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Niek Biegman 
Office location   Amsterdam 
Direct number +31 20 577 1497 
Direct fax +31 20 577 1775 
Mobile number +31 6 5325 8019 
E-mail niek.biegman@debrauw.com 
 
Profession Advocaat, admitted to the Bar in 1990 
Partner since 1999 
Expertise Finance, Capital Markets, M&A 
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German
Education
University of Amsterdam and New York University
 


Niek Biegman has a broad transactional practice encompassing Capital Markets, Finance and M&A. Niek advises corporates, investment banks, financial institutions and private equity investors, and also regularly works with UK and US international law firms on cross-border transactions.
 
Recent work includes advising

  • Rabobank Nederland on the exchange of its EUR 6.4 billion Membership Certificates for new Membership Certificates, structured to qualify as Common Equity Tier 1 capital under Basel III and CRD IV
  • Deutsche Bank, as Principal Financial Adviser for Deutsche Börse on the USD 9.7 billion merger and share exchange between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext
  • Royal BAM Group N.V. on its EUR 249 million rights offering and on the refinancing of its EUR 1,1 billion Credit Facilities
  • TenneT on its EUR 500 million hybrid notes issuance, the first issuance of rating agency driven hybrid notes by a corporate in the Netherlands
  • BCD on the refinancing of its USD 380 million Senior Unsecured Facilities Agreement and simultaneous issuance of preference shares
  • Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of several large portfolios of European residential mortgage assets from GMAC
  • Goldman Sachs in respect of several transactions involving the acquisition of (interests in) portfolio companies from ABN AMRO/AAC and NIBC, respectively 

     

Legal 500 says ‘Niek Biegman ‘gets things done’’

 

Niek Biegman was the managing partner of De Brauw's London office from 2002 to 2009. Niek is a frequent speaker at international conferences.