Michael Braun is an associated partner in Noerr's Munich office. He advises on corporate law and specializes in group law. He has particular expertise at the intersection of group law and anti-money laundering law (notification requirements under the German Money Laundering Act (GwG), Transparency Register). In addition, he advises on corporate structuring (particularly in the area of partnership law) and advices both domestic and international clients with ongoing corporate governance issues. His clients include, in particular, family-owned businesses, family offices, and foundations, as well as investment companies and publicly traded companies.

Distinctions

  • F.A.Z. Institute with QuantiQuest Reserach & Consulting: TOP Lawyer 2026 Commercial and Corporate Law

Career

Legal studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Germany)
Fellow of the Max Weber-Programm of the State of Bavaria
Graduation studies at the Universität des Saarlandes (Germany)
Training to business mediator (CVM) at the Center for Negotiation and Mediation (CVM, now: MuCDR) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich
With Noerr since 2016
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers

Memberships

  • Wirtschafsbeirat Bayern

Publications

  • Wirtschaftlich Berechtigter und Konsortium, in RFamU 2025, 523
  • Entwurf einer EU-GeldwäscheVO und 6. EU-GeldwäscheRL – erweiterte Transparenzpflichten von Gesellschaften (with Felix Link), Handelsblatt Rechtsboard from 15 November 2021
  • Neue Verwaltungspraxis zum Transparenzregister (with Dr. Gerald Reger and Felix Link), Börsen-Zeitung from 4 January 2020, p. 9
  • Rechtsfragen des Crowdfunding - Eine zivil- und aufsichtsrechtliche Untersuchung der Schwarmfinanzierung über das Internet, Peter Lang Verlag, 2018 (zugl. Diss. Saarbrücken 2017)
  • Der gemeinsame Vertreter der Anleihegläubiger nach § 19 II 1 SchVG: Erfüllung der Berichtspflicht aus § 7 II 4 SchVG über das Internet und Anmeldungen zur Insolvenztabelle (with Dr. Henning Blaufuß), in NZI 2016, p. 5 ff

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