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Dr. Carolin Roßkothen, LL.M.
Dr. Carolin Roßkothen, LL.M.

Dr. Carolin Roßkothen, LL.M.

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Carolin is a member of the Corporate Practice Area and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital. She primarily advises national and international investors, companies, and institutions on complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including joint ventures, carve-outs, minority shareholdings, and distressed M&A. In addition to traditional industrial and tech sectors, she focuses in particular on transactions in the life sciences sector.

She also advises on general corporate law issues and group restructurings.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Venture capital
Joint ventures
General corporate
Financing rounds (Seed, subsequent and growth financing) equity and non-equity instruments
French German group

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Manufacturing & industrials
Energy & infrastructure

CV

Since 2025 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2023 - 2025 Junior Partner, Oppenhoff & Partner
2016 - 2023 Associate, Latham & Watkins
2016 Admission to the bar, Hamburg
2016 Second state law exam, Hamburg
2014 - 2016 Legal clerkship, Hamburg and Paris
2012 - 2014 Master of Laws (LL.M.), School of Tax and Business Law, Münster
2011 - 2014 Doctorate in law at the University of Münster
2011 First state law exam, Münster
2006 - 2011 Law studies, Münster
2005 - 2006 Business administration studies, Michigan, USA

Career

Since 2025 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2023 - 2025 Junior Partner, Oppenhoff & Partner
2016 - 2023 Associate, Latham & Watkins

Education

2016 Admission to the bar, Hamburg
2016 Second state law exam, Hamburg
2014 - 2016 Legal clerkship, Hamburg and Paris
2012 - 2014 Master of Laws (LL.M.), School of Tax and Business Law, Münster
2011 - 2014 Doctorate in law at the University of Münster
2011 First state law exam, Münster
2006 - 2011 Law studies, Münster
2005 - 2006 Business administration studies, Michigan, USA

Publications

Die Haftung des GmbH-Geschäftsführers im Spannungsfeld zwischen Sanierungspflicht und Insolvenzantragspflicht (Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU Münster, Reihe III, Band 14), 2015

Juristische Online-Datenbanken – auf dem Weg zur Nutzungspflicht?, in: Anwaltsblatt (AnwBl) 2012, S. 503 ff.

Memberships & Associations

Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (VGR)

Additional languages

English French

Awards

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Best Lawyers in Germany 2025

Ones to Watch: Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

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