Jana Maué is an associate in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins’ Hamburg office.

Jana advises national as well as international corporations and financial investors on M&A, private equity, and general corporate law.

She studied law at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and the William S. Richardson School of Law in Honolulu while working as a research assistant to Professor Dr. Rüdiger Veil at the Bucerius Law School’s Chair of Corporate and Capital Markets Law. Jana also holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business Information Technology. 

During her legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, she gained experience working in Latham's Hamburg and Orange County offices as well as at the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York.

Jana's representative experience includes advising:

  • Aliaxis on the sale of its SANIT business to Roca Sanitario
  • Apera Asset Management on the financing of the acquisition of Factor Eleven GmbH by Armira Investment Holding
  • Apollo on:
    • The €1 billion investment in the Northern Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia)
    • The €1 billion investment in the Suedewo Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia)
  • Ardian/Swissbit on the acquisition of Hyperstone
  • Astellas Pharma on the sale of a pharmaceutical portfolio 
  • Consortium of Astorg Asset Management, Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings, and their portfolio company eResearchTechnologies on its merger with Bioclinica, a technological and scientific leader in clinical imaging and portfolio company of Cinven
  • Digital Realty on a US$7 billion joint venture with Blackstone to develop hyperscale data centers
  • EMZ Partners on the acquisition of a significant minority participation in celebrate company
  • Hg on the acquisition of a majority stake in Fonds Finanz
  • IK Investment Partners on the sale of SCHOCK Group
  • IK Partners on investment in Cinerius Financial Partners
  • Keysight on: 
    • The acquisition of MICRAM Microelectronic
    • The acquisition of NORDSYS
  • The founders of KMK Kinderzimmer Group on the sale of the majority shareholding to Franz Haniel & Cie
  • Körber on the sale of a minority stake in its supply chain software business to KKR
  • Novo Nordisk on the acquisition of Cardior Pharmaceuticals
  • One Rock Capital Partners on:
    • The acquisition of Constantia Flexibles
    • The acquisition of Prefere Resins Group
  • PIF on a real estate M&A transaction
  • Platinum Equity on the acquisition of Continental Bakeries
  • Rockaway Capital on the acquisition and later sale of Bringmeister GmbH
  • Trilantic Europe on its investment in Smile Eyes 

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwältin (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Hamburg, 2020
  • First German State Exam, Bucerius Law School, 2017
  • Bachelor of Science, DHBW Mannheim, 2012

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French