Dr. Niklas Ulrich

Education and Career

Niklas studied law in Göttingen and completed his practical legal training in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main. Before joining SMP, he served as a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Spindler and worked at Willkie Farr & Gallagher as well as at Pöllath + Partners in Frankfurt am Main.

Experience: 

Niklas most recently advised on the following matters:

• Registration and licensing procedures under the KAGB and EuVECA Regulation for several German venture capital and private equity managers
• Licensing of various European fund sponsors as financial services or investment firms under the KWG/WpIG
• Speedinvest on the launch of two continuation funds
• evolutiq on the structuring of the Search Capital I fund
• Capmont on the acquisition of Deutsche Fertighaus Gruppe
• Cherry Ventures on the structuring of its fifth fund generation with a volume of USD 500 million
• Armira on the joint acquisition (joint venture) of a minority stake in PharOS with Viessmann
• amberra, the corporate venturing studio of the Cooperative Financial Group (Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe), on the structuring and fundraising of the amberra fund
• UVC Partners on the launch of the fourth fund generation with a volume of EUR 250 million
• Armira Growth on the structuring and fundraising of the growth fund with a volume of EUR 200 million
• DBAG on the acquisition of a majority stake in ELF Capital Group
• KKA Partners on the structuring of the KKA Value Fund II with a volume of EUR 230 million
• HV Capital on the structuring of its new fund exceeding EUR 700 million and successful application for full-scope BaFin authorization
• PropTech1 Ventures on the structuring of the new flagship fund
• Speedinvest on the launch of Speedinvest IV with a volume of EUR 300 million
• DTCP on the USD 300 million closing of Growth Equity III Fund
• DTCP on the second closing of Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II with a volume of around EUR 1 billion
• 10x Founders on the structuring of a EUR 160 million fund
• Project A Ventures on the EUR 25 million financing round of ExpressGroup
• Armira on the acquisition of shares from the heirs of Horst Walter Sartorius
• 468 Capital on the structuring of a USD 400 million early-stage fund
• ECBF on the structuring of a EUR 300 million growth fund
• Apollo Health Ventures on the structuring of the second fund generation
• PropTech1 Ventures on the structuring of a EUR 50 million fund
• Armira on the de-SPAC transaction of Boxine with 468 SPAC
• Speedinvest on the structuring of the EUR 80 million Climate & Industry Opportunity Fund
• State of Hesse on the liquidation of crypto assets worth approx. EUR 100 million
• Hauck & Aufhäuser on the acquisition of Kapilendo Custodian
• KKA Partners on the acquisition of the Xantaro Group
• Launch of the independent infrastructure fund Digital Infrastructure Vehicle (DIV)
• Conceptualization and negotiation of the issuance of the first blockchain-based “digital twin” of a listed share on the PREOS platform
• Regulatory support for fund screenings for fund-of-funds
• Market access in Germany for various token issuers and token marketplace operators
• Operation of a secondary market by a tokenization platform
• Legal opinions on token classification for an international crypto exchange
• Launch of investment clubs by German fund sponsors
• Regulatory questions regarding token acquisitions for several investors

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