Paul Rhode is a venture capital and M&A lawyer. He advises investors, growth companies and founders on M&A, venture capital and growth capital transactions as well as general corporate matters.

Having advised clients in various corporate transactions ranging from seed to later stage financing, private and public M&A deals to IPOs, he has gained deep understanding of all cycles of financing of a growth company. 

Paul studied law in Freiburg and Berlin. Before joining Osborne Clarke, Paul was an associate at an international law firm advising in the areas of cross-border public M&A transactions and German capital markets.

Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world

With a profound understanding of business matters and economic contexts, I help our clients to efficiently execute corporate transactions – always willing to listen to things that are specific to a company. I am very practical and result-oriented, and passionately advocate our clients' interests during negotiations.

Nani Verladetechnik

Osborne Clarke has advised on the sale of the manufacturer of loading and lifting technology, Nani Verladetechnik, to Esidock, a global provider of loading systems. Read more.

Likeminded

Osborne Clarke has advised the mental health start-up Likeminded on its merger with nilo.health. The merger creates the new market leader for corporate mental health applications in the DACH region. Read more.

DTCF, NordicNinja and Segenia Capital

Osborne Clarke advises DTCF, NordicNinja and Segenia Capital on Series B financing round of LiveEO. Read more.

Grover

Osborne Clarke has advised rental electronics start-up Grover on the completion of a bridge financing, raising a total of EUR 50 million, read more.

Taxfix

Osborne Clarke has advised Taxfix Group, one of the leading financial platforms for digital tax returns in Europe, on the acquisition of TaxScouts, read more

Wonderway

Osborne Clarke has advised Wonderway GmbH, manufacturer of AI-powered sales performance SaaS products, on its acquisition by the global strategy implementation firm BTS. Read more

Flexa GmbH

Osborne Clarke has advised Flexa GmbH on the establishment of a virtual power plant regarding contractual and corporate law, regulatory issues and data protection and copyright in connection with algorithms and AI models. Read more.

Terra One

Osborne Clarke has advised Terra One Climate Solutions GmbH on its recently successfully completed seed financing round totalling USD 7.5 million. Read more.

Redalpine

Osborne Clarke has advised the European investor Redalpine on the acquisition of the e-commerce company Perch by the Berlin-based Razor Group, read more.

Redalpine

Osborne Clarke has advised the European investor Redalpine Venture Partners on its investment in the AI start-up LegalFly as part of a seed financing round, read more.