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Martin Wodraschke
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Martin Wodraschke

CEE German Practice, Head of CMS Automotive Group

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
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Martin Wodraschke is a German qualified lawyer and Partner at CMS CEE based in Budapest. He is a commercial lawyer with over 20+ years of extensive experience in the areas of commercial/distribution and mergers and acquisitions (both transaction and post-merger integration), joint ventures, market entry strategies in CEE markets. 

He has strong expertise in structuring and negotiating a wide variety of contracts, agreements, transactions, and legal relationships between companies and investors in manufacturing sectors including their artificial intelligence aspects (e.g., ifactory, autonomous driving).

He is member of the Munich and Budapest Bar Associations.

Besides, he advises OEMs and other major investors on their business activities in Hungary and the CEE region. 
One of our key clients, a German OEM said about Martin and the firm: “…one of the big assets that we see in CMS – the project steering and the relationship partner who supports us greatly in making our requests efficient and the replies efficient.”

Martin is teaching German civil law at the Eötvös-Loránd-University Budapest and a Ph.D. candidate conducting research in Law&Economics at the Andrássy University Budapest on the development of liability rules for autonomous vehicles.

Relevant experience

  • A major German OEM on all commercial and corporate law matters in Hungary and the entire CEE-EU region; advising on data protection and compliance issues; advising on insolvency proceedings of a supplier; advising on the financing of used and demonstration vehicles.
  • A German automotive and arms manufacturer on the establishment of verious joint venture companies (production and R&D facilities) and support of the customer during the entire ramp-up phase.
  • A German mining & metals company on the acquisition of all shares in SOLVARO Group.
  • A German company providing industry specific solutions in the automotive aftermarket sector on the foundation and development of a regional joint venture with InterCars (Poland) and AutoNet (Romania).
  • A major investment group being active throughout Europe on the acquisition of the Coats Group and the sale of Framochem.
  • A leader in the distribution of special metals on restructuring, corporate and employment measures in their Hungarian Group companies.
  • An embassy in Hungary on the purchase and remodelling of the ambassador's residence in Budapest.
  • A German logistics company on dissolution of the existing Joint Ventrue with Hungarian partner.

Publications

  • The Road to the (Autonomous) Future - Jan 2022.
  • Can Consumers still trust their cars? - Budapest Business Journal, VOL. 24, 13/2016.
  • Various possibilities – New investment incentives in Hungary / Regional separation of subsidies (article in German), In Ost-West-Contact 5/2015.
  • Chapter on Hungary in Handbook of the Societas Europaea (Handbook in German) 2014

Memberships & Roles

  • Budapest Bar Association
  • Munich Bar Association

Education

  • 2016 (Ongoing) - Ph.D. on Legal Aspects of Autonomous Cars, Andrássy University, Budapest 
  • 2005 – LL.M., Andrássy University, Budapest
  • 2000 – Bar Exam, Landgericht München, Munich
  • 1998 – Master Degree in Law, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich