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Jan is a Counsel in our Frankfurt office focusing on M&A in the financial services sector
He joined Freshfields in 2017 and has worked on numerous M&A transactions for banks and financial institutions across Europe. He was seconded to JP Morgan in 2020 and has also worked in the firm's New York, Brussels and Hamburg offices.
Jan is a German-qualified lawyer and trained banker. He holds business and law degrees from Germany and the UK, including a doctorate in law from Heidelberg University and an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge. He is a lecturer for business law at the Hamburg School of Business Administration.
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- UniCredit Bank Austria on its acquisition of an acquiring portfolio from Fiserv
- VR Payment on the sale of its issuing processing business to Atruvia
- Deutsche Bank on the acquisition of a loan portfolio
- Baloise on its merger with Helvetia
- Geely on the sale of its stake in Saxo Bank
- Barclays on the sale of the European consumer business to Bawag
- SEB on the acquisition of the AirPlus business from Lufthansa
- UBS on the merger with Credit Suisse
- Invest Bank on its capital restructuring plan
- MCE Bank on its acquisition by Santander
- Warburg Hypothekenbank on its acquisition by MünchenerHyp
- The Republic of Cyprus on a state guarantee for Cyprus Cooperative Bank
- Deutsche Bank on the considered merger with Commerzbank
- NORD/LB on its restructuring and considered privatization
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (ex HSH Nordbank) on its privatization process
- Postbank on its merger with the retail business of Deutsche Bank


Dr. Jan Biermann
Counsel
Frankfurt am Main Office
Große Gallusstraße 14
Frankfurt am Main 60315