Biography
Marco Buschmann is a Counsel in our M&A and Corporate practice.
He advises corporate clients, investors and public-sector entities on domestic and cross‑border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and general corporate law matters. He specializes in advising clients within regulated sectors, with a particular focus on infrastructure, energy, and technology.
Marco started his professional career as an Associate at White & Case in 2007 in our Düsseldorf office, before pursuing his political career. He served as Federal Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany from 2021 to 2024 and as a Member of the German Bundestag from 2009 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2025.
As of February 2026, Marco has re‑joined White & Case as Counsel in our Berlin office.
Liability Without Responsibility (Haftung ohne Verantwortung): The conflict of values between the Corporate Sanctions Act and shareholder status in light of Article 14(1) of the German Basic Law, in: Achim Compes / Roderich C. Thümmel / Angelo Winkler (eds.), Festschrift for Alexander Reuter, Cologne 2021, pp. 85–90.
Constitutional Limits on a Wealth Levy (Verfassungsrechtliche Grenzen einer Vermögensabgabe), Zeitschrift für Rechtspolitik 2020, pp. 186–189.
ECJ and the Guarantee of Property – An Analysis of the Origin and Content of the European Union's Property Right (EuGH und Eigentumsgarantie – Eine Analyse zu Ursprung und Inhalt des Eigentumsrechts der Europäischen Union) (PhD / doctoral thesis), Berlin 2017.
New Rules on Executive Board Remuneration: More Transparency and Shareholder Responsibility! (Neuregelung der Vorstandsvergütung: Mehr Transparenz und Eigentümerverantwortung!), Audit Committee Quarterly II/2013, p. 29 et seq. (together with Dr Stephan Harbarth).
European Contract Law: Full Harmonization Only Postponed, Not Abandoned? (Europäisches Vertragsrecht: Vollharmonisierung nur aufgeschoben statt aufgehoben?), in: Jörg-Uwe Hahn (ed.), Common European Sales Law – Modern Approach or Detached Vision?, Munich 2012, pp. 193–200.
Recent Developments in the Amendment of the German Transformation Act (Neues zur Novellierung des Umwandlungsgesetzes), Deutsche Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Insolvenzrecht 2011, p. 318.
EU Green Paper on Corporate Governance: Old Wine in New Bottles? (EU-Grünbuch zur Corporate Governance: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?), Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht 2011, p. 87 et seq.
Shareholder Loans and the MoMiG (Finanzplankredit und MoMiG), Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht 2009, p. 91 et seq.
No Unreasonable Disadvantage from Submission to Immediate Enforcement in the Case of Transferable Loans (Keine unangemessene Benachteiligung durch Unterwerfung unter die sofortige Zwangsvollstreckung bei veräußerbaren Darlehen), Zeitschrift für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht 2008, p. 415 et seq.
Restructuring Negotiations with Loan Acquirers: Strategies of "Alternative Investors" Under Legal Scrutiny (Sanierungsverhandlungen mit Krediterwerbern: Strategien „alternativer Investoren“ auf dem rechtlichen Prüfstand), Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2008, p. 1003 et seq. (together with Alexander Reuter).