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Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

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Band 1

Capital Markets: Equity

Netherlands

14 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Derk Lemstra

Europe

Practice Areas

Derk advises on capital markets transactions, securities matters, mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance questions. He was the managing partner of our firm in Amsterdam from 2014 through 2019.

Derk acts on behalf of domestic and international clients, both listed and privately held. Over the years he has advised on many of initial public offerings and other securities offerings in the Dutch market.

Please visit the Stibbe website for more details: https://www.stibbe.com/people/derk-lemstra.

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Capital Markets: Equity - Netherlands

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Band 1

Individual Editorial

Former managing partner Derk Lemstra is a standout figure, known in the Netherlands and beyond for his equity capital markets expertise. He has a strong focus on IPOs, with noteworthy expertise in acting for issuers, coordinators and underwriters. He has recently been particularly active on SPAC IPOs and de-SPACs.

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"Derk Lemstra delivers the best on-point advice and proactively thinks about options and opportunities. He is always especially helpful when looking at cross-border transactions."

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Europe

"Derk Lemstra has a great ability to balance project tensions, deliver on tight challenging timelines and bring order to diverse multidisciplinary advisory teams. He offers very good quality advice, and can manage stakeholder and regulator relationships."

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Europe

"Derk Lemstra is an exceptional technical capital markets lawyer who is extremely commercial. It is a real pleasure to work with him."

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Europe

"Derk Lemstra delivers the best on-point advice and proactively thinks about options and opportunities. He is always especially helpful when looking at cross-border transactions."

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Europe

"Derk Lemstra has a great ability to balance project tensions, deliver on tight challenging timelines and bring order to diverse multidisciplinary advisory teams. He offers very good quality advice, and can manage stakeholder and regulator relationships."

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Europe

"Derk Lemstra is an exceptional technical capital markets lawyer who is extremely commercial. It is a real pleasure to work with him."

Capital Markets: Equity respondent
Europe

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