KEY ACTIVITIES General commercial and economic law with a focus on distribution rights law, international legal relationships, arbitration proceedings.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE Englisch

RESUME Admitted as attorney in 1983. Academic studies, first state examination and doctorate in Hamburg. Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg (1980-1983). As of 01.01.2022, Dr. Jacobsen has resigned as a partner and is associated with the firm in an office partnership. He continues to work as an advisor (Of Counsel).

MEMBERSHIPS Deutscher Anwaltverein e. V. (DAV), Deutscher Franchiseverband e. V. (DFV), International Franchise Lawyers Association (IFLA)

PUBLICATIONS Jacobsen, Die Sanierung des Franchisenehmers, Franchising im Wandel, in Gedächtnisschrift für Walther Skaupy, 2003, 159 et. seqq.; Jacobsen, Risikofrüherkennung als Qualitätsmerkmal im Franchising, Franchising Yearbook 2008, 216 et. seqq.; Jacobsen, Franchising in Germany Chapter Germany, International Comparative Legal Guide to Franchise Law 2015, 70 et. seqq.; Jacobsen, Handelsvertreter-Kartellrecht, in Giesler (Ed.) Praxishandbuch Vertriebsrecht, 2nd edition 2011, 424 et. seqq.; Jacobsen/Dr. Schäfer, Vorvertragliche Aufklärungspflichten - Darstellung am Beispiel des Franchising, ZAP 2008, Volume 19, 1085 et. seqq.; Jacobsen/A. Engel, Franchising und Zuständigkeit der Arbeitsgerichte, ZAP 2006, 1351 et. seqq.