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Hassan Sohbi

Hassan Sohbi

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Hassan is a specialist for transactions in the areas of M&A, venture capital and growth capital/tech private equity with an industry focus on technology companies. His clients include international companies, well-known venture capital and tech private equity investors, tech companies and family offices, a significant number of which are based in the Middle East and South Asia.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Venture capital

Sectors

Technology, media & communications
Private wealth
Life sciences & healthcare
Biotech
Digital health
Pharmaceuticals
Fintech
Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology

CV

Since 2025 Associated Partner, Taylor Wessing
2003 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2008 Lecturer for Venture Capital, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
2000 – 2003 Partner, Osborne Clarke
1996 – 2000 Associate/Partner, Coudert Schürman
1992 –1993 Legal clerkship, including postings at Pünder, Volhard Weber & Axster (Frankfurt) as well as Clifford Chance (Frankfurt/London)
1995 Admitted as a lawyer, Frankfurt am Main
1994 Second state examination, Frankfurt am Main
1991 First state examination, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Career

Since 2025 Associated Partner, Taylor Wessing
2003 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2008 Lecturer for Venture Capital, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
2000 – 2003 Partner, Osborne Clarke
1996 – 2000 Associate/Partner, Coudert Schürman
1992 –1993 Legal clerkship, including postings at Pünder, Volhard Weber & Axster (Frankfurt) as well as Clifford Chance (Frankfurt/London)

Education

1995 Admitted as a lawyer, Frankfurt am Main
1994 Second state examination, Frankfurt am Main
1991 First state examination, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Publications

Info-Film: Welche rechtlichen Spielregeln gelten für Fintechs?, 03/2018

Strukturelle und rechtliche Aspekte bei arabisch-deutschen M&A Transaktionen, in: Arabisch-deutsche Geschäftspartnerschaften, Commerzbank AG, Corporates & Markets, Frankfurt am Main

Kommentator des WpÜG im NomosKommentar Aktienrecht und Kapitalmarktrecht (seit 1. Aufl. 2011): §§ 1-2, 10-18, 20-25, 29-31, 35-39, 40-47

Kommentator der §§ 783 ff. BGB in Dauner-Lieb / Heidel / Ring, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch Schuldrecht, 2. Aufl. 2012 / 3. Aufl. 2015

Venture Capital Transaktionen, in: Schalast/Raetttig, Grundlagen des M&A Geschäfts (2011)

Eigenkapitalanforderungen für das Wertpapiergeschäft, in: Die Aktiengesellschaft 1994, p. 23 ff.

AIM Congress Dubai: Investment Partnerships and New Forms of FDI, Strategic Alliances and Greenfield Investment versus M&A (2014)

GHORFA - Arab German Chamber of Commerce Jahrestagung Berlin 2013: Arab German Business Partnerships - a Model for the Future

Al Dana Ferguson Family Office Conference Bahrain 2013, Keynote Speech: Crisis, what Crisis? Why Europe will continue to play an important global role

Strukturelle und rechtliche Aspekte bei arabisch-deutschen M&A Transaktionen, in: Arabisch-deutsche Geschäftspartnerschaften, Commerzbank AG, Corporates & Markets, Frankfurt am Main

Memberships & Associations

American Bar Association, Associate Member
Business Angels Frankfurt Rhein Main eV., Vorstand

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 2026

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Hassan Sohbi leads by example and is willing to get his hands dirty on the front line, but he also knows when to call in specialists when needed., client

Legal 500 2026

Recommended Lawyer for Private Equity: Venture Capital

Legal 500 2025

Recommended Lawyer for Venture Capital

Legal 500 2025

Hassan Sohbi leads by example and is prepared to get his hands dirty on the front line, but he also knows when to call in specialists if necessary.

Best lawyers: Venture capital

Best lawyers: Mergers and acquisitions law

Best lawyers: Corporate law

Frequently recommended lawyer for M&A

“highly competent, good negotiator”, competitor

Leading individual: Capital Markets Law

Leading Individual: Venture Capital

Leading individual: Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Leading individual: Corporate Law

Key lawyer for Private Equity: Venture Capital

Leading individual: Venture Capital Law

Leading individual: Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Lawyer of the year: Venture Capital Law

Key lawyer for Private Equity: Venture Capital

"committed negotiator and networker", competitor

Frequently recommended lawyer for M&A

Frequently recommended lawyer for Venture Capital

Experience

Advising Hims & Hers, USA on the acquisition of European telemedicine provider Zava

Advising and coordinating a comprehensive transaction team across five jurisdictions relating to the acquisition of the Zava Group including complex legal issues

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