Dr. Milena Charnitzky

Partner, mediator, certified specialist for commercial and corporate Law

Dr. Milena Charnitzky's practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, commercial and corporate law as well as sustainability. She advises nationally and internationally operating companies from the chemical, automotive, IT and food industries as well as their owners and management bodies. Being part of RITTERSHAUS' international desks (Italian and China Desk), one focus of her work lies in advising on national and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Apart from that, Milena is particularly well versed in drafting and negotiating complex contracts in all areas of commercial law and has a wide range of experience in high value litigation cases.

In addition to practicing law, she is active as President of the Corporate and M&A Commission at the International Young Lawyers’ Association AIJA.

Practice areas

Mergers & Acquisitions (in particular: cross-border)
Corporate and Commercial law
Distribution law
Litigation / Arbitration
Sustainable Corporate Governance / Supply chain law (in particular: CSDDD)

Vita

2006 - 2010 Law studies at the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg
2010 - 2012 Research assistant at the Institute for German and European Corporate and Business Law, Heidelberg University
2011 Research project at Sorbonne University (Sorbonne II), Institut de Droit Comparé (Institute of Comparative Law), Paris
2012 - 2014 Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Zweibrücken
2014 PhD (Dr. iur.) at Heidelberg University
2014 Admitted to the German bar
2017 Additional qualification as a mediator at the Heidelberg Institute for Mediation, Ms Lis Ripke
2020 Partner of RITTERSHAUS law firm
2021 Certified specialist for commercial and corporate law

Other activities and memberships

President of the Corporate and M&A Commission of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats), since August 2023
Vice President of the Corporate and M&A Commission of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats), from August 2021 - August 2023
Secretary of the Rotary Club Mannheim Rhine-Neckar (2023/2024)
Member of the Rotary Club Mannheim Rhine-Neckar
Member of BVMW (Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft)
Member of AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats, Executive Committee)
Member of the German-French Lawyers Association (DFJ)
Member of the Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung - Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR) e. V., Frankfurt am Main (Corporate Law Association – Academic Association for Business and Corporate Law)
Alumna of the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. (sdw), (Foundation of German Business), mentor for scholarship recipients of the sdw
Alumna of the Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften (German University of Administrative Sciences), Speyer

Publications

Kommentierung der § 2 Abs. 5 - 8, § 10, § 11, § 12, § 13 LkSG (§ 11 gemeinsam mit Dr. Daniel Berg) in Berg/Kramme, LkSG, 2023
"Die Krux mit der Sorgfalt (Teil 2) - Der Entwurf der Richtlinie zur unternehmerischen Sorgfalt in den Lieferketten", RIW 2022, 413 - 430 (mit Weigel BASF SE)
"Die Krux mit der Sorgfalt - Zu den Untiefen und der Unschärfe des neuen Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetzes aus Unternehmenssicht", RIW 2022, 12 (mit Weigel BASF SE)
„Arbeitshandbuch für Vorstandsmitglieder, Herausgeber : Kubis/Tödtmann, 3. Auflage 2022, Kapitel § 14 „Verbundene Unternehmen" (mit Hettich)
Die Festsetzung variabler Vergütungsbestandteile im Vorstandsvergütungssystem börsennotierter Gesellschaften, Ein Praxisüberblick, NZG 32/2021, 1438 bis 1443
Die Verwirkung nachbarlicher Abwehrrechte im Öffentlichen Baurecht – Teil 1, BauR 2016, 1254 ff. (gemeinsam mit Dr. Christoph Rung)
Die Verwirkung nachbarlicher Abwehrrechte im Öffentlichen Baurecht – Teil 2, BauR 2016, 1406 ff. (gemeinsam mit Dr. Christoph Rung)
Die "fiduziarische Stiftung" im deutschen und französischen Recht‎, München 2014, ISBN 978-3-8316-4402-5, www.beck-shop.de/Charnitzky-fiduziarische-Stiftung-deutschen-franzoesischen-Recht/productview.aspx

RITTERSHAUS Blog posts

Selected mandates

Advising Tessolve Engineering Services Pte Ltd (Singapore) on the purchase of the German Dream Chip Technologies GmbH (semiconductor chip design service firm) from the Shenzhen Goodix group, China
Continuing support of Superior Industries group, OEM Aluminum wheel manufacturer, with locations in the US, Mexico, Poland and Germany
Continuing support of Hilite International Group (partner to the automotive and commercial vehicle industry with locations in Asia, Europe and North America) in corporate, commercial and ESG matters
Advising of Danish consultancy company group with their entry into the German market
Advising of Bilia Norge AS, one of Europe’s largest car dealers, in negotiations over an international dealer agreement with Great Wall Motor (Chinese automotive manufacturer)
Advising Heraeus Holding on the acquisition of shares in AI software company Smart Steel Technologies
Advising dievini Hopp BioTech holding GmbH & Co. KG in connection with Huadong's investment in Heidelberg Pharma AG
Advising the owner of the second largest Austrian hosting provider easyname GmbH on the merger with the German dogado Group (for the German-specific legal issues)
Advising the Australian Autore Group on its entry into the German market

My motto

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” Amelia Earhart