Dr. Armin Bartsch
Dr. Armin Bartsch

Dr. Armin Bartsch

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Legal 500 2025

Recommended Lawyer for Venture Capital

Armin is a Salary Partner and has extensive experience in advising companies and investors in the areas of venture capital and complex national and international M&A transactions. 

Armin has a particular focus on financing rounds, exits/buy-outs as well as the establishment and expansion of digital business models through company builders and consulting firms, especially in the areas of digitalization of services, DeepTech, AI, FinTech, Banking, Prop-Tech and e-commerce. In addition, he has proven expertise in complex M&A transactions and Joint Ventures.

Armin is also particularly familiar with the establishment and expansion of consulting firms and their business activities (incl. complex shareholders’ agreements, international roll-out, etc.). He also frequently advises on the interface between Start-Ups and Corporates.

Taylor Wessing was 2024 once again recognised by Legal500 as a Tier 1 law firm for both venture capital and M&A transactions (deal volumes up to EUR 100 million) and Armin Bartsch has been recommended as a key lawyer and "venture capital and M&A specialist" for both areas.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Venture capital
Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Joint ventures

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Automotive & mobility
Fintech

CV

Since 2022 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2013 - 2022 as of 2013 Associate, as of 2019 Associated Partner, Noerr
2009 - 2013 Research assistant, Noerr

Career

Since 2022 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2013 - 2022 as of 2013 Associate, as of 2019 Associated Partner, Noerr
2009 - 2013 Research assistant, Noerr

Education

2013 Second state examination, Regensburg, established as a lawyer
2009 - 2013 Doctoral thesis on Russian Energy and Investment law
2002 - 2008 Studies of law at the University of Regensburg including 2 years of studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Publications

Restrictions of foreign investment in the Russian Federation in the field of utilization of oil and gas deposits on subsoil plots of federal significance, LIT Verlag 2015 (doctoral thesis)

Additional languages

English Russian

Awards

Legal 500 2025

Featured

Legal 500 Germany 2024

Legal 500 Germany 2024

Legal 500 Germany 2024

Experience

General Catalyst

Advising General Catalyst, one of the worldwide leading growth capital investors with excess of USD 30 billion in assets under management, as lead investor on its investment in Helsing in a EUR 450 million Series C Financing Round (2024)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Leitmotif

Advising Leitmotif, an independent venture capital firm backed by European industrial interests that actively bridges the innovation ecosystems of the U.S. and Europe, as lead-investor on its investment in DeepDrive in a EUR 30 million Series B Financing Round (2024)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Ontario Teachers‘ Pension Plan (OTPP)

OTPP manages the assets of more than 336,000 (current and former) teachers in Ontario, Canada, with total net assets of approximately CAD 250 billion: Advising OTPP as lead investor on its investment in instagrid, Europe's leading provider of high-performance portable battery systems, in a USD 95 million Series C Financing Round (2023/2024)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

General Catalyst

Advising General Catalyst as lead investor on its investment in Helsing in a USD 223 million Series B Financing Round (2023)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Simon-Kucher

Implementation of a new corporate governance, incl. signing of a shareholders’ agreement (2024) and on various corporate law aspects (ongoing since 2022)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

BlackFin Capital Partners

Advising the French PE-/VC-Fund BlackFin Capital Partners, one of the leading European growth capital investors with excess of EUR 2 billion in assets under management, on various investments in Germany, inter alia in Hawk, FINLEX and Hypatos (ongoing since 2021)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Bridgemaker

Advising the leading corporate venture builder within the DACH region on the development and expansion of (digital) business models for its clients in several cases (ongoing since 2020)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

thyssenkrupp

Advising thyssenkrupp on Fleet’s investment in carValoo, a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp (2023)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Common Living

Advising Common Living, the largest co-living operator in North America, on its merger with Habyt, the biggest co-living operator in Europe and Asia (2023)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Carmeuse

Advising the Belgian stock corporation Carmeuse regarding the development of a new digital business model in cooperation with the corporate venture builder BCG Digital Ventures, and an investment by BCG Digital Ventures (ongoing since 2020)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Balderton Capital

Advising Balderton Capital, a London based leading venture capital firm having raised ten funds totaling more than USD 4.5 billion, as lead investor on its investment in deep-set in a USD 30 million Financing Round (2023)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

OnePeak

Advising OnePeak, one of the leading European growth capital investors with excess of USD 2 billion in assets under management, as lead investor on its investment in Hygraph in a USD 30 million Series B Financing Round (2023)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Financing Round of McMakler

Advising Frog, Mutschler and Piton on follow-on investments in McMakler in a EUR 20 million Financing Round (2023)

Dr. Armin Bartsch

etventure group*

Providing comprehensive advice to the founders and shareholders on the sale of one of the leading German digitalization companies, etventure, to E&Y
* Client was advised on prior to joining Taylor Wessing

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Eleven major German insurance companies*

Providing comprehensive advice to eleven insurance companies on the sale of the building society (“Bausparkasse”) Aachener Bausparkasse AG to Wüstenrot Bausparkasse AG
* Client was advised on prior to joining Taylor Wessing

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Jumia Technologies (former Africa Internet Group)*

Advising on a EUR 300 million investment by Axa, Goldman Sachs, MTN, Orange and Rocket Internet
* Client was advised on prior to joining Taylor Wessing

Dr. Armin Bartsch

Rocket Internet*

Advising on the agreement of a strategic partnership in the form of a joint venture, (Asia Internet Holding) with the listed Asian telecommunications provider Ooredoo Q.S.C.
* Client was advised on prior to joining Taylor Wessing

Dr. Armin Bartsch

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Taylor Wessing advises General Catalyst, Lightspeed and Accel on €600 million financing of Helsing

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