
Position
Partner
Dr. Jörg Jaecks
LL.M. (Cornell)
Attorney (Rechtsanwalt) since 2004
Public email address
joerg.jaecks@raue.com
Phone
+49 30 818 550 326
- Address
- Raue Potsdamer Platz 1 10785 Berlin
- V-Card
- download vCard
References
- Advising start-ups (e.g. Grover, Tillhub, Getsurance, Labforward, Labiotech, Lofelt, Visualix, Nepos, Uberchord, Kiron, Tomorrows Education, enyway, Yook, Caeli Wind, H.E.A.T. Energie-Software, ecoligo, Beets & Roots, Haferkater) as well as investors (e.g. June Fund, signals Venture Capital) on incorporation, convertible loans, equity financing rounds, employee participation programs, secondary and exits
- Advice on corporate acquisitions (e.g. clients like Walter de Gruyter, TOBI Windenergie, Sonic Healthcare)
- Advice on acquisition and corporate finance (e.g. private equity funds of Paragon on financing the acquisition of Wer liefert was?, a B2B supplier search engine; advising music technology company Native Instruments on the financing of reorganizing the shareholder structure in the context of a management and owner’ s buyout)
- Advice on shareholders’ and board members’ liability, disputes and litigation (e.g. Suhrkamp publishing house)
- Advice on company sales and exits (e.g. sale of CTG to KPMG, sale of zweimaleins to Publicis Groupe; sale of Useeds to Syzygy, sale of insglück to RSBG, sale of Lofelt to Meta, sale of Knowledge Unlatched to Wiley)
- Pro bono advice/support e.g. for CNF (Caucasus Nature Fund Foundation), Migrant Hire (job platform for refugees), WEFOUND (female entrepreneur community)
Rankings
- Frequently recommended lawyer for Venture Capital, JUVE Handbook 2024/2025
- Frequently recommended lawyer for M&A, JUVE Handbook 2024/2025
- Frequently recommended lawyer for Corporate Law, JUVE Handbook 2024/2025
- Recommended lawyer for Private Equity/ Venture Capital, Legal 500 EMEA 2024
- Recognized in “Best Lawyers® in Germany 2025” for Corporate Law, for Mergers and Acquisitions Law and for Private Equity/Venture Capital Law
- “I have never worked with a more diligent and smarter lawyer than Jörg Jaecks.” Client, Venture Capital, Chambers Europe 2024
- Recommended for Venture Capital in Germany, Chambers Europe 2024
- Frequently recommended lawyer for M&A, JUVE Handbook 2023/2024
- Frequently recommended lawyer for Corporate Law, JUVE Handbook 2023/2024
- Recognized in “Best Lawyers® in Germany 2024” for Corporate Law and for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- “Jörg Jaecks has a lot of experience. He is very insightful and hard-working and can really help you dig into the topics.” Client, Venture Capital, Chambers Europe 2023
- Recommended for Venture Capital in Germany, Chambers Europe 2023
- “Jörg Jaecks shines with extensive expertise and tremendous speed. He has an overall view of the timing of a round of financing and ensures that all stakeholders, including the client, provide their input in good time in order to successfully complete the financing.” Client, Legal 500 EMEA 2023
- “Extremely good industry knowledge, creative problem solver, very effective.” Client, Legal 500 EMEA 2023
- Recommended lawyer for Private Equity/ Venture Capital, Legal 500 EMEA 2023
- Frequently recommended lawyer for Private Equity (Mid-Cap) and Venture Capital, JUVE Handbook 2021/2022
- Frequently recommended lawyer for Private Equity (Mid-Cap) and Venture Capital, JUVE Handbook 2020/2021
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Career
- Raue (since 2010)
- Hogan & Hartson Raue LLP (2008-2010)
- Gleiss Lutz, Berlin and Stuttgart (2004-2008)
- Freie Universität Berlin (Dr. iur.)
- Cornell University, USA (LL.M.)
- Freie Universität Berlin, Research Assistant to Prof. F. J. Säcker
- Legal Clerkship in Hamburg
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Languages
- German
- English