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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

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Our M&A practice is involved in most of the leading M&A deals in the Netherlands. We provide services to a range of corporate clients and financial institutions on a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial matters. In addition to its mainstream mergers and acquisitions capability, our expertise encompasses private equity, corporate structures and reorganisations as well as corporate litigation.

We continue to manage multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and divestments and we maintain strong working relationships with the leading firms in the United States, Asia and Europe.

We render legal advice with a focus on achieving practical solutions when drafting and negotiating various forms of takeover and joint venture contracts, and undertaking merger control filings while coordinating global in-house and local counsel. We advise on public and private takeovers, public-to-private takeovers, private equity, acquisition finance, and acquisitions and divestments of major Dutch and international corporates and financial institutions active in the Netherlands.

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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Netherlands

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is a dominant law firm in the Dutch M&A market. The law firm demonstrates its capacity by handling high-value cross-border and domestic transactions, assisting clients with complex divestments, public offers and funding rounds. The team is also well versed in handling private equity strategies and transactions, such as growth buyouts and minority and majority investments. Aside from acting for leading financial institutions, the firm showcases its market position by assisting clients across a diverse range of industries, including telecommunications, technology, manufacturing and retail.

Work Highlights

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  • De Brauw advised Teleperformance on its EUR3 billion acquisition of Majorel.

Strengths

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De Brauw has a good combination of legal and commercial awareness and savviness.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
Global

De Brauw is fast, reliable and pragmatic where needed. The team is always available and is focused on making sure top-level advice is given.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
Global

De Brauw is the best law firm out there. It has really smart people who are pragmatic, always on top of things and very reliable.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
Global

De Brauw pays a tremendous amount of attention to detail in drafting documentation which means that you can really rely on its work.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
Global

De Brauw is enormously dedicated to us and really makes efforts to understand the business. The team takes a very proactive approach and can keep up with our high pace of deals.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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Klaas de Vries
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Eminent Practitioners

Co-managing partner Klaas de Vries advises clients on complex sales and acquisitions, including cross-border public offers. He represents clients from the financial services, beverages and retail sectors, as well as private equity houses.

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Arne Grimme
Star Individuals

Arne Grimme is regarded as the leading practitioner in the M&A market in the Netherlands. He has extensive experience in assisting clients with complex funding rounds, high-value private equity investments and cross-border divestments.

Arne Grimme brings a helicopter view and is a good adviser. He has very strong legal and commercial skills and is committed and easy to work with.

Arne Grimme is a really seasoned partner. He has been around the block and cuts through the noise very quickly.

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Lennard Keijzer
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Band 2
Lennard Keijzer is well placed to advise clients on high-value transactions, acting for private equity houses and clients from the telecommunications and logistics sectors.

I very much value Lennard Keijzer's experience and expertise, we call him for very complex matters. He strikes a good balance between being detail oriented and pragmatic.

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Michael Schouten
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Band 4
Michael Schouten handles complex minority investments and competitive auction processes for private equity funds as well as financial and energy sector companies.

Michael Schouten is a good technical lawyer.

Michael Schouten offers assistance at the press of a button. He has a certain way of taking worries away and giving me comfort that the issue is adequately addressed.

Michael Schouten is super knowledgeable, very reliable and very result oriented. He is also very pragmatic and hands on. I like working with him.

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Ranked Lawyers at
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

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Netherlands

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
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Klaas de Vries
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Eminent Practitioners
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Arne Grimme
Star Individuals
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Lennard Keijzer
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Band 2
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Michael Schouten
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Band 4
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Members

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Arne Grimme

Head of Department

Reinier Kleipool