Jan established Pala Investments AG in July 2006. He is currently a Director of Anatolia Minerals Development Ltd, Avoca Resources Limited, Churchill Mining PLC, Dumas Contracting Ltd, Gemcom Software International Inc. and Norcast Castings Company Limited.
Prior to establishing Pala, Jan was Senior Vice President-Investments and Corporate Affairs for Mechel OAO, a major Russian mining and metals company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTL), where his primary responsibilities covered mergers and acquisitions, non-core asset disposals, and investor and public relations. He also managed Mechel’s IPO on the NYSE.
Before joining Mechel, Jan worked for Latham & Watkins LLP where he specialized in securities and M&A transactions. In total, Jan led the IPOs of three out of the four IPOs of Russian companies on the NYSE, as well as worked on numerous merger and acquisition, and private equity transactions, including some of the largest M&A deals in Russia and Ukraine. Prior to Latham & Watkins, Jan was at Chadbourne & Park and White & Case, working primarily on project financings.
Jan received his J.D. and B.A. from Columbia University.
