Michael Dietz

Expertise Michael Advises Experience Highlights Career History

Partner

Dispute Resolution

+49 152 2942 9759

Expertise

Michael advises and represents clients in commercial law disputes – both out of court and before state courts as well as national and international arbitration tribunals.

He studied at the Universities of Munich and Osnabrück. In 2016, the University of Osnabrück awarded him an LL.M. in Business Criminal Law.

Michael Advises

Michael advises companies, including listed and internationally active companies, from Germany and abroad.

He has experience in legal disputes in areas such as:

  • in the automotive sector
  • in the banking sector
  • in the construction industry
  • in technology- and industry-focused sectors, particularly in software and with manufacturers of luxury goods
  • in business criminal law, especially in internal investigations and the preventive assessment of regulatory and criminal risks.

His work focuses on strategic advice to minimise risk and avoid conflicts, as well as coordinating and leading complex national and international disputes.

Experience Highlights

  • Representing German car manufacturers and dealerships in several hundred court proceedings, including complex evidence-heavy cases with regulatory aspects
  • Representing a client in a landmark model declaratory action
  • Supporting significant cases before the Federal Court of Justice and the European Court of Justice
  • Coordinating national and international mass proceedings
  • Providing strategic advice to internationally active companies on risk minimisation and conflict prevention
  • Asserting and defending claims in construction, insolvency, and technology law, as well as in liability matters with regulatory relevance

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • 2018 – 2025: Freshfields, Hamburg
  • 2018: Hengeler Mueller, Berlin

 

 

 

Michael is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Michael advises and represents clients in commercial law disputes – both out of court and before state courts as well as national and international arbitration tribunals.

He studied at the Universities of Munich and Osnabrück. In 2016, the University of Osnabrück awarded him an LL.M. in Business Criminal Law.

Michael Advises

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Michael advises companies, including listed and internationally active companies, from Germany and abroad.

He has experience in legal disputes in areas such as:

  • in the automotive sector
  • in the banking sector
  • in the construction industry
  • in technology- and industry-focused sectors, particularly in software and with manufacturers of luxury goods
  • in business criminal law, especially in internal investigations and the preventive assessment of regulatory and criminal risks.

His work focuses on strategic advice to minimise risk and avoid conflicts, as well as coordinating and leading complex national and international disputes.

Experience Highlights

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  • Representing German car manufacturers and dealerships in several hundred court proceedings, including complex evidence-heavy cases with regulatory aspects
  • Representing a client in a landmark model declaratory action
  • Supporting significant cases before the Federal Court of Justice and the European Court of Justice
  • Coordinating national and international mass proceedings
  • Providing strategic advice to internationally active companies on risk minimisation and conflict prevention
  • Asserting and defending claims in construction, insolvency, and technology law, as well as in liability matters with regulatory relevance

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • 2018 – 2025: Freshfields, Hamburg
  • 2018: Hengeler Mueller, Berlin

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Michael is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).