Michael Mütze
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Dr. Michael Mütze is a partner with MKRG, where he specialises in the areas of private and public construction law, public procurement law and real-estate law.
During the last 35 years he has gained extensive experience in supporting companies in the building industry, architects and engineers, project developers, property owners and investors. In addition, he participates in arbitration proceedings both as legal counsel and as an assessor. His specialisations include property transactions, all aspects of commercial tenancy law and public procurement law, advice on project development and in the drafting of planning and construction contracts, as well as legal support for construction and project operations.
Dr. Michael Mütze’s outstanding reputation is confirmed by the awards he has received. For example, in the JUVE Handbook of “2001/2002 Corporate Law Firms” he is already listed under “Leading names in the construction industry”. In 2016, the US publication “Best Lawyers” once more selected him as an expert on construction law in Germany; in addition, in the year 2014 he was awarded the title of “Lawyer of the Year” for the field of construction law in the Düsseldorf region by the same publication as well as the “Handelsblatt” business journal.
Dr. Michael Mütze is a founding partner of MKRG. Prior to this he worked with a number of other corporate law firms in various capacities from 1981 onwards, and acted as a partner since 1984.
Legal fields
- Real-estate law
- Land law
- Public building law
- Private building law
- Financing law
- Sale of property law
- Real-estate brokerage law
- Commercial tenancy law
- Public procurement law
- Public commercial law
Overview
- English
- German
- Germany, German Federal Bar
- ARGE Baurecht im DAV (Construction Law Working Group of the German Association of Lawyers) - Member
- ARGE Internationaler Rechtsverkehr im DAV (International Law Working Group of the German Association of Lawyers) - Member
- Bauindustrieverband NRW e.V. (Building Industry Association of North Rhine Westphalia) (cooperation) - Member
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht e.V. (German Association for Construction Law) - Member
- Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. (German Arbitration Society) - Member
- Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Association of Lawyers) - Member
- Deutscher Baugerichtstag e.V. (German Construction Law Conference) - Member
- Düsseldorf Bar Association - Member
- Forum Vergabe e.V. (Public Procurement Forum) - Member
- ICC (ICC Deutschland e.V.) - Member
- English
- German
- Germany, German Federal Bar
- ARGE Baurecht im DAV (Construction Law Working Group of the German Association of Lawyers) - Member
- ARGE Internationaler Rechtsverkehr im DAV (International Law Working Group of the German Association of Lawyers) - Member
- Bauindustrieverband NRW e.V. (Building Industry Association of North Rhine Westphalia) (cooperation) - Member
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht e.V. (German Association for Construction Law) - Member
- Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. (German Arbitration Society) - Member
- Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Association of Lawyers) - Member
- Deutscher Baugerichtstag e.V. (German Construction Law Conference) - Member
- Düsseldorf Bar Association - Member
- Forum Vergabe e.V. (Public Procurement Forum) - Member
- ICC (ICC Deutschland e.V.) - Member
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

- Construction Law, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (2019)
- Construction Law, Düsseldorf, Germany (2014-15)
- Construction Law
- Real Estate Law
- ACQ Country Award 2009 "Real Estate Law Firm of the Year-Germany"
- JUVE-Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2001/2002 unter "Führende Namen im Bauwesen" gelistet
Case History
- “Lanxess Arena” multifunctional hall (Cologne)
- “Richmod Center” shopping mall (Cologne)
- “CentrO” shopping mall (Oberhausen)
- “Sevens” shopping mall (Düsseldorf)
- “Space Park” leisure park (Bremen)
- “GrandHotel” new building project (Erfurt)
- “Highlight Towers” new building project (Munich)
- “Kö-Bogen” new building project (Düsseldorf)
- “Zeche Zollverein” project development (Essen)
- “Vodafone Campus” new building project (Düsseldorf)
- Construction of new university hospital (Aachen)
- “Kö Galerie” shopping mall (Düsseldorf)
- “Sophienhof” shopping mall (Kiel)
- “Cinedom” multiplex cinema (Cologne)
- Construction of the “Schokoladenmuseum” (Cologne)
- Construction of a bank and office building (Luxembourg)
- Construction of a Peek & Cloppenburg store (Berlin)
- Construction of a new rehabilitation clinic (Bad Sassendorf)
- Construction of a Peek & Cloppenburg store (Cologne)
- Extension to the Metro offices (Düsseldorf)
- Heinrich-Heine-Allee underground line (Düsseldorf)
- Building of Werstener Tunnel (Düsseldorf)
- Construction of new waste incineration plant (Cologne)
- Rheinufertunnel construction project (Düsseldorf)
- Construction of a waste-fired power station (Weisweiler)
- “Schürmann-Bau” flood damage (Bonn)
- Repair and redevelopment of the overhead cable car (Wuppertal)
- Construction of new ICE line (Cologne/Frankfurt)
- Construction of central transport facilities (Berlin)
- Wehrhahn line metro rail section (Düsseldorf)
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