Benedikt Hülsmann, M.Sc.
Associate, Germany
Benedikt Hülsmann advises on German corporate law along the entire life cycle of emerging and established companies.
Prior to joining Osborne Clarke as an Associate in 2023, Benedikt gathered experience in the venture capital ecosystem during an internship at a Cologne based VC fund and as a research assistant at Osborne Clarke.
Benedikt studied law in Cologne, Germany and holds an M.Sc. in Law and Finance from Queen Mary University of London.
During his legal traineeship, Benedikt spent three months with Lowenstein Sandler LLP’s tech group in New York City, USA focusing on emerging companies and venture capital transactions.
hellgrün
Osborne Clarke has advised hellgrün energie GmbH on its strategic partnership with Saxovent Smart Eco Investments GmbH. As a result, hellgrün, a provider of holistic solar projects for commercial customers, receives EUR 500,000 as seed financing. Read more.
ScrapBees
Osborne Clarke has advised ScrapBees, a recycling start-up from Neuss, on a successful funding round of EUR 4 million. Read more.
NordicNinja
Osborne Clarke has advised the Japanese venture capital investor NordicNinja on the seed funding round of Munich-based battery recycler Tozero, amounting to EUR 11 million. Read more.
paretos
Osborne Clarke has advised the Heidelberg-based AI start-up paretos on its successful Series A funding round of EUR 8.5 million. Read more.
SPiNE
Osborne Clarke has advised the CleanTech start-up SPiNE on its recently completed Pre-Seed financing round of EUR 1.5 million. Read more.
PL BioScience
Osborne Clarke has advised PL BioScience GmbH in a EUR 7.8 million Series A financing. Read more.
Senvo
Osborne Clarke has advised Senvo, a freight invoice verification automation platform, on its successful EUR 2.5 million financing round. Read more.
DemoUp Cliplister
Osborne Clarke has advised the sellers of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform DemoUp Cliplister on its sale to the E-Commerce Software Group of Bregal Unternehmerkapital. Read more.
ECO2GROW
Osborne Clarke has advised the Bonn-based GreenTech start-up ECO2GROW on their successful seed financing round totalling EUR 4 million. Read more.
Shareholders of natif.ai
Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of natif.ai, a provider of document automation, on the takeover by document management and workflow automation specialist DocuWare, read more.
Octane Group
Osborne Clarke has advised the Canadian Octane Group on the acquisition of Aesculap AG's stake in Reutlingen-based TETEC Tissue Engineering Technologies AG on an interdisciplinary basis, read more.
LYKON
Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of LYKON, provider of home biomarker tests, on the sale to the nutrition app Lifesum. Read more.
DTCP
Osborne Clarke advises DTCP on its investment in AI start-up Cognigy. Read more here.
Brightlands Venture Partners and TechVision Fonds
Osborne Clarke has advised Brightlands Venture Partners and TechVision Fonds on their investment in the Organ Vitality Tech start-up Vivalyx GmbH as part of a seed financing round. Read more.
Kolonne Null
Osborne Clarke advises Kolonne Null on financing round with Oetker. Read more here.
Instagrid
Osborne Clarke has once again advised the battery system provider Instagrid on a successful financing round. The start-up raised a total of USD 95 million in its Series C, read more.
naturalX Health Ventures
Osborne Clarke has advised naturalX Health Ventures, the venture capital arm of Schwabe Group, on its investment in a Series A funding round in nutritional supplement start-up mybacs, read more.
recalm
Osborne Clarke has advised recalm, known for its ANCOR active noise cancelling technology, on its strategic partnership with the agricultural technology and commercial vehicle manufacturer KRONE, read more.
Prematch
Osborne Clarke has once again advised Prematch, the Cologne-based social platform for amateur football, on a successfully completed financing round, read more.
DTCP
Osborne Clarke has advised Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) on its investment in a Series B funding round in drone start-up Quantum Systems, read more.
