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Taylor Wessing Offices

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Dr Norman Röchert, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Work Department
Venture Capital; Corporate/ M&A; Capital Markets; Technology, Media & Communications
Position
Partner
Norman is recognised as one of the leading individuals in venture capital in Germany. He co-chairs the international Technology, Media & Communications sector group if Taylor Wessing.
Norman advises financial investors, corporations, growth companies and founders driving strategic growth through venture capital and M&A transactions. Norman’s practice focuses on tech, communication and media. He combines in depth sector insight with vast transaction expertise allowing him to effectively pursue clients’ commercial objectives. In addition, Norman has proven expertise in IPOs and other stock exchange related transactions.
Clients and counterparts name Norman as “a leadingindividual for Venture Capital” and describe him as “reliable, quick and knowing how to negotiate for the client” and someone “who has his finger on pulse and is super pragmatic”.
Career
- Since 2014 Partner, Taylor Wessing
- 2007 – 2014 Associate, Taylor Wessing
Languages
German, English
Education
- 2011 Doctoral degree on a civil law and capital markets law theme, Institut für internationales Bank- und Kapitalmarktrcht der University of Leipzig
- 2007 LL.M., University of Cape Town, South Africa
- 2005 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Leipzig
- 2004 Completion of degree in law, University of Leipzig
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Branchenfokus > Künstliche Intelligenz (KI)
Taylor Wessing wird besonders für die Begleitung von Investitionen und Infrastrukturprojekten mit KI-Bezug empfohlen und besticht mit Fachwissen und Kompetenzen in der Bearbeitung regulatorischer Fragestellungen, auch insbesondere unter Anwendung sektorenspezifischer Regelungen für den Einsatz von KI, etwa aus den Finanz- und Gesundheitsbranchen. Gleichzeitig berät das Team kompetent zu allen Fragen, die sich aus der Anwendung von KI in Unternehmen ergeben, mit einem Fokus auf Aspekte von Haftungsrecht, Datenschutz und geistigem Eigentum. Carsten Schulz ist ein Schlüsselkontakt für Transaktionen, Projekte und Vertragsstreitigkeiten mit starken technologischen Inhalten, und leitet die Praxis gemeinsam mit Norman Röchert (Venture Capital) und Thanos Rammos, welcher die Schnittstelle zwischen Datenschutz, Urheberrecht und KI bedient.
Deutschland > Private Equity > Venture Capital
(Führende Partner)Taylor Wessing ist weiterhin für die Stärken bei der Beratung über den gesamten Investitionszyklus hinweg bekannt. Ein prominentes Tätigkeitsfeld des Teams im vergangenen Jahr war die Beratung bei Finanzierungsrunden von Unicorn Start-ups; vor allem hervorzuheben ist die Beratung von DeepL bei einer hochwertigen Finanzierungsrunde. Die Praxis unter der Leitung von Jens Wolf und Norman Röchert fokussiert sich darüber hinaus auf den Technologiesektor, einschließlich künstliche Intelligenz, Energie und ClimateTech, sowie auf die Bereiche Life Sciences und Healthcare. Wolf berät Start-ups und Investoren, vor allem technologieorientierte Unternehmen, bei Venture-Capital-Transaktionen, einschließlich Business-Angel-Investitionen und Finanzierungsrunden, während Röchert dazu noch bei Venture-Capital-Transaktionen im Medienbereich tätig ist. Im Januar 2024 wurde Philipp Hoegl, der vor allem in den Bereichen AgTech und FoodTech agiert, zum Partner ernannt.
Germany > Industry focus > Artificial Intelligence
Taylor Wessing is well versed in supporting investments and infrastructure projects pertaining to AI and impresses with regulatory expertise in the context of AI use across the finance and healthcare sectors. The team also advises companies on AI use, with a focus on liability law, data protection and IP issues. Carsten Schulz is a key contact for transactions, projects and contract-related disputes in connection with technology, and jointly heads the practice with Norman Röchert (venture capital) and Thanos Rammos, who handles matters at the interface between data protection, copyright and AI.
Germany > Private equity > Venture capital
(Leading partners)Taylor Wessing impresses with expertise along the entire investment value chain and recently supported financing rounds of unicorn start-ups, most notably advising DeepL on a large-volume financing round. The practice, led by Jens Wolf and Norman Röchert, also focuses on the technology sector, including AI, energy and climatetech, as well as on the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Wolf advises start-ups and investors, primarily technology-oriented companies, on venture capital transactions, including business angel investments and financing rounds, while Röchert also advises on venture capital transactions across the media sector. Philipp Hoegl focuses on the agtech and foodtech industries and joined the partner roster in January 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Germany > Private equity > Venture capital
- Venture capital Germany > Private equity
- Artificial Intelligence Germany > Industry focus
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Information technology > Data protection
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Private equity > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Artificial Intelligence
- Media > Entertainment
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patent litigation: solicitors
- Private clients and non-profits
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Compliance > Compliance
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Banking and finance > Real estate finance
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Public sector > State aid
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Capital markets > Equity capital markets
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance litigation
- Banking and finance > Lending and borrowing
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Antitrust
- Private equity > Transactions