Jonas Brandt
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.
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.