SebastianSchwab

Associate

Frankfurt + 49.69.9726.3966

Sebastian Schwab advises corporate clients on complex cross-border M&A transactions and general corporate matters with a focus on the Austrian market. In addition, he has significant experience in European and Austrian antitrust law and advising clients on foreign direct investment (FDI) and regulatory matters. He regularly advises clients across the tech, automotive, chemical, medical, health care, and industrial sectors.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2021, Sebastian gained several years of experience at international law firms in Vienna, Austria, where he advised venture capital clients, growth strategy investors, and investment banks on multiple high-value private M&A deals, merger control, and antitrust proceedings.

Experience

  • Koch Equity invests $400 million in CPM HoldingsJones Day is advising Koch Equity Development LLC in connection with its $400 million strategic equity investment in CPM Holdings, Inc., a leading global supplier of engineered process equipment for animal feed, oilseed processing, extrusion, and thermal processing markets.
  • LyondellBasell acquires minority stake in Source OneJones Day advised LyondellBasell in the acquisition of a minority share in Source One GmbH, Leiferde, Germany, a plastic waste sourcing and engineering company, specialized in developing technical solutions for hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste.
  • Mahle sells its thermostat business to ADMETOSJones Day is advising Mahle GmbH in the sale of its thermostat business to ADMETOS, an owner-managed industrial holding and investment company for medium-sized businesses.
  • Diebold Nixdorf successfully restructures over $2.7 billion in funded debt and completes the first-ever dual proceeding under the U.S. bankruptcy code and Dutch restructuring law in 71 daysIn the first-ever cross border restructuring involving dual main proceedings under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and a scheme of arrangement (the "Dutch Scheme") under the Dutch Act on Confirmation of Extrajudicial Plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord ("WHOA")), and the first-ever chapter 15 recognition of Dutch Scheme proceedings and a sanctioned WHOA reorganization plan (the "WHOA Plan"), Jones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated ("Diebold") and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries (the "Debtors") in connection with (i) the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of In re Diebold Holding Company, LLC, et al., (Case No. 23-90602-DRJ) commenced on June 1, 2023, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the "Bankruptcy Court"); (ii) the Dutch Scheme, commenced on June 1, 2023 by Diebold Nixdorf Dutch Holding B.V. (the "Dutch Issuer") in the District Court of Amsterdam (the "Dutch Court"), and (iii) the chapter 15 proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court commenced by the foreign representative of the Dutch Issuer, wherein the Bankruptcy Court recognized the Dutch Scheme proceeding as a foreign main proceeding and recognized and extended comity to the WHOA Plan that was sanctioned by the Dutch Court.
  • Sumitomo acquires assets and rights related to lefamulin from NabrivaJones Day advised Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. in the acquisition of assets from Nabriva Therapeutics plc and various wholly-owned subsidiaries. This acquisition includes assets from the U.S., Ireland, and Austria in support of the development, manufacture, marketing and commercialization of lefamulin in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
  • LyondellBasell invests in APK, a German plastics recycling companyJones Day represented LyondellBasell as the lead investor in the latest financing round of APK AG, a German plastics recycling company.
  • Euricom sells stake in Rol-Ryz sp. z o.o.Jones Day acted as counsel to Euricom S.p.A. and its Polish subsidiary Rol-Ryz sp. z o.o., a leading European pulses and rice distributor, in the sale of a 28.6% minority stake in Rol-Ryz to Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
  • Bessemer Venture Partners leads $42 million Series B investment in UpvestJones Day represented Bessemer Venture Partners as lead investor in the $42 million Series B financing round of Upvest, a company that provides cloud-based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) by offering their ready-to-go APIs to fintechs to offer their end customers investment products including everything from ETFs and stocks to crypto assets.
  • Valmet completes statutory merger with NelesJones Day served as global merger control and foreign direct investment counsel to Valmet Oyj (excluding Finland) in its statutory merger with Neles Corporation.
  • Arrowhead Engineered Products acquires Best4ForstJones Day advised Arrowhead Engineered Products, Inc. in the acquisition of Best4Forst, a firm serving the European market with forestry and outdoor power equipment parts ranging from robomowers to commercial logging equipment.
  • Major European electrical grid operator defends against changes of regulated tariffsJones Day is advising a major electrical grid operator and its shareholders, the majority of which are leading investors in energy infrastructure, on bringing claims under the Energy Charter Treaty in arbitration for unforeseeable changes of the system of computing regulated network tariffs which were incompatible with the relevant EU framework and adversely impacted budgets based on legitimate expectations.