Myriam Baars-Schilling is specialised in advising German and foreign clients on national and cross-border M&A transactions and joint venture projects. She also regularly assists international enterprises on group restructurings, reorganisation measures and other general questions of corporate law. She has particular expertise in the information technology and industrial sector.
The German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche lists her as a leading lawyer in the field of M&A.
Myriam Baars-Schilling is a partner at Oppenhoff. From 2005 to 2009 she was an associate at Allen & Overy LLP in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. She studied law at the Universities of Trier and Bonn. During her legal training Myriam inter alia worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Cologne and Siemens AG in Munich. Within the scope of her secondment in 2008, Myriam worked for the central legal department of Evonik Industries AG, M&A division.
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Kunden und Lieferanten greifen verstärkt bei insolventen Firmen zu [Customers and suppliers increasingly turn to insolvent companies for help]
Börsenzeitung dated 24 December 2022, p. 9 (in collaboration with Dr. Nefail Berjasevic)
Abberufung eines Aufsichtsratsmitglieds aufgrund Fehlverhaltens außerhalb der Aufsichtsratstätigkeit [Dismissal from office of a supervisory board member on grounds of misconduct outside of the supervisory board activities]
DER BETRIEB dated 28 March 2022, No. 13, p.785-786 (in collaboration with Sebastian Gutmann)
Der Staat schaut bei Übernahmen durch ausländische Investoren immer genauer hin. [The state always takes a closer look at takeovers by foreign investors.]
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung dated 22 September 2021, No. 220, p. 16 (in collaboration with Stephan Müller)
Deutschland wird als Investitionsstandort attraktiver [Germany becomes more attractive as an investment location]
Börsenzeitung dated 30 January 2021
Unzulässigkeit einer Beschwerde gegen Nichtaufnahme einer Gesellschafterliste nach Aufnahme einer inhaltsgleichen Liste [Inadmissibility of an appeal against the non-inclusion of a list of shareholders after inclusion of a list with the identical content]
DER BETRIEB dated 23 July 2020, No. 29, p. 1504 (in collaboration with Sebastian Gutmann)
Ein Schnäppchen kann sich als Fehlkauf entpuppen [A bargain can turn out to be a rip-off]
Börsenzeitung, Interview dated 04 July 2020
M&A-Transaktionen im digitalen Zeitalter [M&A transactions in the digital age]
LR dated 16 September 2019, pp. 129-132
Keep it secret!
Finance dated 12 March 2018 (in collaboration with Anna-Catharina von Girsewald)
Aufklärungspflichtverletzung und Wissenszurechnung beim Unternehmenskauf [Breach of the clarification duty and the imputation of knowledge in corporation acquisitions]
regarding Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, judgement dated 16 June 2016 - I-6 U 20/15, DER BETRIEB dated 14 October 2016 (in collaboration with Sarah Scharf)
M&A in Innovationsbranchen- Der Teufel steckt im Detail [M&A in innovation sectors – the Devil is in the detail]
M&A Review December dated 2016
Daten(alpt)räume in M&A Transaktionen [(Nightmarish) datarooms in M&A transactions]
Börsenzeitung dated 5 December 2015 (in collaboration with Dr. Jürgen Hartung)
Tückische Patente [Insidious patents]
FAZ dated 28 April 2015 (in collaboration with Dr. Marc Hilber)
Bürgerbeteiligungsmodelle auf dem Prüfstand [Public participation models under scrutiny]
Börsenzeitung dated 6 June 2015 (in collaboration with Sarah Scharf)
Den Kritiker zum Freund und den Stromverbraucher zum Investor machen [Befriending the critic and getting the electricity consumer to invest]
publisher’s supplement Börsenzeitung dated 13 May 2014
Bei Übernahme von Start-ups sind komplexe Verträge kein Erfolgsgarant [Complex contracts are no guarantee when taking over start-ups]
Börsenzeitung dated 30 November 2013
Der Bürger als Investor [Citizens as investors]
special supplement Energie & Umwelt [energy and environment] Börsenzeitung dated 6 July 2013
Bürger ins Boot holen [Getting citizens on board]
energy supplement FAZ dated 13 December 2012 (in collaboration with Dr. Peter Etzbach)
Deutsche Tochter im internationalen Konzern – Rechtshandbuch für die Praxis [German subsidiaries of international groups – a practical legal handbook]
Munich dated 2019 (publisher)
Bilanzgarantien in Unternehmenskaufverträgen [Warranties for Financial Statements in Acquisition Agreements]
Kölner Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht (KSzW) dated 2016, 4 (in collaboration with Dr. Dr. h.c. Georg Maier-Reimer)
Corporate Law / Mergers & Acquisitions / Tax Law / Employment Law / Real Estate Law / Commercial / Intellectual Property Law / Banking and Capital Markets Law, Financing25.11.2024 News
Oppenhoff has comprehensively advised SnowWorld on the acquisition of the Ski Dome in Bispingen. The Snow Dome Bispingen, located south of Hamburg, is thus the group's second location in Germany, alongside Alpenpark Neuss, and will be renamed SnowWorld Bispingen.
20.11.2024Cologne / Frankfurt am Main News
With effect from 1 January 2025, Oppenhoff welcomes Dr. Daniel Dohrn and Marc Alexander Häger to its circle of equity partners. Dr. Carsten Bormann, Mareike Heesing , Dr. Philipp Heinrichs and Maximilian Reichl have been appointed as salary partners.
Succession, Wealth and Foundations / Foreign Trade / Energy Law25.10.2024 News
At this year's JUVE Awards, Oppenhoff was honoured as "Law Firm of the Year for Succession, Wealth and Foundations" for the second time since 2021.