One of the best lawyers in Germany for Antitrust Law
Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2019-2021, 2023
Among the leading lawyers for Foreign Direct Investment in Germany
WirtschaftsWoche 2023
Profile
Dr. Jana Dammann de Chapto advises international clients on merger control and foreign investment control.
Jana, as a key member of a client’s deal team, navigates the increasingly complex competition, merger control, and foreign investment control landscape in the EU and globally. She represents clients from a full spectrum of industries before the European Commission, national regulatory agencies, as well as before the German and European courts.
Jana's commercial work draws on her earlier scholarly work on merger control at the University of Hamburg, her PhD on comparative antitrust law, and her work at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. She regularly writes and speaks on foreign investment topics.
Experience
Jana's representative experience includes advising:
Merger Control
Charité University Hospital and German Heart Center on the formation of University Heart Center Berlin
Astellas Pharma on merger control proceedings regarding the sale of its dermatology business to LEO Pharma
Rhön-Klinikum AG on EU and German (Phase II) merger control proceedings
Stirling Square Capital Partners on the sale of Cartonplast Group to DBAG
Shareholders of Prüftechnik Dieter Busch AG on the sale of the company to Fluke Corporation
Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone Group on their proposed public tender offer for Scout24
Foreign Direct Investment
Various financial and strategic investors in German, EU, and multi-jurisdictional merger control and foreign investment control proceedings, including:
Antin
Astorg
CVC
Hg Capital
J.P. Morgan
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Silver Lake Partners
The Carlyle Group
Triton
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on foreign direct investment aspects regarding the acquisition of Xilinx Group
GIP and KKR on foreign direct investments aspects regarding the investment in Vantage Towers
Triton on foreign direct investment and merger control aspects regarding the acquisition of RENK
Hytera on foreign investment and merger control aspects regarding the takeover of Sepura Plc.
CPPIB coinvesting with KKR in Axel Springer on both merger control and foreign investment control
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Rechtsanwältin (Germany)
Education
Dr. jur., University of Hamburg, 2007
Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Hamburg, 2007
LLM, University of Miami School of Law, 2004
First German State Exam, University of Hamburg, 2002
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German corporate team represents the technology and services company in the transaction encompassing the entire product business of Bosch Building Technologies.
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