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Dr. Jan Riebeling
Dr. Jan Riebeling

Dr. Jan Riebeling

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Jan is a chamber qualified expert lawyer for commercial and corporate law (Fachanwalt für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht) and a specialist in the areas of M&A and private equity.

He advises strategic and financial investors as well as family-managed companies from Germany and abroad on corporate transactions, reorganisation measures and corporate structuring. Jan regularly represents real estate companies in their corporate real estate matters, including advising on share deals, international joint ventures and holding structures. He further has industry expertise in life sciences transactions.

Jan is Local Manager of Taylor Wessing's Hamburg office.

Expertise

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Private equity
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Sectors

Logistics & transport
Life sciences & healthcare
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Pharmaceuticals
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Real estate & construction

Doing Business and Investing in Germany: A guide to help foreign investors

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CV

Since 2009 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2004 – 2009 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2003 – 2004 Knowledge Management, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2001 – 2002 Legal clerkship, Kiel and Hamburg
2005 Doctoral degree on the application of information and communications technology in insolvency proceedings, CAU Kiel
2003 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2002 Second state examination, combined examination board of Hamburg/Bremen/Schleswig-Holstein
1999 First state examination, Schleswig
1996 Overseas semester, University of Surrey/England
1994 – 1999 Degree in law, CAU Kiel

Career

Since 2009 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2004 – 2009 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2003 – 2004 Knowledge Management, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2001 – 2002 Legal clerkship, Kiel and Hamburg

Education

2005 Doctoral degree on the application of information and communications technology in insolvency proceedings, CAU Kiel
2003 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamburg
2002 Second state examination, combined examination board of Hamburg/Bremen/Schleswig-Holstein
1999 First state examination, Schleswig
1996 Overseas semester, University of Surrey/England
1994 – 1999 Degree in law, CAU Kiel

Memberships & Associations

BVK Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften

Additional languages

English

Awards

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2025

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Best lawyers: Corporate law

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2024

Leading individual: Corporate Law

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2023

Leading individual: Corporate Law

The Best Lawyersâ„¢ in Germany 2022

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Experience

Elite Partners Capital buys large-scale multi-user logistics park near Karlsruhe with Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing advised on all legal issues in all matters relating to the transaction including tax.

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Christoph Scheibner
Dr. Jan Riebeling
Julian C. Ludwig
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Advising Invesco Real Estate on major international partnership with Westmont

We have advised Invesco Real Estate (Invesco), the global real estate investment manager, on its new strategic long-term partnership with Westmont, one of the largest private hotel property owners and operators with approximately 400 hotels in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. Westmont will operate and co-invest in the portfolio of 13 IHG branded hotels located in key cities in Germany and the Netherlands.

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Dr. Jan Riebeling
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Taylor Wessing advises GARBE on sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment

International law firm Taylor Wessing, led by Hamburg partner Anja Fenge and Hamburg partner Bernhard Kloft, provided comprehensive legal advice to GARBE Industrial Real Estate on the sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment. The portfolio consists of six development projects and two existing buildings with a total area of 218,144 square meters. The purchases are being made for two new pan-European logistics special funds launched by Union Investment together with GARBE Industrial Real Estate.

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High-quality property with strong tenant loyalty: Elite Partners Capital buys 180,000 square meters multi-user logistics park near Karlsruhe with Taylor Wessing

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