Jan Holst

Dr Jan Holst

Senior Associate

Email

jan.holst@aoshearman.com

Phone

+49 40 82221 2162

Offices

Hamburg

V-CARD
Jan advises private equity investors, international and domestic companies on cross-border M&A transactions, private equity deals, joint ventures, leveraged buy-outs and reorganisations. 

He also advises clients on all areas of general corporate law.

Jan studied law in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom with a focus on comparative and European corporate law and worked for various international leading law firms as a research associate and during his legal traineeship in Hamburg and Barcelona. He received a doctorate in corporate/restructuring law from University of Freiburg (summa cum laude).

Experience

Representative matters

  • BC Partners in connection with its acquisition of Tentamus group.
  • BC Partners on the proposed acquisition of Synlab's testing services business.
  • Kühne Holding AG and E3X Partners GmbH on its acquisition of Aenova Group from BC Partner.
  • Partners Group and CVC on the attempted acquisition of CeramTec.
  • Allianz Capital Partners, AIP Management and Norges Bank on its acquisition of 49,9% on the proposed 960 MW Offshore-Windpark „He Dreiht“ from EnBW.
  • Bridgepoint on its acquisition of Infinigate Group from H.I.G.
  • OEP in connection with its acquisition of VASS.
  • OEP in connection with its acquisition of MCL.
  • VASS Consultoría de Sistemas (an OEP portfolio company) on its acquisition of Ecenta AG and other companies.
  • OMERS Private Equity, ERM and AIMCo on its sale of ERM to KKR.
  • DBAG portfolio company Dantherm on its acquisition of Trotec.
  • Koninklijke Vopak on its sale of fuel terminals in Hamburg, Algeciras und Westpoort.
  • Indorama Ventures and PHP Fibers on the acquisition of UTT.
  • Capiton on its Acquisition of AEMTec GmbH from exceet Group AG.
  • City of Hamburg (SRH) on its Acquisition of MVR from Vattenfall.
  • AWS/Enercon on a joint venture with EWE.

Published Work

  • Holst, Jan Frederik C., "Die Separierung von Unternehmensteilen in insolvenzrechtlichen Sanierungsverfahren – Ein deutsch-spanischer Rechtsvergleich", Mohr Siebeck, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (dissertation, 2019)

Recognition

“Recognized as 'Ones to Watch in Germany™ - Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law'”
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, 2024

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as German Rechtsanwalt, Germany, 2018

Academic

Dr. iur., University of Freiburg, 2019

Second German Law Degree, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, 2016

First German Law Degree, University of Münster, 2013

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.