Jakob Hans Johansen
Jakob Hans Johansen is primarily engaged in mergers & acquisitions, private equity and other corporate matters and has extensive experience in advising businesses and financial investors on transactions in Denmark and abroad.
Jakob advises buyers and sellers of businesses right from the initial structuring of the process (via due diligence) to the drafting and negotiation of the transaction documents. He has a particular expertise within private equity and has assisted multiple leading Nordic and international funds in acquisitions, divestments and co-investments.
During recent years, Jakob has been involved in a large number of cases in which he has been assisting Danish clients in transactions outside Denmark, and where his understanding of the client's business and objectives combined with his international skills and expertise have contributed to creating value-added solutions for the clients.
Jakob has particular experience in advising on joint ventures, partnerships and other strategic alliances in Denmark and abroad, including the structuring of such alliances and the other relevant legal aspects to be considered.
In addition, being in charge of Kromann Reumert's London office, Jakob has gained a wealth of international experience and a large network of contacts.
Background
Career
- Head of Kromann Reumert’s London office, 2009-2012 and 2019-2021
- Partner, Kromann Reumert, 2016-
- Kromann Reumert, 2005-
- Solicitor, England and Wales (non practising)
Education
- Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, BPP
- Admitted to practise law 2008
- Master of Laws (cand. jur.), University of Copenhagen 2005
Languages
- English
- German
- Italian
Activities
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship - Young Enterprise
Publications
"Forkøbs- og køberettigheders tinglige beskyttelse" (Protection of pre-emption and purchase rights), Danish weekly law reports (UfR), U2010B.245
High-profile cases
Jakob has advised:
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NKT on its joint venture with Walsin Lihwa in Taiwan (2023)
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AGIC and Kirk Kapital on the acquisition of PR Electronics (2023)
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Axcel on investments in NTI Group and itm8, respectively (2022)
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Belfor on the acquisition of SSG Group from Polaris Private Equity (2022)
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Verdane Capital on its growth equity investment in Onomondo
- KKR in respect of an investment in Nordic Bioscience
- Investcorp in connection with their acquisition of Sanos Group
- Novo Holdings on various acquisitions and investments, including synlab Ltd., Sonion, Xellia Pharmaceuticals and BBI Group
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. in connection with their sale of shares in MHI-Vestas Offshore Wind A/S and minority investment in Vestas Winds Systems A/S
- Haldor Topsøe Holding on a sale of 30% of Haldor Topsøe to Temasek (2019)
- Blue Equity on a sale of Delegate and investments in Junget og Bang & Beenfeldt
- PolyTech A/S in relation to their acquisition of fos4X GmbH and of Global Lightning Protection Systems
- Haldor Topsøe in connection with a sale of DeNox-division to Umicore (2017) and a joint venture with Ferrostaal (2015)
- Verdane Capital in relation to their investments in PolyTech, Jupiter Bach Composites and JSB
- Remondis, part of Rethmann Holding, on its acquisition of M Larsen.
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Georg Jensen
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