Partner

Dr. Maximilian Grub

Rechtsanwalt

Languages

German
English
French

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Maximilian Grub has extensive experience from providing advice on a wide range of national and international M&A transactions and joint ventures. He also specialises in complex international corporate law structures. His clients, many of whom are from the automotive, technology and private equity sectors, particularly appreciate his negotiating skills and creative approach to providing advice on corporate structures.

Maximilian joined CMS in 1995 after a stint with Fulbright & Jaworski in New York. In 1998/99, he spent a year with CMS in London and became a partner in 2000. From 2014 to 2020 Maximilian Grub was head of Corporate / M&A at CMS Germany.

Awards & Recognitions

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Listed for Corporate

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for Mergers and Acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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„Oft empfohlen“ für M&A

JUVE Handbuch, 2024/2025
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Gesellschaftsrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2024/2025
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Listed for Corporate

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for Mergers and Acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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„Oft empfohlen“ für M&A

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Gesellschaftsrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024
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Listed for Corporate

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for Mergers and Acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for Energy Law

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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"Maximilian Grub: Deal and success-oriented, unpretentious, creative and flexible in finding solutions. Very empathetic and always creates a positive mood in negotiations.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023
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"flawless, very reliable”, competitor

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)
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"competent”, client

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)
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"Recommended" for Corporate and M&A

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2020-2022 (GCLF)
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"pleasant, but target-focused", competitor

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)
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Nennung als Top Anwalt für den Bereich M&A

WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2021; In Kooperation mit: Handelsblatt Research Institute
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"Top lawyer for transactions"

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2020 (GCLF)
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"competent, precise and has the necessary capacities", client

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2018 (GCLF)
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„Gut für europäische Transaktionen“, Mandant

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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„gut bei europ. Transaktionen“, Mandant

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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„Oft empfohlen“ für Gesellschaftsrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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„Oft empfohlen“ für M&A

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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"Max Grub: High professional competence – and excellent implementation.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022
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Leading individual for Information Technology and digitalisation

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Relevant experience

Advice to Dr Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG on the joint venture with HIF Global, Houston, USA for constructing a pilot plant in Las Condes, Chile for the production of e-fuels
Advice to the shareholder of HYDRO SYSTEMS KG on the sale of the aerospace supplier HYDRO Systems, based in Biberach, Baden, to Rhinestahl Corporation, based in Cincinnati, USA
Advice to the shareholders of AP&S GmbH (mechanical engineering company in the chip technology sector) on the sale to Rieker Investment
Advice to Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG on the strategic co-operation with TTS Cleaning to complete the portfolio in the field of manual cleaning equipment by acquiring a minority interest in TTS Cleaning, Italy within the framework of a comprehensive cooperation agreement
Advising Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG on the entry into the e-bike business through the joint venture with Pon (Netherlands) and the acquisition of FAZUA GmbH (Munich)
Advising Daimler Truck AG on the joint venture with Traton and Volvo for the development of a trucks charging infrastructure in Europe
Advising SFS Group AG on the acquisition of Hoffmann SE (Munich)
Advising Volkswagen AG on the joint venture with Enel to develop an electric charging infrastructure in Italy
Advising Oaktree Capital Management LP on the acquisition of two virgin fibre cartonboard mills in Germany and the Netherlands
Advising Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG on setting up the Cellforce Group GmbH joint venture for the production of high-performance battery cells
Advising the shareholders of HUBER Packaging Group GmbH on the sale to Envases, Mexico
Advising Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG on acquisition of a majority holding in the software company Cetitec GmbH
Advising the shareholders of the software company Catalysts GmbH on sale to Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
Advising a consortium led by Dieter von Holzbrinck Vermögensverwaltung GmbH and Marc Zeimetz on acquisition of the postal services company, PIN AG, in Berlin
Advising Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG on a strategic joint venture in the vehicle wash business with the French Tokheim Group
Advising Aurelius on the acquisition of the European crafts business of Coats plc
Advising HUBER Packaging Group on the simultaneous acquisition of four plants in Switzerland, Finland, the UK and France through mixed share and asset deals
Advising Telemotive AG on the sale to Magna International Inc. through an acqui-hire transaction, including a multi-stage due diligence process in order to ensure protection of trade secrets among competitors

Publications

Mitherausgeber Hamann/Sigle/Grub, Gesellschaftsrecht, Finanzierung und Unternehmensnachfolge, 3. Auflage 2022, C.H. Beck Verlag
Mitautor der Kapitel „§ 19 Übernahme anderer Unternehmen“ und „§ 21 Unternehmesverkauf“ in Hamann/Sigle/Grub (Hrsg.), Gesellschaftsrecht, Finanzierung und Unternehmensnachfolge, 3. Auflage 2022, C.H. Beck Verlag
"Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf M&A-Transaktionen", in: BetriebsBerater 2018 (with Dr. Sabina Krispenz)
""Acqui-Hire" – Transaktionsberatung im gewandelten Umfeld", in: Legal Management of Innovation, 2018, p. 212 ff. (with Dr. Sabina Krispenz and Dr. Maximilian Koschker)
"Chancen und Herausforderungen von "Acqui-Hire", Ein Überblick über den neuen Transaktions-Trend", in: M&A Review 2016 (Nr. 12), S. 450 ff. (mit Dr. Sabina Krispenz)
"Acqui-Hire – ein neuer Transaktions-Trend?", deutsche startups vom 12.09.2016 (mit Dr. Sabina Krispenz), abrufbar unter https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2016/09/12/acqui-hire-ein-neuer-transaktions-trend/
"Die klugen Köpfe sind entscheidend, Acqui-Hire – Neuer Transaktions-Trend in disruptiven Industrien?", Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Ausgabe 19 vom 21.09.2016, S 7 ff. (mit Dr. Maximilian Grub) sowie Jahrbuch 2017 Digitale Transformation, Wie Sie die Chancen der Digitalisierung nutzen, F.A.Z. Fachverlag, S. 82 f. (mit Dr. Sabina Krispenz)
"Acqui-Hire – Neuer Transaktionstrend in der Industrie", Blog Beitrag vom 04.08.2016 (mit Dr. Sabina Krispenz), abrufbar unter http://www.cmshs-bloggt.de/gesellschaftsrecht/acqui-hire-neuer-transaktions-trend-der-industrie/#
Ausgewählte Compliance-Aspekte aus Käufersicht bei einer Private Sale M&A-Transaktion, M&A Jahrbuch 2016
Verhandlungsstrategien für die wichtigsten Deal Points, BUJ Sonderedition M&A Corporate 2014
2014 - Ein Boom-Jahr für M&A? Gute Voraussetzungen, schwierige Umsetzung, VentureCapital Magazine 12-2013
Risikoallokation in Unternehmensverträgen – aktuelle Trends in Europa, M&A Review
Risikoverteilung beim Unternehmenskauf – die CMS European M&A Study, ParisBerlin
Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der CMS European M&A Study 2012, Finance
Verkauf in der Krise – eine besondere Herausforderung, Beitrag FINANCE 2011, (Jahrbuch Restrukturierung)
M&A-Marktumfeld: Rückkehr zu größerer Stabilität und Ausgewogenheit Ergebnisse und Trends der CMS European M&A Study 2011, Beitrag FINANCE 2011
Nach der Krise ist vor der Krise, Beitrag FINANCE 2011
Vorteil Käufer: M&A Transaktionen in Zeiten der Wirtschaftskrise Ergebnisse und Trends des CMS European M&A Survey, Beitrag Going Public 2009
Preisklauseln als Kriseninstrumente, Beitrag FINANCE Februar 2009
§ 16 (Übernahme anderer Unternehmen) und § 18 (Unternehmensverkauf), Buchbeitrag Vertragsbuch Gesellschaftsrecht 2008
"Das neue Wertpapierprospektgesetz - Anlegerschutz und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Finanzplatzes Deutschland", NZG 18/2005 2005
Die Aktiengesellschaft, Die Anwendung der Nachgründungsvorschriften auf Sachkapitalerhöhungen, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt KG, Köln 2002, p. 614 f
A trend towards more Shareholders Value in Germany, ICC LR 1999
The Concept of Corporate Governance in Germany, CGI 1999
Die insolvenzstrafrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit der Gesellschafter von Personenhandelsgesellschaften, Paffenweiler 1995
Mitarbeit bei CCH Doing Business in Germany, CCH 1980

Lectures list

"M&A trend overview 2025 – The European Defence & Security Sector: A driving force for the mobility industry and the M&A market?" - Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 24.09.2025
"M&A trend overview 2024/25 + update on current deal drivers in the transatlantic M&A business", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 25.09.2024
"M&A trends in a changed economic environment", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 27.09.2023
"On trend or under pressure? - Attractive and problematic sectors from a transaction perspective", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 28.09.2022
"Disruptions in the automotive industry", Business Breakfast CMS HAsche Sigle, 22.06.2022
"Developments in the European transaction market with a focus on types of transactions in the e-mobility sector", Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 28.09.2021
M&A und Private Equity in Europa – Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise auf Branchen, Regionen und Strategien, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 29.09.2020
"M&A and Private Equity in Europe– Current Developments and Deal Trends, Frankfurt School of Finance, 26.09.2019
"Implications of Digitalisation on M&A Transactions" M&A Conference 2018 | Betriebs-Berater, Düsseldorf 31.01.2018
„M&A and Private Equity in Europe – Current Deal Trends and the Implications of Digital Transformation on the Transaction Market“ 11th Annual Conference M&A and Private Equity 2017 | Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt a.M. 26.09.2017
How to Avoid the "Clash of Cultures" Roundtable Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Frankfurt 23.05.2017
"Innovation and the Driving Force for Transactions " BUJ In-House Counsel Congress 2017, Berlin 26.01.2017
CMS European M&A Study 2016 - Press conference in Frankfurt on 22 March 2016
M&A and Private Equity in Europe -Current Market Developments and Deal Points, 9th Annual Conference - M&A and Private Equity 2015, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 7 October 2015
CMS European M&A Study 2015 - Press conference in Frankfurt on 24 March 2015
Panel discussion: Changes in the Energy Sector - Impact on M&A Strategies?, Conference - M&A and Private Equity 2014, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 1 October 2014
CMS European M&A Study 2014 - Press conference in Frankfurt on 18 March 2014
M&A in Germany and Europe - Market Developments and Deal Points in Transactions, Conference - M&A and Private Equity 2013, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, 25 September 2013
Standard and Trends for Drafting Inter-Company Agreements, Commercial and Corporate Law Working Group of the German Bar Association, Vienna, 28.06.2013
Differences and Similarities between Inter-Company Agreements in France and Germany, Tuebingen University, Tuebingen, 15.05.2013
CMS European M&A Study 2013, Business Lunch at CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart, 18.04.2013
CMS European M&A Study 2013, Press conference, Frankfurt, 18.03.2013
Save the Deal – How to minimise risk in M&A processes, CMS Business Breakfast, Stuttgart, 26.02.2013
M&A in Germany and Europe – Market developments in times of debt crisis, 2012 M&A and Private Equity Conference, 26.09.2012
Setting the course of action in M&A transactions, M&A Roadshow, 11.09.2012
Save the Deal – How to minimise risk in M&A processes, 2012 Strategy Summit for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 09.05.2012
M&A Masters 2009 - M&A in crisis situations, Berlin, 30.09./01.10.2009
Press conference - M&A European M&A Survey, Frankfurt, 06.05.2009
M&A Transactions in the economic downturn, Stuttgart, 06.05.2009
M&A Masters 2009 - Process-Related Success Factors in M&A Transactions, Berlin, 26./27.01.2009
4. SME Conference Lake Constance – Corporate structure with an eye to the future – purchase and sale of companies and parts of companies, Friedrichshafen, 23.09.2008
M&A Masters 2008 – Litigation-related success factors in M&A transactions, Cologne, 28./29.05.2008
Financing a company in growth, 6th Swiss Family Companies Conference, Zurich, 22.09.2008
Financing a company in growth, 5th Schweizer Familienunternehmertag, Zürich, 11.12.2007
Effective process management in M&A transactions, Wiesbaden, 14./15.11.2007
How do I organise a joint venture?, SME Conference in Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe, 08.03.2007
Corporate transactions the easy way?!, SME Conference in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 16.03.2006
Success factors of an M&A transaction on an international level, 4th Finance Mergers & Acquisitions Congress, Stuttgart, 10./11.05.2005
Success factors of an M&A transaction on an international level, SME Conference in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, 22.03.2005
Success factors for an M&A transaction, Bankenforum, Stuttgart, 22.07.2004
Handling of an M&A transaction with the involvement of a medium-sized company, Medium Conference in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, 03.03.2004
Company acquisition, Villeroy & Boch Akademie, Mettlach, 2003
M&A Transactions involving German Companies, London

Education

1995: Second state examination in law at Higher Regional Court Munich
1994: PhD at the University of Tübingen
1992: First state examination in law at the University of Munich

Practice Areas

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

sectors

Private Equity & Venture Capital Energy & Climate Change Automotive & Mobility Transformation of the automotive industry and new drive technologies

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