MI LAW advises family offices, business angels, start-ups, and founders across M&A, venture capital, and corporate transactions — with the rare credibility that comes from having sat on every side of the table.
Five years at McDermott Will & Emery and Latham & Watkins — two of the world's leading law firms — delivering M&A, private equity, and venture capital work at the highest level of rigour and complexity.
Five years as General Counsel of a single family office, managing a portfolio that included early-stage investments like Lieferando. A front-row seat to deal-making, governance, and the real dynamics of deploying capital.
Malte co-founded Emloc, a smart access technology company, and led it through growth to a successful exit. Malte's advice is grounded in what it actually takes to build, fund, and sell a business.
Dr. Malte Iversen is a German-qualified lawyer (Dr. iur.) with 20 years of experience at the intersection of law, investment, and entrepreneurship. He graduated in the top 3% of both State Exams and holds a doctorate in law from the University of Bonn.
After practising M&A and venture capital at Latham & Watkins and McDermott Will & Emery, Malte became General Counsel of a family office with investments and strong exits including Lieferando — now part of Just Eat Takeaway. During this time he gained deep insight into how families, entrepreneurs, and investors think about risk, structure, and value creation.
In 2017 he co-founded Emloc, an electronic access and locking systems company, which he led as Managing Director before exiting in 2025.
Malte has served on advisory and supervisory boards for a broad range of companies across Germany and beyond and has completed the certified training program for qualified supervisory board members of listed companies.
Today, through MI LAW, he brings all of these perspectives into focused, independent legal counsel — for people who build and invest.
Structuring investments, fund governance, portfolio oversight, and succession — from someone who managed a family office.
Co-investment structures and syndication — with the practical eye of an investor who has deployed capital alongside you.
Funding rounds, ESOP design, corporate housekeeping, and exit preparation — by a lawyer who has been a founder himself.
From incorporation to exit, personal and company-level. Honest, direct counsel that understands the weight of decisions only founders face.