peter Lang 2005

Lectures list

"Fit for the General Meeting 2020!", Business breakfast, CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart, 22.01.2020
"Die Frauenquote - An Update on Diversity in German and UK Boardrooms", Stuttgart (Germany), 09.10.2019
"Fit for the General Meeting 2019!", Business breakfast, CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart, 23.01.2019
"Fit for the General Meeting 2018!", Business breakfast, CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart, 17.01.2018
"Ad Hoc Notification Obligation – Current examples of the new practice since the Market Abuse Regulation came into force", Webinar Deutsche Börse, 27 June 2017
"The EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) – Interim status since it came into force and To Do's for issuers", Webinar WebCounselor, 26 January 2017
"Fit for the General Meeting 2017!", Wirtschaftsfrühstück Stuttgart, 18 January 2017
"Fit for the General Meeting 2016!", Wirtschaftsfrühstück Stuttgart, 19 January 2016
"Fit for the General Meeting 2015!", Wirtschaftsfrühstück Stuttgart, 21 January 2015
"Ad hoc disclosures and insider trading", University of Freiburg, 18 November 2014
"New requirements for open market issuers on the basis of the European Regulation on Market Abuse", Heidenheim, 16 July 2014
"Rights and Duties of the Supervisory Board“, Backnang, 15 July 2014
"Fit for the General Meeting 2014! - Current issues and recommendations for the upcoming general meeting season", Webinar Management Circle, 13 February 2014
"Fit for the General Meeting 2014!", Wirtschaftsfrühstück Stuttgart, 29 January 2014
"Update on ad hoc disclosures in the context of protracted processes - The effects of the decisions from the ECJ and the FCJ in the proceedings Geltl./.Daimler on mandatory announcements to be made by listed companies in practice", Webinar Management Circle, 1 October 2013
"Rights and Duties of the optional Supervisory Board of a limited liability company", Fellbach, 12 March 2013
„Rights and Duties of the Supervisory Board“, IHK Region Stuttgart, 16 October 2012
"ECJ judgement of 28 June 2012 on insider law and ad hoc disclosures; effects on mandatory ad hoc announcements to be made by listed companies", Stuttgart, 5 October 2012
"Recent amendments to the German Corporate Governance Code – Update Aktien- und Kapitalmarktrecht", Stuttgart, 27 September 2012
"Theory meets Practice - a Case Study in Business Law", Litigation and Arbitration, University of Constance, 27 January 2009
Colloquium "Tuebingen Moot Court in Business Law", Litigation and Arbitration, University of Tuebingen, 26 January 2009Colloquium "The practice of company law", Litigation and Arbitration, University of Tuebingen, 30 June 2008
"Basics of arbitration", Inhouse-Seminar Stuttgart on 14 May 2007

Education

2005: PhD, University of Heidelberg
2005: Second state examination in law, Munich
2003 - 2005: Worked for international law firms in Munich and Frankfurt
2003: Research assistant at the Institute of International Law, University of Munich
2000 - 2003: Research assistant in the department for civil law, civil procedure law and international private and procedural law, University of Tübingen
2001: First state examination in law, Tübingen
Law studies at the University of Tübingen

Practice Areas

Corporate / M&A Stock corporation law General meetings Capital Markets Public takeovers International Group Structures

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