Mergers & Acquisitions

Arne Grimme + 66 other experts

Involved in most of the leading M&A deals in the Netherlands

We provide services to a range of corporate clients and financial institutions on a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial matters. In addition to its mainstream mergers and acquisitions capability, our expertise encompasses private equity, corporate structures and reorganisations as well as corporate litigation.

We advise on public and private and public-to-private takeovers, private equity, acquisition finance, and acquisitions and divestments of major Dutch and international corporates and financial institutions active in the Netherlands.

Our legal advice focuses on achieving practical solutions when drafting and negotiating various forms of takeover and joint venture contracts, and undertaking merger control filings while coordinating global in-house and local counsel.

We continue to manage multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and divestments and we maintain strong working relationships with the leading firms in the United States, Asia and Europe.


“De Brauw is characterised by unsurpassed knowledge, which it applies very pragmatically. The team is incredibly approachable and helpful, eager to think alone and independently contributes solutions. (...) Each lawyer in this department is very smart and technically skilled. At the same time, they really understand the business and deal dynamics.”

Chambers, 2026

Insights

23 September 2026

Dutch competition regulator's call-in power passes "first phase" as lower house adopts bill

Competition authorities around the world are closing loopholes and asserting jurisdiction over potentially harmful mergers that fall below quantitative merger-control thresholds. Activities that give them cause for concern include anti-competitive effects in local markets, roll-up strategies, killing potential competition, and the stifling of future innovation. Authorities are increasingly taking the view that an undertaking's revenue size does not necessarily reflect its position and importance in competitive market dynamics.
23 September 2026

Euronext Amsterdam-Listed NVs: our 2026 annual reporting checklist now available

De Brauw has again prepared its annual reporting checklist for Dutch public limited liability companies whose shares or depositary receipts for shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam. The checklist covers annual reporting for those financial years that start on 1 January 2026. It is available for issuers with two-tier board models and, new this year, one-tier board models. 
30 July 2026

Political feasibility − a recurring feature in European bank M&A

Political influence over bank M&A in the EU is not new, but it has rarely been this visible. Over the past two years, three of Europe’s most consequential bank transactions have shown that commercial rationale, competition clearance and prudential approval alone may not determine a transaction’s prospects. Political feasibility can be equally decisive. Then Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Luis de Guindos, was blunt in a May 2026 exit interview: "Political interference eats away at the credibility of the Single Market message".