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19.09.2025
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Prof. Dr. Stephan R. Göthel, LL.M. (Cornell)
Attorney (Germany) | Business Mediator | Partner
Office Hamburg
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Prof. Dr. Stephan R. Göthel advises in the areas of M&A/private equity, venture capital and corporate law. He has extensive experience in national and international company acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate financing (in particular venture capital transactions), corporate restructuring as well as management and employee participations. In addition, he advises his clients on an ongoing basis on all aspects of corporate law.
Stephan R. Göthel advises companies from a wide range of sectors, from start-ups to market leaders, as well as investors (business angels, venture capital investors, private equity investors and family offices). An entrepreneur himself, he thinks and acts entrepreneurially like his clients. As a trusted advisor to many clients, his aim is to provide the best possible advice with clear recommendations at all times - pragmatic, solution-oriented and with a focus on the client's business objectives.
Languages
German
English
Career
2024
GÖRG
Partner
2003-2023
Major international law firms and corporate boutiques in Hamburg (among others Freshfields und Taylor Wessing)
Lawyer and partner
2001-2003
Bucerius Law School in Hamburg
Research assistant
1998-2000
Düsseldorf
Legal clerkship
1992-1998
University of Münster (Dr. jur.)
Study of law
1994-1995
Universität Lausanne
1995
Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé der Universität Straßburg
1998
University of Michigan Law School (Visiting Scholar)
2002-2003
Cornell Law School (LL.M.)
Memberships and awards
Recognized in Best Lawyers and Handelsblatt as one of Germany's best lawyers in “Mergers & Acquisitions”, "Venture Capital" and "Corporate Law"
Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
M&A Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA)
Association under company law (VGR)
German-American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
Economic Council
Teaching activities and lectures
Lecturer at Bucerius Law School in the fields of corporate law and M&A from 2005 to 2015
Professor of Corporate Law at the BSP Business & Law School since 2015
Specialist publications in the form of books, book contributions, commentaries and essays
Editor and author of the standard work "Grenzüberschreitende M&A-Transaktionen"
