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Henrik Armah is a shareholder in the M&A/Corporate group of Greenberg Traurig's German office. He advises international and domestic clients on M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate transformations and on all general matters of corporate law. He specializes in cross border transactions (buy side and sell side). His clients include industry players as well as private equity, venture capital and strategic investors. Henrik is an expert with particular experience in the technology,...
Stephan advises asset managers, institutional investors and investment funds on all matters relating to collective investment schemes, including fund formation and ongoing operational matters, co-investments, carried interest arrangements and internal reorganizations. In addition, Stephan advises sponsors and investors on secondary transactions, including recapitalizations and restructurings. As a second focus, Stephan's practice includes venture capital and M&A transactions as well as ge...
Ansgar advises funds, corporate groups and startups on all matters of corporate law. He specializes in equity and debt venture financings of young growth-driven enterprises and in M&A and Private Equity transactions.In this year's The Best Lawyers® in Germany edition the US publishing house in cooperation with business daily Handelsblatt® commend Ansgar as one of Germany's best lawyers for corporate law. Ansgar studied law at the University of Munich. Throughout his work on his Ph...
Frederik advises corporates, financial investors and start-ups on M&A and venture capital transactions as well as all matters of corporate law. His practice focuses on transaction and corporate law advice to, or in connection with investments in, growth-oriented companies in the areas of FinTech, InsurTech, PropTech, Digital Health, mobility, software and other regulated industries.Frederik has been recognized by Chambers and Partners' FinTech Legal Guide 2020 as a notable practitioner.In...
Dr. Georg Greitemann is a partner at POELLATH in Frankfurt. He advises on M&A-related and venture capital-related transactions, internal restructuring and ongoing corporate law and corporate litigation matters. His clients include companies, company founders, shareholders and their families, as well as managing directors and supervisory board members. Approximately half of his work is cross-border. He is listed in domestic and international ranking guides for his expertise in private equi...
Otto Haberstock is a partner at POELLATH in Munich. Otto is a proven expert in legal and tax advice for investors, entrepreneurs, corporates, founders and management teams in M&A, private equity, venture capital and capital market transactions. With more than 20 years of experience, he is one of the leading advisors in the market for complex M&A, private equity and venture capital projects and thus continuously ranked among the top experts in his areas of expertise. He graduated from ...
Josef Hofschroer focuses his practice on corporate law, with an emphasis on M&A transactions for national and international clients. He particularly advises on all aspects of capital markets and securities law. Furthermore, his practice includes distressed investments as well as joint ventures. Josef has particularly wide-ranging experience in the fields of energy, technology, telecommunications and real estate. Among his clients are start-ups, medium-sized and large companies as well as ...
Dr Michael Inhester is a partner and a member of the management board at POELLATH in Munich. Michael advises national and international companies from various industries on corporate and tax law. He is known for his pragmatic and solution-oriented approach as a transactional lawyer with many years of cross-industry practical experience in areas such as M&A, restructuring, private equity and venture capital. His client base includes corporate and VC/PE companies. Thanks to his more than 20...
Hubertus Leo has been an attorney in the field of transactional advice since 1991. He advises on medium-sized M&A transactions, cross-border private equity investments, venture capital investments, joint ventures, and family business successions. Furthermore, he advises companies of all sizes – from start-ups to small or medium-sized companies (SMEs) to listed corporations – on all aspects of corporate law. His clientele includes, among others, listed corporations, financial i...
Tarek Mardini is a partner in the private funds practice group of POELLATH in Berlin. He specializes in comprehensive advice on contract, corporate, regulatory and tax law and market practice in the area of alternative investment funds and asset management. He advises German and international fund managers on fund structuring, as well as institutional investors and family offices on investments in private equity, venture capital, private debt, infrastructure, real estate funds and other alter...
Martin advises financial investors and companies on M&A and venture capital transactions as well as other matters of corporate law.Another focus of his work lies on incorporating European Stock Corporations (SE) as well as on complex carve-outs and corporate reorganizations.In this year's edition of The Best Lawyers® in cooperation with the Handelsblatt®, Martin is commended as one of Germany's best lawyers for corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital in Germany...
Helder’s practice is focused on the formation and operation of private equity firms. His track record of several dozen fund formation projects ranges from small early-stage venture capital firms to large buyout funds. Helder also regularly provides advice to selected institutional and private investors with regard to their limited-partner investments in private-equity and venture capital funds. Helder frequently publishes on matters of international taxation and on fund-related issues. ...
Peter Schorling is chair of the firm’s German Corporate Group, focusing his practice on M&A transactions. Peter advises on all aspects of M&A and corporate law, providing in-depth expertise in buy-side and sell-side transactions, private equity, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and capital markets. In particular, this includes various cross-border projects for international clients. Peter has wide-ranging experience advising clients in the real estate and media, technolo...
Christian Tönies is a partner at POELLATH in Munich and Berlin. He spezialises in M&A with a focus on private equity and venture capital transactions, including trade sale, IPOs and asset sale. Together with Michael Inhester, he heads the venture capital practice at POELLATH and advises in particular on the entire range of venture capital – from financing and acquisitions to exits. His clients include venture capital funds, corporate venture capitalists, start-ups, as well as i...
Ben specializes in M&A and venture capital transactions as well as corporate compliance. Ben's clients appreciate his excellent commercial awareness and proven negotiation skills. This enables him to successfully close even the most complex transactions. In the JUVE Handbook of German Commercial Law Firms, Ben is commended for his ability to steer complex projects very efficiently as well as in a result-driven manner" and he is listed as one of the 20 leading venture capital lawyers. Busi...
Philipp von Braunschweig is a partner at POELLATH in Munich. For over 25 years, he acts as a trusted advisor to well-known entrepreneurial families, management teams and, in particular, private equity funds on transactional M&A, venture capital with a focus on leveraged buy-outs and private equity, including management equity programs. He is consistently ranked among the leading lawyers for his private equity and M&A practice. Philipp is a member of the German-American Lawyers' Associ...
Jörn mainly advises financial investors and listed companies on all kinds of national and cross-border transactions and generally on issues of corporate and capital markets law. He also regularly represents his clients in contentious matters.In this year's The Best Lawyers® in Germany edition the US publishing house in cooperation with business daily Handelsblatt® has recognized Jörn yet again as Lawyer of the Year for Venture Capital Law.Jörn studied law in Passau, Fre...
Saskia advises management teams on the structuring of private-equity, venture-capital and crypto funds as domestic or foreign structures and their investors on all matters of corporate, tax and regulatory law.Another focus of Saskia’s practice is on general tax law. Saskia studied law at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, and at the National University of Singapore. During her doctoral thesis, Saskia worked as a research assistant in the tax team of a major international law firm. She comple...
Adrian provides advice on all matters of corporate law related to funds, corporations and growth-oriented companies. He specializes in M&A and venture capital transactions.Legal500 has elected Adrian as the "Rising Star 2020" for Venture Capital in Germany. Adrian studied law at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Humboldt University (Berlin) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa). His legal training included stints at a large international law firm and at the First Circuit Court of O&rsqu...
Robert advises fund managers and investors on the structuring of investment funds in the field of venture capital and private equity as well as on all matters of investment regulatory law. He also accompanies them in approval procedures and all ongoing regulatory matters.Another focus of Robert's practice lies in contractual matters and corporate law.
Venture Capital Law Definition
The term "Venture Capital“ describes an equity or equity-like financing granted to (typically young, often “start up”) businesses with a high growth potential but yet little or no access to public capital markets or debt financing. Venture capital investors typically receive in return for their venture capital investment a minority stake in the target company’s share capital that is issued to the venture capital investor from a share capital increase. To protect such investment and the position of the investor as a minority shareholder in the target company, a number of typical features of venture capital terms have evolved, such as proceeds preferences, dilution protection, consent requirements, rights of first refusal, and tag along rights, as well as drag along rights. Depending on the development stage of the target company, its founders – who typically also manage the business of the target company – are often subjected to a reverse vesting in respect of their shares, i.e., to a mechanism, by which they release all or part of their shareholding in case they cease early to work for the target.
Venture capital lawyers advise venture capital investors, target companies, or founders on the structuring, negotiation, conclusion, and implementation of the agreements and corporate documents underlying venture capital investments. In addition, they typically advise on a number of legal transactions, which arise in the context of venture capital investments or in general in respect of venture capital financed businesses, such as stock option or virtual incentive schemes, bridge financings (e.g., by way of convertible loans), exit transactions (e.g., share sales or asset sales of the target company), as well as other M&A transactions involving venture capital financed businesses.
Furthermore, law firms that focus on venture capital typically offer legal advice on a variety of operational legal issues of target companies. Given the main business areas, which attract venture capital, namely Internet, software, mobile applications, life sciences, and clean technology, such operational issues include, for example, intellectual property transactions, data protection, other regulatory issues, as well as general terms and conditions.
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