Michael specialises in public and private M&amp;A, acting for listed companies and private multinationals divesting businesses, and assisting in acquiring new business domestically and abroad. He also advises private equity clients on both sellside and buyside processes, including minority investments. 
Michael has been involved in several public offers in recent years and regularly advises clients on takeover regulation and the role and responsibilities of boards. He is a trusted adviser on corporate governance, securities law, and disclosure matters.
Michael has particular expertise in the regulated energy and financial sectors. He advises several state owned enterprises and the Dutch state, and is active at the intersection of the public and private sector.

Michael’s recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>Prodrive Technologies on the minority investment by HAL Investments</li><li>Bridgepoint on its minority investment in ACT, valuing ACT at over EUR 1 billion;</li><li>AkzoNobel on its competing EUR 1.4 billion public offer for Tikkurilla;</li><li>Boels on its EUR 614 million public offer for Cramo;</li><li>Silverfleet Capital on the acquisition of Coredux, and the subsequent sale to Arcline;</li><li>ABN AMRO on the spin-out of its private equity business (Capital A), the secondary sale of related portfolio interests, and the divestment of its shipping investment business, Maas Capital;</li><li>ASML on the USD 3 billion acquisition of Hermes Microvision through a public offer, and on its investment in Carl Zeiss SMT;</li><li>Hapag Lloyd on the acquisition of NileDutch;</li><li>Unilever on its EUR 450 million public offer for its preference shares;</li><li>ING on the review of its corporate governance and conversion of depository receipts into shares;</li><li>Rabobank on the divestment of its investment management business, and the sale of CAIW to EQT;</li><li>Schiphol Airport on the JV to operate the airside retail business, and on its consortium bid for Rio Airport;</li><li>VP Capital on its mandatory public offer for Batenburg Beheer; and</li><li>Avedon Capital Partners on the acquisition of various portfolio companies.</li></ul>

Michael schouten

Michael Schouten

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Frank specialises in complex public and private M&amp;A transactions. He has acted for several listed companies, large multinationals and private equity funds on M&amp;A transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance and listing rules. A substantial part of his practice involves cross-border transactions, advising clients on their transactions outside of the Netherlands. Aside from transaction focused matters, Frank regularly advises listed companies on shareholder activism and response situations, including hostile takeover bids. Prior to joining the M&amp;A team, he worked as a senior associate in the firm's Corporate Litigation practice.

Frank hamming

Frank Hamming

Eva smit

Eva Smit

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Henk specialises in corporate and tax law and, in particular, mergers and acquisitions and private equity structuring. Since joining De Brauw, Henk has advised numerous multinationals and private equity clients on public and private transactions, leveraged buy-outs and complex cross-border transactions and corporate restructurings.
Legal 500 recognises Henk as a next generation lawyer and Henk was in 2020 nominated for the Netherlands best m&amp;a tax advisor. 
Henk’s recent work includes advising
<ul><li>Takeaway.com on numerous M&amp;A transactions including its acquisition of the German business of Delivery Hero and the combinations with both Just Eat and Grubhub</li><li>AkzoNobel on numerous M&amp;A transactions including the separation and sale of its Specialty Chemicals to The Carlyle Group and GIC for EUR 10.1 billion</li><li>Royal Philips on numerous M&amp;A transactions including the EUR 862 million IPO of Philips Lighting and the sale of Philips’ 80.1% interest in Lumileds to Apollo</li><li>T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom on the combination of T-Mobile and Tele2, the divestment of T-Infra and the acquisitions of Vodafone’s fixed line consumer business and Simpel.nl</li><li>Topicus.com on its combination with Total Specific Solutions and subsequent listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange</li><li>Siemens AG on the EUR 600 million acquisition of Mendix</li><li>EVBox Group to become a public company via a business combination with TPG Pace Beneficial Finance</li><li>Impax Asset Management on the acquisition, financing, development and sale of Zonnepark Vlagtwedde, the largest Dutch solar park (110MW)</li></ul>

Henk vanravenhorst

Henk van Ravenhorst

Barend hulsebosch

Barend Hulsebosch

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. has sold its 49% stake in EMS to its joint venture partner Fiserv, Inc. Founded in 2005 as a joint venture, EMS is a Netherlands-based digital payments business, providing innovative and proven infrastructure and high-quality technology for process payments between merchants and their customers. Fiserv now owns 100% of the shares in EMS.

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