Dr. Jonas von Kalben

Education and Career

Jonas studied law at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires), and at the European University Institute (Florence). During his legal traineeship, Jonas worked for the District Court of Berlin, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, and the European Commission (DG Competition). Before joining YPOG, Jonas was an Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he advised clients on the regulatory aspects of complex Private Equity transactions (particularly in the areas of antitrust and foreign investment control).

Experience

Jonas’ recent work highlights include advising (including in his previous position with an international law firm):

• La Famiglia on the merger with General Catalyst
• Mérieux Equity Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Labquality
• sewts on Series A financing round
• Eurazeo on investment in askui
  
• TE Connectivity on the acquisition of a majority interest in First Sensor AG
• Novartis on the planned sale of Novartis Manufacturing GmbH to BioNTech SE
• Hellman & Friedman on the sale of Nets-Group
• London Stock Exchange Group on the acquisition of the data service provider Refinitiv
• Union Investment on the acquisition of eight Amazon-logistic centers
• Saint-Gobain on the divestments of its building materials distribution businesses in Germany and the Netherlands