About Nicholas
Prior to joining LARK, Nicholas practised as a lawyer at GLNS. He is specialising in corporate law, venture capital, M&A, private equity and banking & finance.
At the end of his legal studies, which took Nicholas to Heidelberg, Madrid and Düsseldorf, he is currently completing his PhD at the University of Münster.
Nicholas is specialising in corporate law, venture capital, M&A, private equity and banking & finance.
Areas of expertise
Corporate Law
M&A
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Banking & Finance
Recent Representative Matters
National and international venture and growth capital investors
- BlueYard
- D. E. Shaw
- Green Generation Fund
- IVP
- Lightspeed
- Matrix
- Northzone
- SeaX
- SignalFire
Start-ups and scale-ups on venture and growth capital financings, ongoing corporate matters and exit transactions
- Caera
- Endel Sound
- Flowers For Society
- NASH Renewables
- Oceanloop
- The People Branding Company
- Timify
Current companies on transactions and corporate law
- AUDI
- CIE Forging
- Ion Beam Applications
- ITP Aero
Private Equity and structured finance
- Investors around Deutsche Invest on the sale of Sundwiger Messingwerk Group
- Afinum on structured debt financings for the acquisitions of Christian Koenen Group, Hartl Group and Fishing King (including add-on acquisitions)
- FSN Capital on the financing of the acquisition of Bäcker Görtz Group
- teccle group in connection with refinancing by UniCreditBank AG
Publications & Speeches
Many years of experience as a lecturer for civil and public law at the legal tutoring centres Alpmann & Schmidt and Jura Intensiv, as well as a lecturer
Lecturer at the University of Münster, the training of civil servants at the Federal University of Finance, and for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Publications in the areas of corporate and European law (e.g., in: NZG - Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschafsrecht)
Life beyond Lark
In his free time, Nico can be found either hiking or, on good days, jogging in the mountains. Nico is a big fan of all sporting activities (active and passive), a marathon runner and amateur triathlete and is very enthusiastic about “useless” knowledge.