Dr. Milena Charnitzky

Partner and Mediator

The focus of Dr. Milena Charnitzky’s work lies in civil and corporate law. She advises nationally and internationally active companies in the pharmaceutical, automotive and food sectors in domestic and cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions transactions and assists in the drafting of contracts in all areas of economic law. She also provides legal guidance in matters of public law arising in the context of due diligence reviews.

Practice areas

Civil and corporate law
Corporate acquisitions and sales
Drafting of contracts
General legal advice for medium-sized companies

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

Other activities and memberships

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

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

Selected mandates

About me

I love to cook and travel. For both you need time and leisure.

My dream: to take a road trip on the Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles – sun on my face, wind in my hair, rock music in my ears and interesting encounters along the way.