Jan Schubert is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Groups.

Mr. Schubert advises on corporate transactions and focuses on domestic and cross-border private M&A, joint ventures and venture capital financings. He has represented a variety of private equity and investment firms as well as companies in technology, e-commerce, manufacturing, chemicals and other industries. His general investor and company representation matters include assisting with the acquisition or disposal of portfolio companies, group internal reorganizations, capital increases, carve-outs, minority investments, management equity programs and general shareholder related issues.

Mr. Schubert structures, drafts and negotiates the relevant transaction documents and coordinates the work of other project specialists. Mr. Schubert also advises non-profit organizations on a pro bono basis.

He is member of the firms Associate Committee and Pro Bono Committee (GDC Pro Bono).

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Jan Schubert worked in the Frankfurt office of a renowned US law firm.

Mr. Schubert speaks German and English.

Experience*

Representative transactions include advising:

• Atlas Copco on the €486 million acquisition of Oerlikon Leybold, the vacuum segment of the Swiss Oerlikon group.
• CANAL+ on the €1 billion acquisition of M7 Group, a European pay-TV Operator, from Astorg, a private equity firm.
• Dubai International Capital on the US$1.7 billion sale of Mauser, a leading industrial packaging company, to Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
• Gilead Sciences, Inc. on its acquisition of MYR GmbH (approx. €1.15 billion plus up to €300 million milestone payment, named Deal of the Month by JUVE, February 2021).
• Heska Corporation on the acquisition of scil animal care GmbH, a veterinary point of care laboratory and imaging diagnostics leader, from Covetrus, Inc.
• HJM Investment GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of a stake in RENOLIT SE and the acquisition of RKW SE.
• Luxor Capital Group in its financing of an add-on acquisition of one of its portfolio companies.
• One Equity Partners on the acquisition of transformer manufacturer SGB-SMIT from private equity investor BC Partners
• One Equity Partners on the acquisition of Alltub Group, a market leader in aluminium and laminate specialty packaging for the cosmetics industry and other markets
• Stone Canyon Industries and its subsidiary BWAY on the US$2.3 billion acquisition of Mauser Group, a leading industrial packaging company, from Clayton Dubilier & Rice
• Susquehanna International Group on the sale of a majority of the Schuberth Group, one of the leading manufacturers of high-end head protection systems.
• Xella, a leading building materials company headquartered in Germany, and the Management Team on the sale of Xella to Lone Star

*Includes Experience Prior To Joining Gibson Dunn