Life Sciences Law Update
Thiemo Woertge, Dipl.-Volkswirt
Counsel Corporate & Finance
Berlin
Munich
Languages
German, English
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Thiemo Woertge advises technology-driven, life sciences and high-growth companies, as well as their investors, on venture capital, growth equity and M&A transactions - with a particular focus on emerging companies in regulated industries and international expansion.
He regularly supports founders, management teams, as well as corporate and financial investors, on structuring and executing equity financing rounds, strategic minority investments, add-on acquisitions, and exits, including complex cross-border M&A transactions. Another key area of his practice is the structuring and implementation of management and employee incentive schemes, both in Germany and internationally, in collaboration with Hogan Lovells’ global offices.
Thiemo frequently works alongside Hogan Lovells’ regulatory experts, including the firm’s Life Sciences, Aerospace and Defense, and Digital Transformation & Technology teams, to provide emerging companies with integrated advice on legally complex, fast-evolving business models and regulatory matters.
He combines legal expertise with a strong economic background, holding a diploma in economics with a focus on corporate finance and law & economics from Heidelberg University. Before joining Hogan Lovells, he gained experience at leading international law firms in Berlin, Brussels and London. He began his career in the firm’s IP and patent transactions group and continues to advise on the intersection of technology, intellectual property and commercial strategy.
Representative experience
Advsing Alasco on its series B financing round of EUR 35 million led by Insight Partners and Lightrock as well as its series A and two series seed financing rounds.
Advising Armira Growth on a EUR 25 million series A growth equity investment into osapiens Inc.
Advising Catalym on its EUR 50 million series C financing round led by Jeito Capital and Brandon.
Advising Charles on its series A financing round of USD 20 million led by Salesforce Ventures as well as its series seed financing round of EUR 6.4 million led by Accel and HV Ventures.
Advising Shareholders of Company Bike Solutions in the sale including re-investment to DPE and the the secondary buy-out to Rivean.
Advising Shareholders of prop-tech start-up Flexcavo on the sale to Trackunit, an HG Capital portfolio company.
Advising Limehome on several financing rounds led by HV Ventures, Picus Capital and Lakestar including latest series A extensions as well as a venture loan financings by GGC and Capital Four.
Advising Quantilope on its series C financing round as well as several venture loans
Advising Tengelmann Ventures, HTGF and Bayern Kapital as well as various business angels on the sale of their majority stake in the Munich-based software start-up Metoda in a secondary transaction.
Advising Quantilope on its series C financing round as well as several venture loans.
Advising Shareholders of H&Z Unternehmensberatung on the sale to, including roll-over, EMZ.
Advising Shareholders of STP Group on the sale to HgCapital including re-investment (leveraged buy-out).
Advising Founders of STP on the sale of the STP Group to Bregal (secondary buy-out) and Maguar Capital on the minority stake in STP Group.
Advising Vytal Global on its USD 10 million series A financing round.
Advising Wirelane on its EUR 18 million series B financing round led by Abacon Capital and its series A financing round of Vito Ventures, Coparion, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Ritter Starkstromtechnik.
Advising Start-ups and founders on financing rounds, venture/convertible loans, warrants and ESOPs, e.g. Dreamlines, ExpressGroup, Flexcavo, Fraugster, Kellers Sports, MedKitDoc, Springlane, Years.
Credentials
Education
- Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Berlin, 2015
- First State Exam in Law, Humboldt University of Berlin, 2013
- Diploma of Economics, Heidelberg University, 2010
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Munich