Jan Gocha

Associate

Düsseldorf
jan.gocha@lw.com
+49.211.8828.4639

PRACTICES

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

EDUCATION

  • Dr. iur., Ruhr-University Bochum, 2023
  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Cologne, 2023
  • First German State Exam, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, 2018

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

  • German
  • English

PROFILE

Jan Gocha is an associate in the Corporate Department of our Düsseldorf office.

Jan mainly advises companies on national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as on general corporate law.

Prior to joining Latham & Watkins as an associate, Jan gained practical experience at other international law firms as a legal professional. As part of his legal clerkship, he completed stations at the German Federal Ministry of Justice and our Chicago office.

EXPERIENCE

Jan’s experience includes advising:

  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on the sale of Abbelen
  • Fresenius on the sale of the majority of Vamed’s rehabilitation business to PAI Partners
  • Carlyle on their majority investment in GBTEC Software AG
  • Cheplapharm on its conversion into a European stock corporation (SE)
  • Keppel Infrastructure Trust on its 45% acquisition of solar portfolio from Encavis
  • KKR on its strategic partnership with Encavis AG
  • Marcolin on its acquisition of ic! Berlin
  • Rockaway Capital on the sale of Bringmeister
  • SPIE on:
    • The acquisition of Otto LSE
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in ICG Group
  • Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA