Lawyer

Dr. Markus Hohmuth is a German qualified lawyer (Rechtsanwalt), was admitted to the bar in 2006 and works full-time as Senior Counsel (Syndikusrechtsanwalt) of a big German Asset Manager. In his second job, he runs his own lawfirm MH-Legal. Prior to founding MH-Legal, Dr. Hohmuth worked as lawyer in a number of major international law firms in Frankfurt am Main, where he advised his clients (large and mid-sized companies and banks) in national and cross-border banking & finance, real estate, corporate & commercial and compliance matters.

A native speaker of German, Dr. Hohmuth is also fluent in English.

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Advising Airbus Group SE in connection with financings, guarantees and sureties Continuously advising medium-sized residential building company in connection with claims to deliver information Advising medium-sized industrial pump and fittings manufacturer in connection with premature termination of two certificated loans (Schuldscheindarlehen) Advising international travel operator group in connection with two urgently required financings Cross-border transfer of loans in relation to a globally acknowledged infrastructure project, backed by export credit guarantees ("Hermes-covered") and partly KfW-refinanced, to the foreign parent company Advising General Electric Company with the proposed acquisition (8.13 billion USD) of the global Diagnostics- and Point-of-Care-Division of Abbott Laboratories (based in Europe, Africa and Middle East) including Legal Due Diligence Implementation of German and coordination of foreign Vendor Due Diligence (21 countries) für a German Dax-30-group Drafting silent partnership and shareholder agreement in connection with the participation in a German bank with specific consideration of compliance with German Banking Supervisory Act (KWG) Legal expertise assessing insolvency remoteness of rent deposits in collective escrow accounts for a renowned bank Drafting and negotiating of finance documents in connection with a number of high-volume real estate financings (CMBR/RMBS) for renowned banks, funds and investors

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2013-2014: Specialist lawyer’s training to qualify as specialist lawyer (Fachanwalt) for commercial and corporate law, tax law and employment law 2012-2013: Advanced training to qualify as “Compliance Officer (Univ.)”, Augsburg University 2006-2013: Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) in a number of major international law firms and Legal Counsel & Compliance Officer of an international securities services firm in Frankfurt am Main 2006: Ph.D. in Law (“Dr. iur.”), Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena 2003: Second Legal State Exam, Upper Regional Court of Heilbronn 2001: First Legal State Exam, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena

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Contribution of “Chapter 9: Germany” in “International Bank and Other Guarantees Handbook Europe”, 2017, edited by Yann Aubin, Louis de Longeaux and Jean-Claude Vecchiatto (ISBN: 978-90-411-4120-0) “Commercial activities in connection with Joint Ventures” in: ZIP 2016, 658-662 “Employment law-related implementation of compliance-duties” in: BB 2014, 3061-3066 ⇒ Download here (German only) “Competition-related vs. compliance-related liability of the GmbH and its directors - a comparison based on BGH-decision dated 18 June 2014 (I ZR 242/12)” in: GmbHR 2014, 1249-1253 “The capital decrease with the German limited liability company under the MoMiG – regime” in: GmbHR 2009, 349-354 “The capital decrease with the German limited liability company – legal problems and legal facts. An empirical study with respect to the registered capital decreases in the years 2000 2004 in the commercial register of Stuttgart”; published in Bayer, Walter (editor): “Empirical studies on German and European business law” “Influence of cellular radio broadcasting devices on lease and purchase of real estate” in: “Wohnungswirtschaft und Mietrecht” 2003, 312-314 (together with Klaus Kniep)