Dr Nils Krause LL.M.

• Advising on Chinese investments in Germany in various sectors
• Advising on entering the Chinese and Hong Kong market and setting up joint ventures in these jurisdictions
• Structuring international investment vehicles for private clients
• Advising on numerous private equity / venture capital transactions in the technology sector
• Advising on cross-border investments in Eastern Europe 
• Structuring foundations for the purpose of company succession

Nils is a visiting lecturer at the Hamburg School of Business Administration for Compliance. At Bucerius Law School in Hamburg he lectures a course on 'Practical Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions'.

Nils regularly publishes papers on various corporate law and foundation law topics. He has been appointed as a regular contributor on company law for the journal Betriebs-Berater (Company Counsel) since 2008 and serves also as the Germany correspondent for the International Company and Commercial Law Review.

Nils worked for a considerable length of time in the corporate department of an English law firm in London. In addition, he was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School and a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford. Furthermore, he worked in the investment banking department (Global Banking - M&A) of a leading international bank in Frankfurt. Before joining DLA Piper in 2011, he was a partner with another international law firm for which he served in the China Desk.

• Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg
• The Law Society of England and Wales
• Chairman of the Corporate Law Association Hamburg
• Corporate Law Association
• German-American Lawyers' Association
• German Chinese Lawyers' Association