Anja is a partner in De Brauw's Corporate / M&amp;A practice. In recent years, she held several leadership roles in the firm, including as management board member, hiring partner and head of the energy industry group. 
Anja specialises in corporate law, contract law and mergers &amp; acquisitions. She has extensive experience in various industry sectors including tech, infrastructure, energy, banking and insurance. Her expertise ranges from strategic deals to private equity, hybrid corporate projects, distressed M&amp;A and structuring/restructuring, both national and international. 
In addition to her role as partner of De Brauw, Anja is a supervisory board member at Gasunie (Chair of Remco) and Het Concertgebouw. 
Corporate projects and M&amp;A deals that have been led by Anja or in which Anja was closely involved: 
Vopak on the acquisition of a 29% share in an LNG import terminal in Pakistan, and a 49% share in an LNG import terminal in Colombia, the acquisition and restructuring of Exmar’s LNG business and various other international matters.
APG on the controlled auction and divestment of Loyalis to ASR.
Waterland private equity on various acquisitions and joint ventures in the waste-to-energy sector including the acquisition and divestment of Attero.
TenneT on various Corporate and M&amp;A matters including the North Sea Wind Hub and the acquisition of the power grids from Stedin, Eneco, Nuon, Essent and Delta, subsequent to the acquisition of Transpower in Germany.
Caldic on the divestment of its worldwide business to PE funds managed by Goldman Sachs and various cross border deals including in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Malaysia.
SNS REAAL on its divestment of the insurance business REAAL to the Chinese Anbang Insurance Group.
Achmea on various corporate and M&amp;A matters including Independer, Inshared and Achmea Health Centres.
Tata on its contemplated European joint venture with Thyssenkrupp, together with the Best Friends Slaughter and May and Hengeler Mueller.
IMCD on its Initial Public Offering and in relation to various international acquisitions.
ENGIE on transferring its stake in the Paiton power station (Indonesia) to Nebras and various other energy transactions.

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Anja Mutsaers

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Wiebe specialises in international and Dutch tax law, focusing on corporate transactions, investment funds and tax controversy. Since joining De Brauw, Wiebe has advised numerous multinationals and funds on complex cross-border M&amp;A transactions, investment structures and tax disputes. Wiebe is actively involved in the tax expert group of the Dutch association of asset managers (DUFAS), the committee on legislative proposals of the Dutch association of tax advisors (NOB) and frequently lectures on international tax law, including at IBA conferences and at the universities of Amsterdam and Groningen. He is recognised by Chambers and Legal 500 with Chambers describing him as “very accessible, sharp, responsive and to the point” and Legal 500 referring to him as a “top-notch tax professional”.
Wiebe’s recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>a multinational on a high-profile state aid investigation into its Dutch tax rulings</li><li>NXP on the aborted USD 47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm and two multi-billion dollar divestments</li><li>Pfizer on the USD 48 billion combination of its Upjohn business with Mylan</li><li>GrandVision on the EUR 7 billion takeover by EssilorLuxottica</li><li>Elastic NV on its NYSE listing valued at USD 2.2 billion</li><li>ABN AMRO on the spin-out of its private equity business</li><li>APG on the EUR 450 million sale of Loyalis to ASR</li><li>Port of Rotterdam on the impact of the introduction of its corporate income tax liability further to the European Commission’s state aid ruling</li><li>a major Dutch banking and insurance group on setting up and restructuring its investment fund range</li></ul>

Wiebe dijkstra

Wiebe Dijkstra

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has advised Caldic on acquiring R2 Group. The agreement underlines Caldic’s aspiration to be an inspiring global provider of tailored solutions fulfilling local customers’ demand. This acquisition also strengthens Caldic’s focus on innovative solutions beyond its current activities in the Nordic countries. 
Caldic is an international distributor and producer of food ingredients, chemicals and technical activities and R2 Group is an independent Nordic player offering food ingredients and chemical solutions for the industrial and health &amp; personal care market. 
De Brauw acted as lead counsel. De Brauw's team includes Anja Mutsaers (lead partner), Rim Roomberg, Wiebe Dijkstra and Carel van Swaay.

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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has advised Caldic on acquiring R2 Group. The agreement underlines Caldic’s aspiration to be an inspiring global provider of tailored solutions fulfilling local customers’ demand. This acquisition also strengthens Caldic’s focus on innovative solutions beyond its current activities in the Nordic countries.  Caldic is an international distributor and producer of food ingredients, chemicals and technical activities and R2 Group is an independent Nordic player offering food ingredients and chemical solutions for the industrial and health & personal care market. De Brauw acted as lead counsel. De Brauw's team includes Anja Mutsaers (lead partner), Rim Roomberg, Wiebe Dijkstra and Carel van Swaay.

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