Michael Nietsch holds the Chair for Private Law, Company Law and Securities Regulation at EBS Law School in Wiesbaden, Germany. He joined the faculty on a full time basis in 2011. Previously he was associate professor at Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz (Centre for German and International Laws of Financial Services) and worked at the Universities of Muenster, Cologne and Tübingen. In his current position Michael also serves director of the Centre for Corporate Compliance at EBS Law School.
Michael's teaching and research have a focus on torts, contracts, corporate law and securities regulations. His work extensively deals with directors' duties, liability and the boundaries of the business judgment rule and corporate sustainability. In the field of banking- and financial markets' regulation Michael's main interests concern insider trading, timely disclosure and liability for corporate compliance failures. Comprehensive commentary work deals with the German civil code's provisions to loan contracts.
Michael is a frequent rapporteur to congresses and has taught nationally and internationally at Universities in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil and the United States. He is a member to numerous associations of legal professionals and legal scholars and provides advice to regulators and law enforcement agencies on a frequent basis. To that extent he has been a member of various committees of the European Securities and Markets' Authority and of the hight level expert Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group.
Following up on his position as a vice dean research between 2018 and 2023 he has been appointed dean of the law school in 2024.
TEAM:
Office Management:
Stefanie Klein stefanie.klein(at)ebs.edu
Phone: +49 611 7102 2236
Research Assistants:
Dominik Zwirner dominik.zwirner(at)ebs.edu
Phone: +49 611 7102 2238
Matteo Candioti matteo.candioti(at)ebs.edu
Phone: +49 611 7102 2240
Student Assistant:
Jeffrey Buerke jeffrey.buerke(at)students.ebs.edu
Postal Address:
Chair for Civil Law, Company Law and
Securities Markets Regulation (ZR III)
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 3
D-65189 Wiesbaden