Jonas Brandt

Associate, Stockholm

Biography

Overview

Jonas is an associate within the Nordic Private Equity team in our Global M&A Practice in Stockholm and joined White & Case in 2017. Jonas works with leading Nordic and European private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

Prior to joining White & Case, Jonas worked with private equity at another Swedish law firm.

Bars and Courts
Sweden
Education
LLM
Juris kandidat
Umeå University
Sweden
La Trobe University
Melbourne
Languages
Swedish
English

Experience

Representation of Epidemic Sound, a global MusicTech company headquartered in Stockholm, on the US$450 million joint investment by EQT Growth and Blackstone Growth. The transaction valued Epidemic Sound at US$1.4 billion.

Representation of Altor, a family of private equity funds focused on investing and developing medium sized companies, on the acquisition of Eleda, a provider of installation and contract services in the infrastructure sector, (including the add-on of JVAB) from management investors and the divestment of One Nordic, a producer and supplier of electricity, to Eleda whereby an infrastructure service provider with more than SEK 6bn in revenue was created.

Representation of Adelis, a private equity firm focused on middle market investments in the Nordic region, on the acquisition of Axentia, a leading company in developing and supplying cutting edge display systems for public transport.

Representation of Patricia Industries, the private equity arm of Investor AB (publ), and its portfolio company Piab, a leader in industrial vacuum-based automation and robot components, in connection with Piab's acquisition of TAWI, a leading provider of complete light lifting solutions, from SEB Private Equity.

Representation of NORRES, a German manufacturer of plastic industrial hose and portfolio company of Triton Partners, a private equity investment firm, on its bolt-on acquisition of Jarl Elmgren AB, a Sweden-based distributor of industrial hoses and accessories.

Representation of Altor, a family of private equity funds focused on investing in and developing medium sized companies, in connection with their acquisition of Gummigrossen and RengasDuo, the market-leading tire and tire related wholesalers in Sweden and Finland respectively.

Representation of the sellers in the sale of the Dellner Couplers Group, a leading supplier of complete train connection systems, to the EQT VIII fund, a fund owned by the leading global investment firm EQT.

Representation of Bridgepoint, an international private equity group, in European Entertainment Intressenter BidCo AB's, a privately held investment company, public cash offer to the shareholders in Cherry AB, one of Scandinavia’s oldest gaming companies, to acquire all shares at a price of SEK 87 per share (valuing Cherry at approx. SEK 9,193 million).

Representation of EQT, a leading global investment firm, on:

  • the sale of Piab, a leader in industrial vacuum-based automation and robot components, to Investor.
  • the acquisition of a 40 percent stake in the music company Epidemic Sound, a production music library that helps individuals and companies soundtrack their stories with music.
  • the sale of a minority stake in Anticimex, a global leader in preventative pest control, to a small group of blue chip investors.
  • the acquisition of the majority of the shares in DGC One, a Sweden-based network operator, focusing on communication services based on Internet protocol and virtual private network, and the mandatory takeover offer for the remaining shares.