Dr. Adrian Haase

Education and Career

Adrian studied law at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Humboldt University (Berlin) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa). His legal training included stints at a large international law firm and at the First Circuit Court of O’ahu (Honolulu, Hawai’i). 
After that, he was a research fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (Berlin) as well as a visiting research fellow at the University of Parma (Italy) and at Harvard Law School. Before joining YPOG, he worked for several years at SMP and Flick Gocke Schaumburg.

Experience

Adrian’s recent work highlights include advising:

• Atomico, Battery Ventures, Lakestar, Lightspeed Ventures, Molten Ventures, SET Ventures and various other international venture capital funds on their investments in portfolio companies in Germany.
• 10x Founders, Acton Capital Partners, adesso Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Green Generation Fund, Haufe Ventures, Headline, HV Capital, Merantix, Project A Ventures, Senovo, Signals Venture Capital, Simon Capital, Vorwerk Ventures, Vsquared Ventures and many other venture capital investors on their investments in portfolio companies.
• Choco Communications, Cluno, Everphone, Flaschenpost, IDnow, Quantum-Systems, Raisin, Wunder Mobility, Zenjob and numerous other technology companies on their financing rounds as well as on corporate law matters.
• Investors and start-ups in connection with M&A transactions, e.g.: Five Season Ventures and Coefficient Capital in connection with thesale of Just Spices to Kraft Heinz, IDnow on the aquisition of identity Trust Management and Ariadnext, Keleya on its merger with Kinderheldin, Signals Venture Capital on the acquisition of Circ by Bird, shareholders of Cluno on the sale to Cazoo (NYSE:CZOO), shareholders of Priori Data on the sale to AppScatter plc (AIM:APPS), Franz Haniel & Cie. on the acquisition of a 50,1% stake in Emma – The Sleep Company, Wunder Mobility on the acquisition of Fleetbird.