DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Van Doorne

Corporate/M&A

2 ranked lawyers

Band 2

Netherlands

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What the team is known for

Van Doorne offers a broad-ranging corporate practice, assisting mid-cap Dutch and international clients with acquisitions, divestments, share capital transactions, auction sales and management buyouts. The law firm also advises clients on funding rounds and joint venture agreements, as well as corporate restructurings and corporate governance issues. The team often acts on transactions in the food and beverage and retail sectors.

Strengths

A client appreciates the firm's "accurate and fast service."

Another client notes that it is a "cooperative and pleasant team to work with."

Work highlights

Advised SunOpta on the divestment of its Global Ingredients business to Amsterdam Commodities.

Notable practitioners

Hugo Reumkens assists clients with corporate restructuring mandates. He also has experience in governance issues, joint venture agreements and acquisitions. One client reports that he is a "skilled lawyer with solid knowledge, who knows how to articulate points of view in conversations with the opposing party."

Onno Boerstra often acts for Scandinavian clients on the acquisition of Dutch targets. Onno Boerstra also has experience in management buyouts. One client highlights his "extremely strong client focus and good knowledge," while another appreciates that he is "relaxed when the process becomes tense."

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Overview

Our clients turn to our Corporate team to help them navigate through the changing global business environment with pragmatic commercial advice on the full range of their corporate affairs.

Rapidly changing industries

Globalization, technology, innovation and disruption in combination result in rapidly changing industries as well as laws and regulations. This requires companies to constantly review their strategies and business and operating models. Our corporate team acts for domestic and foreign large and mid-cap companies, investors, (investment) banks on, for instance, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, private equity, venture capital and growth capital and corporate governance.

Industry focus

We bring a particularly strong focus on the sectors of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Financial Institutions, Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT), Real Estate & Construction, and Consumer goods, Retail, Food & Beverages.

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