Robert Wethmar, LL.M. (NYU)

Robert advises on national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as joint ventures. His clients include numerous international technology companies and he also advises a large number of family businesses on governance and succession issues. Robert is Dutch and Honorary Consul for the Netherlands in Hamburg as well as chairman of the supervisory board of OHB SE, a leading German space technology company.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets

General corporate

Joint ventures

Sectors

Private wealth

Energy & infrastructure

Aerospace & defence

Over the past 10 years, we've built a trusted legal team in San Francisco, focused on technology, media and communciation, life sciences and healthcare, real estate, private wealth, and private equity. Supported by colleagues in the UK and Europe, we also offer deep expertise in M&A, international growth, commercial deals, and data privacy.

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CV

Since 1997 Partner, Taylor Wessing

1994 – 1997 Associate, Taylor Wessing

1992 – 1994 Associate, Freshfields (formerly Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann)

Career

Since 1997 Partner, Taylor Wessing

1994 – 1997 Associate, Taylor Wessing

1992 – 1994 Associate, Freshfields (formerly Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann)

Education

1993 Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law, New York

1992 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg

1992 LL.M., New York University

Memberships & Associations

M&A Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA)
Deutsch-Niederländische Rechtsanwaltsvereinigung

Additional languages

Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

Featured

JUVE 2025/2026

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

JUVE Handbook 2024/2025

Experience

The shareholders and founders of Velox GmbH on its sale to IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

The shareholders and founders of the chemical distributor, Velox GmbH, on the sale of 100% of their shares in Velox to IMCD Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the Dutch company, IMCD N.V., the global leader in the sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and food ingredients. Velox, founded in 1993, is one of Europe's leading distributors of specialty raw materials for the plastics, composites, additives, caoutchouc, paints and coatings industries.

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Dr. Holger Schrewe, LL.M. (London)

Robert Wethmar, LL.M. (NYU)

Dr. Philipp Behrendt, LL.M. (UNSW)