Peter Moeckel

Associate

Düsseldorf + 49.211.5406.5525

Peter Moeckel's practice primarily focuses on antitrust and competition law matters, both at the national and international levels. He advises major national and international companies in their proceedings with the European Commission and national competition authorities in the European Union and before courts in antitrust matters. Peter advises on a broad range of antitrust issues from the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other combinations to cross-border international investigations, regulatory and compliance matters, and antitrust follow-on litigation. He also advises national and international companies on EU foreign subsidies control.

While earning his second state exam, Peter worked in the Firm's Düsseldorf and Washington offices on antitrust and competition law matters. Prior to joining Jones Day, he worked at international law firms in Düsseldorf and Cologne in the areas of corporate/M&A and business restructuring and reorganization.

Peter is a member of the German Antitrust Lawyers Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.) and the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law.

Experience

  • Verint agrees to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2 billionJones Day is advising Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT), a global leader in Customer Experience (CX) Automation software, in connection with a take private transaction entered into with Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm primarily investing in software and technology companies, to become a privately held company in an all-cash transaction reflecting an enterprise value of $2 billion.
  • One Equity Partners acquires BARTECJones Day is advising One Equity Partners in the acquisition of BARTEC from a consortium led by Bridgepoint Credit and Alcentra.
  • Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group sells Munich hotel to Eagle HillsJones Day advised Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in the sale of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Munich to Eagle Hills, a private real estate investment and development company based in Abu Dhabi, and to manage the hotel for Eagle Hills under the Mandarin Oriental brand.
  • TotalEnergies acquires VSB Group for €1.57 billionJones Day advised TotalEnergies in the €1.57 billion (equity value) acquisition of VSB Group, a Germany based renewable energy developer and operator of wind farms and photovoltaic power plants in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Finland, and Croatia, from Swiss asset manager Partners Group.
  • Fortino Capital Partners exits MobilexpenseJones Day advised Fortino Capital Partners in the sale of its majority stake in Mobilexpense, a Belgian-headquartered provider of automated expense and spend management solutions, to Visma.
  • Darfon Electronics acquires GROFA Action Sports GmbHJones Day advised Darfon Electronics, a Taiwanese listed electronics group, known among other things as the owner of the e-bike brand BESV, on the acquisition of 80% of the shares in GROFA Action Sports GmbH in Bad Camberg, Germany.
  • Affiliates of Centre Lane Partners acquire substantially all of the assets of Hardinge Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Kellenberger, USACH, SuperPrecision, and Workholding business linesJones Day advised affiliates of Centre Lane Partners in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hardinge Inc. and its debtor subsidiaries, a global leader and provider of advanced machine tool, manufacturing and workholding solutions, as part of chapter 11 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
  • TotalEnergies acquires Quadra EnergyJones Day advised TotalEnergies SE in the acquisition of Quadra Energy GmbH.
  • Griesson brings long-running antitrust investigation to an endJones Day helped Griesson – de Beukelaer GmbH & Co. KG bring the long-running antitrust investigation by the German Federal Cartel Office to an end.