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De Brauw has been listed in the GAR 30, the annual ranking published by Global Arbitration Review identifying the 30 leading international arbitration practices worldwide. As part of the selection process, firms are assessed across a range of criteria including complexity and volume of arbitration matters handled, team depth, and standing among peers and clients. This acknowledgement is testimony to our team's hard work and the effort we have put into building the team's practice and gaining international recognition over the past decades.

What was once a technical corner of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), suddenly found itself at the forefront of several high-profile European M&A transactions in 2025. The Danish Compromise, as the capital treatment under Article 49(1) CRR is commonly known, allows banks to risk-weight significant investments in insurance undertakings rather than deduct them from their own funds. With its application being subject to certain conditions and supervisory permission, the provision was, and to some extent still is, at the centre of a broader debate about group structures of banks, prudential consolidation and cross-sector M&A in the European Union.

Last Saturday, Jonathan Soeharno received the Comenius Prize 2026 in at the Grote Kerk in Naarden.

De Brauw, alongside Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, advised Nebius Group NV, a leader in AI infrastructure, in its successful closing of the offering of USD 4.34 billion convertible senior notes offering, divided into two series: the 1.25% notes due in 2031 and the 2.325% notes due in 2033.

De Brauw assisted the Dutch State (through the Ministry of Climate and Green Growth) in the creation of Nucleaire Energie Organisatie Nederland B.V. (NEO NL), the new state-owned enterprise that will perform all organisational activities for the construction, operation and decommissioning of new nuclear power plants and nuclear reactors in the Netherlands, as well as other activities in the nuclear field. De Brauw assisted with a variety of workstreams, including setting up the relevant governance framework between the Dutch State and NEO NL, leading the separation of the NEO NL organisation from the ranks of the State, setting the parameters for the future funding of NEO NL by the Dutch State and related financing arrangements, and advising on various employment law related matters.

De Brauw advised VodafoneZiggo on the acquisition by Liberty Global of Vodafone Group's 50% shareholding in VodafoneZiggo, making Liberty Global the sole VodafoneZiggo shareholder. Under the terms of the agreements between Liberty Global and Vodafone Group, Vodafone Group will receive EUR 1 billion in cash and a 10% shareholding in Ziggo Group, a newly formed company that will hold Liberty Global's interests in VodafoneZiggo in the Netherlands and in Telenet in Belgium and Luxembourg.