Jacob Mchangama
Director of Legal Affairs
Call direct.: +45 33 45 60 44
Cell phone: +45 24 66 42 20
E-mail: jacob@cepos.dk
Born 1978
2008-
Director of Legal Affairs
2007–2008
Lawyer at Plesner
2004–2007
Assistant lawyer at Eversheds
2005-
Part-time lecturer in International Human Rights at the University of Copenhagen.
Jacob is the Head of Legal Affairs at CEPOS. 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.
In 2007, Jacob was admitted to the bar while working at the major Danish law firm Plesner, where he was part of the Corporate Finance department. Jacob specialized in mergers & acquisitions, and private equity. From 2004-2007 Jacob worked as an assistant lawyer at Eversheds, where he worked with general corporate and commercial law, with special focus on mergers & acquisitions and venture capital. In addition to this Jacob has, since 2005 been lecturing on International Human Rights at the University of Copenhagen. Jacob has also been teaching Public International Law at the University of Copenhagen.