About

Beginning his career in an external law firm, Jan Thöle made his move to in-house legal work in 2009 and has been engaged in M&A transactions in the renewables energy sector as well as a private equity business before taking on his current role as general counsel for holding company Mutares; in 2016. He has been engaged in a number of important acquisitions of Mutares, 2016 saw it acquire Balcke-Dürr group from SPX, while 2017 saw it taking over Donges SteelTec from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe, both investments followed by numerous add-on aquitisions including the latest acquisition of the building systems division of Finnish Ruukki Construction, a subsidiary of SSAB Group. Following its entry into the UK market in 2018 due to the acquisition of Knorr-Bremse RailServices UK and Kiepe Electric, Mutares increased its speed in acquisitions and 2019 saw seven transactions, a significant part of it done without involvement of external law firms in-house. This portfolio of transactions show Thöle to be adept at supporting cross-border transactions across a variety of industries.