Dr. David Jansen

Dr. David Jansen is a lawyer and partner at the Frankfurt office of the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. He advises clients across the entire asset management value chain – from asset managers to intermediaries and market infrastructure providers to institutional investors. David Jansen combines deep industry expertise with transactional and regulatory experience, advising clients on complex transactions in the financial sector, including strategic acquisitions and disposals of asset management companies, joint ventures and carve-outs, post-merger integration of regulated platforms, and cross-border licensing and change of control proceedings. In addition, he regularly advises on the structuring of funds and alternative investment products. David Jansen studied and obtained his doctorate at the University of Münster and completed his legal clerkship (Referendariat) in Frankfurt am Main. Before joining Willkie Farr & Gallagher in 2022, he had been working as a lawyer at other leading law firms since 2015.