Nicolas Gabrysch is Managing Partner of Osborne Clarke in Germany and a member of the International Board of Osborne Clarke.

Since 1 August 2025 Nicolas is responsible for the management of Osborne Clarke in Germany. As such he is the first point of contact for clients, employees and partners, developing the firm's local and international market positioning and operational strategy.

Besides his managerial role, Nicolas build-up the Venture Capital praxis of Osborne Clarke in Germany for over 20 years to one of the largest and most established venture capital practices in Germany. His team advises venture capital funds and start-ups as well as growth companies in various sectors not only in Europe and the USA comprehensively on financing issues and M&A projects. The Venture Capital team of Osborne Clarke typically advises on over 100 transactions a year.

Nicolas clients are amongst others Highland Europe, Redalpine, Eight Roads, DTCP, neoteq, Capnamic, Endeit and N26, Grover and numerous others.

Nicolas lead the German venture capital activities on the US East Coast through Osborne Clarke's New York office for more than a decade.

"very experienced and dedicated"

JUVE "Handbuch 2023/24"

komoot

Osborne Clarke has advised the founders of the German hiking app komoot on its acquisition by the Italian technology company Bending Spoons. Read more.

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.

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.

Vantage Value

Osborne Clarke has advised the investment company Vantage Value on its investment in the start-up Syte, an AI data platform for real estate. 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.

HESA Solutions (MySchleppApp)

Osborne Clarke has advised HESA Solutions (MySchleppApp) on the sale to hlpy S.p.A., an Italian company in the field of digital roadside assistance, repair and maintenance of vehicles. Read more (in German).

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.

Demecan

Osborne Clarke has advised Demecan, a producer of medicinal cannabis, on their recently completed funding round. Read more.

DTCP

Osborne Clarke advises DTCP on its investment in AI start-up Cognigy. Read more here

Kolonne Null

Osborne Clarke advises Kolonne Null on financing round with Oetker. Read more here

Terra One

Osborne Clarke has advised Terra One Climate Solutions GmbH on its recently successfully completed seed financing round totalling USD 7.5 million. Read more.

Dieter Schoeller

Osborne Clarke advises Dieter Schoeller on head-up buyback from Thunderful. Read more here

Redalpine

Osborne Clarke has advised the European investor Redalpine on the acquisition of the e-commerce company Perch by the Berlin-based Razor Group, 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.

Rausgegangen

Osborne Clarke the Cologne-based start-up Rausgegangen on a recent financing round totalling EUR 1.275 million, 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.

Kickdown

Osborne Clarke has advised car auction platform Kickdown on its recent seed funding round, read more.

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