Taylor Wessing

Competition, EU & Trade; International Trade

Partner

Michael Brüggemann is a member of the Practice Area Competition, EU and Trade and focuses on all aspects of European, public procurement, state aid and (EU/WTO) foreign trade law. Michael in particular advises companies re. the EU legal framework for imports, trade remedies, EU free trade agreements and the EU antidumping regime. He also focuses on advising exporting companies in terms of embargos and trade restrictions from the EU Dual Use Regulation. He carries out trade compliance reviews and trainings on a regular basis.  Michael Brüggemann studied law at the universities of Bielefeld and Münster. In 2003 and 2006, he passed two German legal state examinations. Subsequently, he joined the institute for German and European Company Law (University of Münster) where he prepared a doctoral thesis on corporate law aspects of cooperative farming with distinction. The thesis was awarded the doctoral prize of the German Society for Agricultural Law 2010. During his legal training, Michael worked in an international law firm in London. Michael Brüggemann  publishes articles in international legal journals (e.g. EStALI , Global Competition Review) on a regular basis and has recently published a highly acclaimed expert article in the magazine "Der Betrieb" (Handelsblatt Publishing Group) on the new EU framework for investment audits and its strategic implications for companies and investors.

Michael Brüggemann joined Taylor Wessing as a lawyer in 2007.

Since 2013 Partner, Taylor Wessing 2007 – 2013 Associate, Taylor Wessing

German, English

2022 Specialist lawyer for public procurement law 2007 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf 2006 Research Assistant, institute for german and european company law, University Münster 2006 Second state examination 2003 First state examination