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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.
Jens is a member of the local management board of Taylor Wessing Hamburg.
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 |
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. |
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