Venture Capital

We regularly advise financial investors, strategic investors, family offices, and start-ups on all legal and tax issues relating to venture capital investments – from establishing companies through the various phases of growth financing (such as structuring and carrying out funding rounds in the form of majority or minority shareholdings, mezzanine investments, co-investment agreements, management and employee shareholdings, financing on the capital market/crowdfunding) to exits (share deal, asset deal, IPO, strategic transformation/cooperation).

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Our advisory range includes in particular:

advice in connection with investments in companies (due diligence / legal risk management, drafting / negotiating contractual documentation / purchase agreement / investment agreement / shareholders’ agreement, deal management in bidding procedures) and exits
providing and managing electronic data rooms
advice on stock options (ESOP), virtual investments (VSOP, phantom shares), incentive and bonus agreements
ongoing advice to portfolio companies (structural measures, add-on acquisitions)
structuring public financing rounds, securities, and investments (in particular, electronic crowdfunding)
drafting family office investment structures