Corporate/M&A: €250 million and above | Global

A&O Shearman boasts a market-leading presence in the M&A market in the Netherlands. The team has extensive experience in handling high-value transactions for a domestic and international client base that includes both public companies and private equity houses. Team members assist clients with joint ventures, cross-border acquisitions, divestments and investment rounds. The law firm is active in transactions involving the technology, life sciences and energy and natural resources sectors.

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 law firm showcases its market position by assisting clients across a diverse range of industries, including telecommunications, technology, manufacturing and retail.

Freshfields regularly advises clients on high-value, cross-border acquisitions and divestments. Clients benefit from the team's ability to collaborate with the law firm's other offices around the world on multi-jurisdictional matters. Team members have experience in private equity investments, acquisitions by consortiums and joint venture agreements. The law firm often acts on transactions involving the technology, energy and financial services industries.

Stibbe is a well-regarded law firm with a strong presence throughout the Benelux region. The law firm is particularly adept in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as advising clients on high-value domestic transactions. The team is popular with both private equity houses and public sector clients, in addition to representing clients from the automotive, financial services and technology sectors. The law firm often acts for investors, including on venture capital funding rounds. The lawyers also offer experience in management buyouts.

Houthoff is a highly regarded Dutch law firm with a strong reputation for advising buyers and selling shareholders on cross-border transactions. The team also often assists clients with rescue sales and acquisitions. The law firm is particularly popular with clients from the technology sector, as well as acting for private equity houses on high-value acquisitions and divestments. Team members have further experience in venture capital mandates.

Linklaters leverages its excellent international office coverage to advise on cross-border transactions, often acting for multinational corporates and investment firms seeking to expand in the Netherlands. The practice additionally assists Dutch clients wishing to grow their market share. Linklaters is regularly mandated to advise on the sale or purchase of majority and minority stakes, as well as the wind-down of Dutch subsidiaries, corporate reorganisations and private equity deals. The team demonstrates particular expertise in the handling of transactions in the infrastructure, technology and finance sectors.

Loyens & Loeff advises clients on both domestic and cross-border high-value transactions. The team acts for domestic and multinational private equity firms, as well as representing Netherlands-based companies. The law firm often acts on transactions in the technology and infrastructure sectors. Clients benefit from the law firm's Benelux-wide presence, as well as the team's ability to collaborate with other departments, including the law firm's market-leading tax team.