Dr. Oliver Jans is an associate in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins.

Oliver advises corporations and financial investors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, stock corporations law, and general corporate law.

He completed his legal training in Düsseldorf and New York City. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins as an associate, Oliver worked as a research assistant at international law firms as well as at the Chair of Civil Law and German and International Corporate, Commercial, and Antitrust Law at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

Oliver's experience includes advising:

  • Amcor on the sale of ESE World to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners
  • EGYM on a merger with Playlist and US$785 million in new equity investments
  • OneIM and OCP on the acquisition of Adler Group’s €422.5 million “Cosmopolitan” portfolio, located in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Triton on the sale together with ADIA and the reinvestment (together with Stonepeak) in IFCO
  • Lincoln International on the acquisition of TCG Corporate Finance
  • Eldridge Industries on its €150 million investment in Isar Aerospace
  • Equistone on the sale of TIMETOACT GROUP
  • Apollo on the separation of Barnes Group Inc. into Barnes Aerospace and the Industrial Solutions Group

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Dr. iur., Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf
  • First German State Exam, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • German