Jacob Mchangama

Jacob Mchangama, from 2008 is the Head Director of Legal Affairs at CEPOS. 2007–2008, Lawyer at the major Danish law firm Plesner. He specialized in mergers & acquisitions, and private equity. In 2007, Jacob was admitted to the bar while working at Plesner, where he was part of the Corporate Finance department. 2004–2007 he was an Assistant lawyer at Eversheds, where he worked with general corporate and commercial law, with special focus on mergers & acquisitions and venture capital. Moreover, since 2005, Jacob has been Part-time lecturer in International Human Rights and Public International Law at the University of Copenhagen. His work focuses on the rule of law, civil liberties, human rights, constitutional matters and regulation. In addition to his law degree Jacob has a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from the European Inter-University Centre with stays in Venice and Strasbourg.