Patrick is a founding partner of LARK. He advises primarily in the areas of M&A, private equity, venture capital and corporate law. Prior to joining LARK, he worked as counsel at the law firm GLNS and previously practiced law for several years at Milbank LLP in Munich and Frankfurt. He completed his legal training in Bayreuth, Würzburg, Frankfurt and Miami.

 

One of Patrick’s particular areas of focus is advising domestic and foreign institutional and strategic investors, especially in the private equity and venture capital context. He also specializes in advising start-ups and scale-ups from their incorporation through financing rounds and exit transactions as well as advising on general corporate law.

Patrick is advising domestic and foreign institutional and strategic investors, especially in the private equity and venture capital context. He also specializes in advising start-ups and scale-ups from their incorporation through financing rounds and exit transactions as well as advising on general corporate law.

M&A

Private equity

Venture capital

Corporate law

National and international private equity funds

  • ARDIAN
  • Carlyle
  • DBAG
  • Deutsche Invest
  • ECM
  • Egeria
  • EMH Partners
  • General Atlantic
  • Nordwind Capital
  • Trill Impact
  • VIDIA Equity
  • Westlake Partners

Venture and growth capital investors

  • IVP
  • Matrix

Start-ups and scale-ups

  • Enmacc
  • Flowers For Society
  • Freeletics
  • Intermate
  • mysugar
  • NASH Renewables
  • smava

Domestic and foreign companies in M&A transactions in Germany

  • ITP Aero
  • Roland Berger
  • Teknia Group

"Ones to Watch" in the fields of M&A, private equity and corporate law

Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2022 and 2023

Patrick spends his free time sipping Negronis.