Jan is a corporate lawyer who specialises in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other complex commercial transactions.

He represents domestic and cross-border clients in a variety of sectors including health care, funds management, energy, telecoms and financial services. Jan also regularly advises on corporate law and governance and foreign investment matters.

Before joining Johnson Winter Slattery, Jan was a corporate lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Worked in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. 

Work highlights

K.Hartwall Oy Ab

Acquisition of Retailquip.

DAOU Vineyards

Advising the sellers of DAOU Vineyards, LLC, a premium US wine producer, on the Australian aspects of its US$1 billion sale to Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE).

EQT

Acting for BPEA Private Equity Fund VIII (“EQT”) on its acquisition of VetPartners, the leading provider of veterinary and animal health services in Australia and New Zealand.

Gauge Capital

Acquisition of Loving Tan.

Insight Partners

Acting for Zone & Co (an Insight portfolio company) on its acquisition of Infinet Cloud, a NetSuite partner specialising in international Payroll & Employee Centric solutions.

ISP Tek Services

Acquisition by Close the Loop Inc (ASX:CLG) of ISP Tek Services and Captive Trade, two U.S.-based electronics refurbishing and trading companies.