About

Provided by AKD

Our small and flexible teams in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg work successfully for domestic and foreign companies on strategic transactions, private equity deals, venture capital investments, restructurings and distressed M&A. This last item is frequently done in collaboration with our Restructuring & Insolvency team. Our team's expertise extends to other areas of law and supervisory regulations relating to mergers and acquisitions, such as employee co-determination, transfer of undertaking, financing, security and ancillary restrictions.

The lawyers, civil-law notaries and tax advisers in our teams have a thorough understanding of the sector in which your company is active, collaborating closely in order to achieve the best result and get the deal done. AKD's full-service approach and extensive international network enables the team to advise on all legal and tax aspects of any - national or international - transaction. With our in-house civil-law notaries standing by, we are able to provide assistance from the start and work towards an effective closing.

Our long-standing, close collaboration with other business service providers, including corporate finance advisers, banks and W&I insurers, equips our lawyers, civil-law notaries and tax advisers with a unique skill set to communicate with other advisers involved. We are in consequence fully familiar with the jargon used by financial or operational parties involved in the transaction.



Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: €50-250 million - Netherlands

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

AKD offers a strong team advising clients on auction sales, shareholder squeeze-outs and recommended public takeover offers. As part of a well-known Benelux law firm, the team has experience in domestic and cross-border transactions. The law firm also represents clients in investment rounds. AKD acts for private equity firms, shareholders and founders on M&A transactions.

Work Highlights

  • AKD advised the minority shareholders of Nafinco on the controlled auction sale of Nafinco to Waterland Private Equity.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Carlos Pita Cao
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Carlos Pita Cao
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Eminent Practitioners

Managing partner Carlos Pita Cao assists founders and shareholders with sales and auction processes. He additionally represents Dutch and international clients in acquisitions.

Carlos Pita Cao is a great communicator.

Lennart Crain
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Lennart Crain
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Band 2
Lennart Crain assists clients with delistings, the squeeze-out of minority shareholders, and unsolicited and recommended takeover offers. He also assists founders and shareholders with auction sales. He has additional experience in cross-border acquisitions, including acting for private equity houses.

Lennart Crain is very attentive and has quick response times, as well as good commercial awareness and the right level of sophistication.

Lennart Crain had a very pragmatic approach to the transaction and proved to be very knowledgeable, both from a legal and a commercial perspective.

It is a pleasure to work with Lennart Crain. He is very responsive and has a good understanding of the market.

Lennart Crain is a very strong business partner with great commercial acumen and the ability to get things done.

Lennart Crain is a good listener and problem-solver, anticipating issues and providing good advice on topics to tackle.

Nathalie van Woerkom
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Nathalie van Woerkom
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Band 2

Nathalie van Woerkom often assists clients with investment rounds, as well as advising shareholders on sales. She frequently represents companies active in the technology, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors and is also well equipped to advise on acquisitions.

Ranked Lawyers at
AKD

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Netherlands

Corporate/M&A: €50-250 million

Carlos Pita Cao
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Carlos Pita Cao
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Eminent Practitioners
Lennart Crain
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Lennart Crain
2
Band 2
Nathalie van Woerkom
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Nathalie van Woerkom
2
Band 2

Members

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Ben Beune

David Molenaar

Erwin Rademakers

Inan Akdeniz

Jeroen Pop

Joey Smetsers

Joyce van den Nouwland

Head of Department

Jurriaan Puijpe

Lars Subnel

Laura De Jong

Lennart Crain

Lennart Crain

Head of Department

Lennart Crain

Mickey Engel

Renée Alberts

Ruben Schulpen

Stefan Bais

Valéry Schaap

Vincent Wibaut