Gaby is a partner in De Brauw's Corporate practice where she focuses on cross-border equity capital markets and M&amp;A transactions. Gaby's transactional practice includes advising on IPOs, private and public M&amp;A, and joint ventures. In addition to her transactional practice, Gaby advises listed companies on compliance with securities laws and disclosure obligations. Gaby heads the Equity Capital Markets practice. She is also a member of De Brauw's Life Sciences team. She was the resident partner for De Brauw in Shanghai and also worked at De Brauw's New York office. She is actively involved in the firm's international network. Gaby is ranked in Legal 500 for both ECM and M&amp;A, in Chambers for ECM, and in IFLR1000's women leaders in law for the Netherlands.
Gaby's recent Capital Markets work includes advising:
<ul><li>Ferrovial on its re-domiciliation to the Netherlands and listings on Euronext Amsterdam and Nasdaq</li><li>Sodexo on the spin-off of its employee benefits division into Pluxee N.V. and listing on Euronext Paris</li><li>CTP on its EUR 850 million IPO on Euronext Amsterdam</li><li>Philips on the dual track for its Domestic Appliances business</li><li>TechnipFMC on the spin-off and listing of Technip Energies N.V.</li><li>Just Eat Takeaway.com on the merger with Grubhub and on various convertible bond issuances and ABBs</li><li>CM.com on its listing on Euronext Amsterdam through a business combination with a SPAC</li><li>Underwriters on the IPO of LAVA Therapeutics on Nasdaq</li><li>Underwriters on the IPO of CureVac on Nasdaq</li><li>Underwriters on the IPO of Mytheresa on NYSE</li><li>Underwriters on the secondary listing of Marel on Euronext Amsterdam</li><li>AkzoNobel on the dual track for its Specialty Chemicals business</li></ul>
Gaby's recent M&amp;A work includes advising: 
<ul><li>JustEat Takeaway.com on the EUR 4.1bn public offer by Prosus on its shares</li><li>Teleperformance on its EUR 3bn public offer on Majorel</li><li>Nolet on its public offer for Lucas Bols</li><li>Heineken on its divestment of Vrumona</li><li>Altice Europe on the recommended public offer by its founder and controlling shareholder</li><li>CM.com on the acquisition of PayPlaza</li><li>BCD on the sale of online travel company Travix to Trip.com</li><li>Beter Bed on the divestment of its DACH business Matratzen Concord</li><li>FrieslandCampina on the acquisition of Nutricima's dairy business in Nigeria</li><li>FrieslandCampina on the sale of its cream liqueur business</li></ul>

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Jan Willem is an international corporate finance lawyer with a focus on cross-border equity capital markets transactions. 
For over a decade, Chambers and Legal 500 have consistently ranked Jan Willem in Tier 1 for equity capital markets, with Legal 500 welcoming him into their Equity Capital Markets Hall of Fame for the Netherlands.

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Kees specialises in commercial litigation, particularly mass claims and cartel damage litigation. He acts on behalf of Dutch and international regulated institutions and corporate clients. 
Before joining the litigation practice group, Kees was with De Brauw’s Investment Management Group, where he advised financial institutions and corporate and government bodies on financial regulatory law and pension law, and with De Brauw’s administrative law group. In 2017, Kees worked for six months as director of regulatory affairs at a major Dutch car leasing company.

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