Jan Bauer

Jan Bauer


Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recognized since 2009

Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Financial Institutions

Leveraged Buyouts

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Private Equity Law

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Dr. Jan Bauer is head of Skadden’s private equity practice in Germany and leads the firm’s German offices. He focuses on advising private equity and corporate clients on complex cross-border M&A transactions, including private and public deals as well as joint ventures. He also advises on corporate governance matters, corporate restructurings and capital markets-related issues.

Location
  • TaunusTurm
    Taunustor 1
    Frankfurt/Main 60310
    Germany

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate Law, Hessen, Germany (2025)
  • Leveraged Buyouts, Hessen, Germany (2024)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Germany 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Institutions
  • Leveraged Buyouts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Private Equity Law

Transactions
Dr. Bauer’s significant transactions since joining Skadden include advising:
  • Energy Infrastructure Partners in its minority investment of up to €700 million in Eni Plenitude, an Italian diversified energy transition company, at an enterprise value of over €10 billion and a post-money equity value of approximately €8 billion
  • TSG Consumer Partners and Backcountry in the sale of Bergfreunde GmbH, a Germany-based online retailer of premium outdoor apparel and equipment, to DECATHLON S.E., the world’s largest sporting goods retailer
  • Hermann Rosen, founder of ROSEN Group, a global leader in inspection and integrity management services for energy transmission pipelines, in the carve-out of the company’s New Ventures division, the sale of ROSEN Group to Partners Group AG and a significant reinvestment by Mr. Rosen in the new ownership structure
  • I Squared Capital Advisors LLC in its €1.4 billion acquisition of Arriva Plc (including all of its operating businesses across 10 European markets) from Deutsche Bahn AG. This was one of the first transactions under the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation regime
  • Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to the management board of Klöckner & Co SE in connection with the approximately €973 million voluntary public takeover offer by SWOCTEM GmbH for the entire issued share capital of Klöckner & Co

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