About

Jan Liersch started his legal career at Hengeler Mueller in 2003. In 2007 he made the move in-house by joining Klöckner & Co as legal counsel, where he was later appointed as head of HR, legal and compliance in January 2015. In 2011, he contributed significantly to the acquisition of Macsteel Service Centre US, doubling the Group’s US activities. From 2016 to 2019 he served as head of compliance, legal, strategy and group development at Asklepios Kliniken, where he dealt with the acquisition of several small eHealth start-ups by Asklepios. He was also largely involved in the acquisition of Grand Hotel Suisse Majestic in 2017 and the acquisition of Fairmont Le Montreux Palace in 2018. Since May 2019 he has taken the CEO position of Broermann Holding, the sole shareholder of Asklepios, where he is in charge of legal affairs in addition to his other responsibilities. In his view, ‘legal tech will change the way in which law firms and in-house departments collaborate and the way in which law firms support in-house departments. Digitalisation will further increase the importance of tech and IP-savvy lawyers (in-house and in private practice) to advise on evolving or new business models’, he comments.