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Taylor Wessing Offices
Taylor Wessing Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
HANSEATIC TRADE CENTER, AM SANDTORKAI 41
20457 HAMBURG
Germany
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Dr Jens Wolf
Work Department
Mainstram Corporate; M&A/ Venture Capital; Private Equity; Technology, Media & Communications
Position
Partner
Jens Wolf heads up the Venture-Capital Group of Taylor Wessing in Germany. He advises national and foreign companies on all matters relating to M&A, venture-capital, and private-equity transactions. In that respect, he focuses on advising private-equity funds, venture-capital investors, and technology-driven companies. He has been supporting start-ups and investors in more than 500 transactions, from business-angel investments to unicorn funding rounds with a volume of several hundred million euros. Together with his team, he routinely acts for his clients in the entire “investment life cycle” – from a company’s formation to its exit.
Jens teaches corporate finance and venture capital at the HAW Hamburg and at the Bucerius Law School Hamburg.
Career
- Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing
- 2002 – 2006 Associate, Taylor Wessing
- Since 2011 Lecturer, HAW Hamburg (Corporate Finance & Venture Capital)
Languages
German, English
Memberships
Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.
Education
- 2002 Established as a lawyer, Hamburg
- 2002 Doctoral degree, Universität Hamburg
- 2002 Second state examination, Hamburg
- 1997 First state examination, Hamburg
- 1991 – 1997 Degree in law, Universität Hamburg and London School of Economics
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Private equity > Venture capital
(Leading partners)Taylor Wessing comprehensively advises investors, venture capital funds and companies on early stage and large-volume financing rounds as well as exits. Clients benefit from the close cooperation with the M&A team as well as a US law firm in transactions in the technology and life sciences sector. The team has further industry expertise in the digital healthcare, fintech, foodtech, cleantech and spacetech segments. Jens Wolf primarily acts on behalf of PE funds, VC investors and technology-oriented companies; Wolf is well versed at the interface between VC and M&A and jointly heads the practice with Norman Röchert, who is experienced in capital markets law, VC and M&A. Armin Bartsch (financing rounds, exits/buy-outs as well as advice on setting up and expanding digital business models) joined the team as a salary partner in October 2022; he was previously at Noerr.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Germany > Private equity > Venture capital
- Venture capital Germany > Private equity
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Information technology > Data protection
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Private equity > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Media > Entertainment
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: solicitors
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Compliance > Compliance
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Private clients and non-profits
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Public sector > State aid
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance litigation
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Antitrust
- Private equity > Transactions