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Dr. Jan Friedeborn

Associate

Frankfurt + 49 69 768063 358

English
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  • About

    Dr. Jan Friedeborn is a lawyer admitted to the bar in Germany and in New York. He advises companies and strategic and financial investors on corporate and capital market law and on corporate finance and restructuring. His further experience includes corporate and capital markets litigation, real estate, and foreign investment law. For six months he was seconded to the in-house department of the biggest German airport operator where he was responsible for domestic and international M&A and commercial contracts. His strength is efficient and goal oriented communication and the management of complex transactions. Based on his in-house experience and his work in the New York office of Covington he is particularly suited to advise on international projects.

    Areas of Expertise

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    Mergers and Acquisitions

    • Advised Cameco Corporation on its strategic partnership with Brookfield Renewable Partners to acquire Westinghouse Electric Company in a deal valued at USD 7.8 billion.
    • Advised Renesas Electronics on its EUR 4.9 billion takeover offer for and delisting in Germany of Dialog Semiconductor.
    • Advised NielsenIQ and its owner Advent International on its merger with GfK SE, a portfolio company of private equity investor KKR.
    • Advised the shareholders of ACXIT Capital Partners on the sale of the company to US investment bank Stifel Financial Corp.
    • Advised Investcorp Technology Partners on the EUR 120 million sale of its portfolio company softgarden e-recruiting GmbH to Grupa Pracuj SA, a Polish HR tech company.
    • Advised Reliance New Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, India, on acquiring substantially all of the assets of Lithium Werks for a total of USD 61 million.
    • Advised Adiuva Capital on its acquisition of multiple business units from Rehms group out of insolvency.
    • Advised Piramal Enterprises Limited, India, in the sale of a 20% stake in Piramal Pharma Limited to an investment fund managed and advised by affiliated entities of The Carlyle Group Inc. with a deal value of approximately USD 490 million and an additional upside component of up to USD 360 million.

    Venture Capital

    • Advised Bristol Myers Squibb on the formation of beLAB2122, a collaboration among Bristol Myers Squibb, Evotec, and certain German universities and research institutions to sponsor the development of potential therapeutics based on technology discovered in university and research labs.
    • Advised Proeza Ventures, Mexico:
      • Lead investor in a Series A financing round for ONOMOTION with a total amount of EUR 6 million.
      • Series A financing round for Bliq with a total amount of USD 13.5 million.
      • Seed financing round for Bliq with a total amount of EUR 2 million.

    Capital Markets

    • Advising Pfisterer Holding SE on its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

    Financing

    • Advised borrowers on secured financing and refinancing.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Humboldt University of Berlin, Ph.D., 2013
    • Columbia Law School, LL.M., 2019
        • Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
        • Columbia Journal of European Law, Editorial Staff
    Bar Admissions
    • Frankfurt
    • New York
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Higher Regional Court Frankfurt
    Languages
    • German
    • English
    • French
    • Turkish
    • Spanish
    Previous Experience
    • In-house secondment to Fraport AG

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