We are excited to continue the conversation and support your start-up's growth. Discover how Osborne Clarke can assist you in navigating the legal landscape of your entrepreneurial journey, ensuring you have the legal foundation to succeed.
Your Challenge
Starting a new venture is an exciting journey, but it comes with numerous legal challenges. Navigating complex regulatory landscapes, securing intellectual property, managing employment issues, ensuring data protection compliance, and handling funding intricacies are just a few hurdles start-ups face. Additionally, dealing with commercial contracts, resolving disputes, and maintaining corporate governance can be daunting. Understanding these legal challenges is crucial for start-ups to thrive in a competitive market.
Our Solution
At Osborne Clarke, we provide comprehensive legal solutions tailored for start-ups. Our expertise spans regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, employment law, and data privacy. We assist with securing funding, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, and resolving disputes efficiently. Our team also offers guidance on corporate governance to ensure your business operates smoothly. Partner with us to navigate the legal complexities and focus on growing your start-up confidently.
As a Pan-European firm, we are able to provide with all the support you need when entering the EU and UK. Also, we have offices in Asia and the USA as well as a well curated network of best friend firms globally ready to support you wherever you might venture.
Contact us to take your start-up to the next level
We enjoyed meeting you at START Summit 2025 and are looking forward to help you take your start-up to the next level. Reach out to our experts to discuss how we can support your specific needs.
Dr. Tobias Rothkegel
I advise leading companies and start-ups on all matters pertaining to data protection laws and privacy compliance as well as on all legal aspects pertaining to cyber & information security and blockchain technology.
Talk to me about: ensuring data protection and cyber security compliance
Eric Romba
I advise leading companies and start-ups on legal matters regarding capital markets on the interface of digitalization. With out-of-the-box thinking and an innovative approach, I help clients to create new products in a digital platform and blockchain environment.
Talk to me about: regulatory compliance for fintech start-ups
Fabian Mimberg
I advise investors, start-ups and growth companies on various equity and debt financing options, M&A, management and employee participation and general corporate structuring.
Talk to me about: fundraising and exits
Emily Barwell
I advise leading companies and start-ups in the software, gaming, entertainment, retail and energy industries on data protection and digital regulation. I also specialise in advising on alternative data sharing arrangements and on legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence.
Talk to me about: Compliant use of AI and data in your start-up
Mathias Loertscher
I advise companies, founders and institutional investors on M&A, venture and growth capital fundraisings, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and corporate governance, primarily in the Technology sector.
Talk to me about: key legal terms on your fundraisings and exits
Our core competencies
- Navigating regulatory requirements
Our expert team provides tailored advice to ensure compliance with industry-specific regulations, licensing, and permits. We assist in understanding and implementing data protection laws, health and safety standards, and environmental regulations. By staying ahead of regulatory changes, we help your start-up mitigate risks and avoid costly penalties, allowing you to focus on innovation and growth.
- Venture Capital
Our venture capital and growth team advises on all investment stages, from early-stage venture capital to later-stage growth funding, including venture debt and senior debt facilities. We also assist with strategic acquisitions, exits, and IPOs.
Combining industry knowledge in technology, intellectual property, and digital business with extensive transaction experience, we provide comprehensive guidance throughout the investment process. We handle issues such as intellectual property, employment matters, debt instruments, financing, and data privacy.
- Data Protection / Cyber Security
Our team ensures you make as much use of your data as possible and that your data-driven business complies with GDPR and other data privacy and cyber security regulations. We asses the validity of your business model and find solutions to ascertain you comply with all requirements. We offer training and support for handling data breaches and managing data subject requests. By safeguarding your data practices, we help you build trust with customers and avoid costly penalties.
The German Startup Association supports entrepreneurs by representing their interests in the world of politics and business. Their network enables dialog on an equal footing between startups, established companies and the political world.
As sponsors, we share our legal knowledge with members of the association to strengthen innovative ideas and promote a start-up culture in Germany.
