Dr Jens Uwe Rügenhagen
Lawyer, Partner*
Dr Jens Uwe Rügenhagen
Lawyer, Partner*
Dr Jens Uwe Rügenhagen is a partner at our Heidelberg office and an experienced specialist in corporate law, M&A as well as litigation and dispute resolution. He specialises in supporting transactions in the financial services sector and advising strategic investors on international acquisitions in Germany, and also regularly represents his clients in contentious disputes. In line with his international fields of practice, Jens has been an active member of the International Young Lawyers Association (AIJA) for many years, having served on the association’s Extended Bureau for many years and, most recently, organising the 2025 Annual Congress as co-chair.
Practice areas
- Transaction advice, especially strategic investments
- Advising German companies with a particular focus on the financial services sector
- Cross-border transactions
- Member of the GSK Italian Desk
Sectors
Awards
- Legal 500
Recommended for “M&A” (2023)
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2012
- Secondment at GSK Luxembourg (2018)
- Secondment in the corporate legal department of a leading German financial services provider to support a reorganisation process (2017)
- Guest lecturer for the master’s programme in International Business and Corporate Law at the SRH University of Applied Sciences in Heidelberg (2015-2023)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2012)
- Studied law, including doctorate, at the University of Freiburg (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
- Rügenhagen, J. and Faron, L. (2022). Vertrauen ist gut, Verträge sind besser – Selbstblockaden in Zwei-Personen-GmbHs. Hörakustik, 01, pp. 59 et seq.
- Joined GSK Stockmann in 2012
- Secondment at GSK Luxembourg (2018)
- Secondment in the corporate legal department of a leading German financial services provider to support a reorganisation process (2017)
- Guest lecturer for the master’s programme in International Business and Corporate Law at the SRH University of Applied Sciences in Heidelberg (2015-2023)
- Admitted to the bar in Germany (2012)
- Studied law, including doctorate, at the University of Freiburg (Germany)
Languages: English, German
- International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
- Rügenhagen, J. and Faron, L. (2022). Vertrauen ist gut, Verträge sind besser – Selbstblockaden in Zwei-Personen-GmbHs. Hörakustik, 01, pp. 59 et seq.
Dr Jens Uwe Rügenhagen
Lawyer, Partner*