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Dr Jens Wolf

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+49 40 36803-154 j.wolf@taylorwessing.com View profile

Work Department

Mainstram Corporate; M&A/ Venture Capital; Private Equity; Technology, Media & Communications

Position

Partner 

Jens Wolf 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.

Career

  • Since 2006 Partner, Taylor Wessing
  • 2002 – 2006 Associate, Taylor Wessing
  • Since 2011 Lecturer, HAW Hamburg (Corporate Finance & Venture Capital)

Languages

German, English

Memberships

Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V.

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

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Private equity > Venture capital

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Jens Wolf – Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing comprehensively advises investors, venture capital funds and companies on early stage and large-volume financing rounds as well as exits. Clients benefit from the close cooperation with the M&A team as well as a US law firm in transactions in the technology and life sciences sector. The team has further industry expertise in the digital healthcare, fintech, foodtech, cleantech and spacetech segments. Jens Wolf primarily acts on behalf of PE funds, VC investors and technology-oriented companies; Wolf is well versed at the interface between VC and M&A and jointly heads the practice with Norman Röchert, who is experienced in capital markets law, VC and M&A.  Armin Bartsch (financing rounds, exits/buy-outs as well as advice on setting up and expanding digital business models) joined the team as a salary partner in October 2022; he was previously at Noerr.

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