Baldes, Jakob

Jakob Baldes

Associate

jakob.baldes@lw.com
    Baldes, Jakob

    Jakob Baldes

    Associate

    jakob.baldes@lw.com

    Profile

    Jakob Baldes is an associate in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins' Düsseldorf office.

    Jakob advises German and international companies and financial investors on M&A and private equity transactions, restructurings, and general corporate law. He counsels clients from a wide range of industries, including:

    • Energy and infrastructure
    • Healthcare services and providers

    Prior to joining Latham as an associate, Jakob worked as a law clerk in Latham’s Corporate Department in Düsseldorf and gained experience working as an academic assistant in the Bonn office of a major German law firm. He also worked for the Federal Audit Office (Bundesrechnungshof).

    Experience

    Jakob’s experience includes advising:

    • Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Blue Elephant Energy AG
    • Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) on the acquisition of majority shareholding in maincubes
    • Fresenius on the sale of the majority of Vamed’s rehabilitation business to PAI Partners
    • HARPS Global Pte. Ltd., a Southeast Asian medical glove producer, on the acquisition of Semperit AG Holding’s medical business, Sempermed
    • KKR on its strategic partnership with Encavis AG
    • Shift4 on the acquisition of Finaro, a cross-border eCommerce payments provider
    • Triton on the acquisition of Trench

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

    Education

    • First German State Exam in Law, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, 2018

    Languages Spoken

    • German
    • English

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