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Dr. Jens Wolf
Dr. Jens Wolf

Dr. Jens Wolf

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Jens 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.

Expertise

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Private equity
Venture capital
General corporate
Joint ventures

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
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Venture Capital in CleanTech and Renewables

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CV

Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2002 – 2006 Associate, Taylor Wessing
Since 2011 Lecturer, HAW Hamburg (Corporate Finance & Venture Capital)
1999 – 2001 Founder of an agency for media advice and public relations
1997 –1999 Research assistant, Haushaltsausschuss der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft
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

Career

Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2002 – 2006 Associate, Taylor Wessing
Since 2011 Lecturer, HAW Hamburg (Corporate Finance & Venture Capital)
1999 – 2001 Founder of an agency for media advice and public relations
1997 –1999 Research assistant, Haushaltsausschuss der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft

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

Publications

Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Unternehmens- und Projektfinanzierung für IT-Unternehmen, Vortrag Fortbildung für FAe für IT-Recht, Hamburg, 2009

Die Haftung des Kommanditisten beim Formwechsel in die GmbH, in: ZIP - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 1996, S. 1200-1205

Thronerbe gesucht - Unternehmensverkauf: Das ist zu tun, Offensive 2/2007, S. 10

Funktion und Nutzen der rechtlichen Beratung bei der Kapitalbeschaffung, Vortrag Seminar Unternehmensfinanzierung, Würzburg, 2006

Strategic Partnerships, The American Lawyer, May 2006, p. 208

Corporate Governance für den Mittelstand, WAR 2004, S. 167-172

Von der Gründung bis zum Börsengang (Mitautor), in: Praxishandbuch Multimedia, Stuttgart 2002

Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts als Wettbewerbsunternehmen, Köln (Heymanns), 2002

Die Rechtsnatur des Finanzierungsleasings, in: JuS 2002, S. 335 f.

Die Rechtsnatur des Finanzierungsleasings, in: JuS 2002, S. 335 f.

Memberships & Associations

Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.

Additional languages

English

Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

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Leading individual for Venture Capital

JUVE 2025/2026

pragmatic, solution-oriented, and pleasant to work with, competitor

Legal 500 2025

Jens Wolf has incredible energy and at the same time a wealth of experience. He also fights through difficult situations with determination in the interests of his clients.

Legal 500 2025

Leading partner for Venture Capital Law

Best lawyers: Venture capital

Best lawyers: Private equity

Jens Wolf has incredible energy and at the same time a wealth of experience. He also fights through difficult situations with determination in the interests of his clients.

Jens Wolf has the ability to translate complicated matters into very simple concepts., client

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Ranked lawyer for Private Equity: Venture Capital

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Frequently recommended lawyer for Private Equity and Venture Capital

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"pragmatic, solution-oriented, pleasant cooperation", competitor

Leading individual: Venture Capital Law

Experience

Advising sennder on billion-dollar joint venture with Poste Italiane

Europe's market-leading digital freight carrier sennder Technologies GmbH and Italy's leading postal service provider, Poste Italiane S.p.a, are deepening their cooperation and a Taylor Wessing team led by Hamburg partner Dr Jens Wolf advised sennder on all legal aspects of the transaction.

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Advising seller on sale of marmalade GmbH and Makaira GmbH to ECOMMERCE ONE

marmalade GmbH, one of Germany's leading e-commerce agencies, and Makaira GmbH, a provider of an e-commerce marketing suite for online retail, have been sold by marmalade Group GmbH to ECOMMERCE ONE Group.

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