Jan Willem Hoevers

Practice Areas

Jan Willem specialises in international corporate finance with a focus on cross-border equity capital markets transactions. He advises corporates and financial institutions from close to home and far afield. His regulatory practice ranges from buy-back programs to cross-border clearing and settlement and from block trades to insider trading issues.

Jan Willem is ranked Tier 1 for equity capital markets in Chambers Global 2015 and is described by clients as “thorough, hands-on and practical.” Sources add: “He really digs into the detail and is likeable and easy to communicate with.” He was named “Best ECM lawyer of the year 2014” (M&A Community).

He has practised law as a resident lawyer in New York, Brussels and London. Jan Willem regularly lectures on Dutch securities law subjects, to audiences at home and abroad.

For over a decade, Chambers and Legal 500 have consistently ranked Jan Willem in Tier 1 for equity capital markets, with Legal 500 welcoming him into their Equity Capital Markets Hall of Fame for the Netherlands. Clients describe him as “thorough, hands-on and practical.” Sources add: “He really digs into the detail and is likeable and easy to communicate with.”

Career

Jan Willem’s work includes advising

FrieslandCampina on the restructuring of its member financing

Van Lanschot Kempen on the simplification of its group structure

Royal Philips on the dual track IPO/M&A process for its domestic appliances business

Stellantis on its listing in relation to the EUR 50 billion merger between Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot

Fugro on its EUR 250 million rights offering and the abolition of its depositary receipts

the underwriters on the aborted 3.5 billion Unibail-Rodamco rights offering

CM.com on its listing on Euronext Amsterdam through a business combination with a SPAC

Takeaway.com on the capital market aspects of its merger with Just Eat, including its listing on the LSE

Topicus and its founders on their strategic direction leading to a business combination and listing in Canada

on the dual track process and ultimate IPO of Philips Lighting

LeasePlan on its proposed IPO

ABN AMRO Group on its IPO

Royal BAM Group on its convertible bond

IMCD on its IPO and subsequent ABB offerings

Prosensa on its listing on Nasdaq and its subsequent take-private

Organon BioSciences on its proposed IPO

Personal

Jan Willem regularly lectures on Dutch securities law subjects, to audiences at home and abroad.