Stephanie McGlynn
Tri-State Market Development Leader
RSM US LLP

Stephanie joint RSM US as their tri-state area market development leader in 2021. Before that she had worked for KPMG US in different senior marketing and market development positions for 17 years.

Malcolm Pobjoy
Executive Director, US Market Management
OSBORNE CLARKE LLP

Malcolm leads the sector-based approach to market in the US working with the locally based business development, marketing and client relationship teams to bring the full capabilities of Osborne Clarke to the benefit of US based clients and intermediaries.

Malcolm uses his 25 years of sales and business development skills along with detailed understanding of the financial markets from 20 years with major financial institutions to connect Osborne Clarke’s deep legal and business experts with US based firms wanting to thrive on a global stage.

Malcolm has deep experience across all aspects of the alternative funds marketplace including Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate and Hedge Funds. His international experience positions to advise on global expansion plans for both corporate and financial clients.

Dr. Heike Wagner
Partner
CMS LEGAL

Heike Wagner advises national and international strategic investors and private equity funds on all aspects of corporate law. She specialises in international and domestic M&A and corporate restructurings. She is experienced in a broad range of national and cross-border transactions, both sell- and buy-side as well as the assistance of clients in their ongoing activities in Europe. Heike has a particular expertise in the technology, consumer goods and life sciences sector.

Heike has been a partner of the Corporate/M&A team at CMS Germany since 1998 and was appointed as chair of the CMS council in 2020. Heike spent one year with an investment bank and a law firm in New York.

Reputation

Heike is a top M&A practitioner according to Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt , has been featured in the listing of Legal 500 in the field of Corporate and M&A and named as a stand out lawyer by Acritas.

“She is fast and competent. Principally, she is available to speak to at any time. She obviously delegates the one or other but she does that really well. She is very reliable as well. This criteria makes it pleasant to work with her.” Acritas, 2018

Legal 500 mentions Heike as one of the M&A lawyers of CMS “who come in for praise” quoting clients who value Heike for her “practical approach”.

Dr. Eckart Gottschalk  [proxy]
Partner
CMS LEGAL

With special expertise in the aerospace, defence, finance and infrastructure sector, Eckart advises companies on all aspects of corporate law, including M&A transactions, joint ventures and restructurings.

His practice also focuses on compliance matters, advising on establishing and developing compliance structures as well as on internal audits. Furthermore, Eckart has long-standing experience advising managing directors, management board as well as supervisory and advisory board members on specific management and management board activities as well as corporate governance matters. He also represents his clients in court and arbitration proceedings.

Eckart is a regular contributor to the Zeitschrift Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht i.a. journal of renowned German legal publisher C. H. Beck. After serving as Joseph Story Research Fellow at Harvard Law School (Cambridge, Mass.) in the academic year 2005/2006 he joined CMS in November 2006. Eckart Gottschalk is a partner since 2014.