Lennard is a partner in De Brauw’s Corporate/M&amp;A practice, and head of the private equity practice. He acts for Dutch and international private equity firms on their acquisitions and exit transactions, as well on other matters throughout the investment period. In addition, Lennard regularly acts for founders and family-owned companies who wish to sell their company or to partner with private equity. He is often consulted for his expertise in governance arrangements between shareholders, private equity funds and co-investors, including minority investments by private equity, and in warranty &amp; indemnity insurance and management participation plans.
Lennard is recognised as a leader in his field, as also confirmed by Legal 500 (‘Hall of Fame’ for Private Equity) and Chambers. Lennard was nominated as one of six lawyers for the Dutch Best M&amp;A Lawyer Award many times as from 2020 and won the award in 2021, 2023 and 2025.
Lennard played an important role in establishing De Brauw’s Singapore office.
Lennard’s recent work includes advising: 
<ul><li>Koninklijke VolkerWessels / Reggeborgh on the sale of VolkerWessels Nederland to HAL</li><li>









Bain Capital on the contemplated acquisition of HSO from Carlyle</li><li>Mubadala Capital and Bugaboo on the acquisition of Joolz</li><li>Bain Capital on the sale of Bugaboo to Mubadala Capital (and its reinvestment)</li><li>Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the acquisition of SnelStart</li>
 <li>SHV on the sale of ERIKS to Lonestar</li><li>The founders of Schuberg Philis on the sale of a majority stake to Bridgepoint</li><li>VolkerWessels on the sale of their Energy, Telecom and Technical Installation business to Triton </li>
 <li>Ardian on the acquisition of Attero from 3i and DWS</li><li>Platinum Equity on the acquisition of XD Connects from Rivean Capital and Solo Group</li><li>Deutsche Telekom on the EUR 5.1 billion sale of T-Mobile Netherlands to Apax and Warburg Pincus 
 </li><li>Parcom on most of its acquisitions and divestments since 2016, including the acquisition of Robin Radar, RECO, Rent-All, Meeder Group, Just Brands, Hunkemöller, Wajer Yachts , Zorg van de Zaak, Group of Butchers, Simpel.nl, Yource, MGG Group, ConDoor Group, Koninklijke Euroma, NedacSorboMascot, Outdoor Life Group, Viroclinics and other portfolio companies, and the sale of Altrex, Jan Snel, ConDoor Group, GustoMSC, GoodHabitz, Climate for Life, Viroclinics and various other transactions
</li><li>BlackFin on the acquisition of the personal lines brokerage and MGA business of Aon Netherlands</li><li>Inflexion on its minority investment in Baker Tilly Netherlands</li><li>G Square on the sale of the Duomed group to Palex Medical and several of their other healthcare transactions</li><li>H.I.G. Capital on the acquisition of Kantar Media</li><li>Vortex Capital and the founder of hallo, group on the sale of a majority stake to KLAR </li>
 <li>Advent and Unit4 on the sale of the Unit4 Dutch software business to Exact Group and various other transactions, including the sale of Unit4 to TA Associates and Partners Group</li><li>Several undisclosed dental transactions</li><li>General Atlantic on the acquisition of GRESB from Summit</li><li>Werksta Group, a portfolio company of Procuritas, on the acquisition of the Den Elzen Autoschade Group</li><li>Rivean Capital on the acquisition of Valcon, CED, Eichholtz, Muon and a majority stake in EDCO, and on the sale of Muon Group to IDEX </li>
 <li>The founder of YER on the sale of a minority stake to Inflexion 
 </li><li>The founder of De Jong Packaging on the sale to Stora Enso 
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 <li>The founder of the Scheybeeck group on the sale of a majority stake in BUKO Infrasupport and BUKO Waakt to Equistone 
 </li><li>The Kloosterboer family on the sale of Kloosterboer Group to Lineage (Bay Grove) 
 </li><li>BC partners on the sale of Pharmathen for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 1.6 billion</li><li>Triton on the acquisition of a majority stake in Bergman Clinics as well as Royal Reesink</li><li>Nordian Capital on the sale of BauWatch Group to Haniel 
 </li><li>T-Mobile Netherlands on the acquisition of Simpel.nl, and Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Netherlands on the acquisition of Tele2 Netherlands 
</li><li>Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Netherlands on the sale of the Dutch tower business to Cellnex</li><li>The founders of IG&amp;H on the sale of a majority stake to IK Partners</li><li>Summit Partners and the founder on the sale of Normec to Astorg (2020), and the sale to an Astorg continuation fund (2024) </li>
 <li>The founders of Topicus on the sale to TSS / CSI 
 </li><li>The founders of Acture Group on the sale to IK Investments 
 </li><li>The founder of 247Tailorsteel on the sale of a majority stake to Parcom 
 </li><li>Synthon Generics' management on the MIP with BC Partners 
 </li><li>Bain Capital on the acquisition of Bugaboo from the founders</li>
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Lennard keijzer

Lennard Keijzer

Partner

Henk specialises in tax and corporate 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, complex cross-border transactions, corporate restructurings, financings and refinancings, and the structuring of management incentive plans.
Legal 500 has recognised Henk as a "leading individual", with Chambers stating that Henk is "up and coming". In 2020, 2021 and 2023, Henk was nominated by MenA.nl (the Dutch M&amp;A awards) as Best M&amp;A Tax Adviser, and he won this award in 2024. 
Henk’s recent work includes advising
<ul><li>Bain Capital on the acquisition of Bugaboo from the founders and the sale of a majority interest to Mubadala capital</li>
 <li>Ardian on the acquisition of Attero from 3i and DWS</li>
 <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 (Signify) and the sale of Philips’ 80.1% interest in Lumileds to Apollo</li>
 <li>T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom on the EUR 5.1 billion sale of T-Mobile Netherlands to Apax and Warburg Pincus, 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>Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Netherlands on the sale of the Dutch tower business to Cellnex</li>
 <li>Advent and Unit4 on the sale of the Unit4 Dutch software business to Exact Group and various other transactions, including the sale of Unit4 to TA Associates and Partners Group</li>
 <li>Parcom on most of its buy-side and sell-side transactions in the past seven years including the acquisition of Hunkemöller, Wajer Yachts , Zorg van de Zaak, Group of Butchers, Simpel.nl, Yource, MGG Group, ConDoor Group, Koninklijke Euroma, NedacSorboMascot, Outdoor Life Group, and other portfolio companies, and the sale of Altrex, Jan Snel, ConDoor Group, GustoMSC, GoodHabitz, Climate for Life and various other transactions</li>
 <li>Topicus.com on its combination with Total Specific Solutions and subsequent listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange</li>
 <li>Impax Asset Management on the acquisition, financing, development and sale of Zonnepark Vlagtwedde, the largest Dutch solar park (110MW)</li>
 <li>The founder of De Jong Packaging on the sale to Stora Enso</li>
 <li>Fugro on its refinancing transactions and multiple buyside and sell-side acquisitions and divestments</li>
 <li>The Kloosterboer family on the sale of Kloosterboer Group to Lineage (Bay Grove)</li>
 <li>Triton on the acquisition of Royal Reesink from Rivean Capital and a majority stake in Bergman Clinics</li></ul>

Henk vanravenhorst

Henk van Ravenhorst

Laura is counsel in the firm's Corporate/M&amp;A practice. She specialises in advising listed companies, large multinationals and private equity firms on M&amp;A transactions, including cross-border deals. Laura also has experience advising clients on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters, particularly in the context of M&amp;A transactions.
Between 2016 and 2018, Laura was based in De Brauw's Singapore office, where she handled cross-border enforcement matters and internal investigations for EU companies involving foreign regulators. She was seconded to Heineken International in 2015 and to Flow Traders in 2022.
Laura is a guest lecturer on M&amp;A compliance and regulatory topics at the VU Law Academy.

Laura Stiekema

Counsel

Sophia specialises in international and Dutch tax law, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and financing matters. She regularly advises public and private businesses on a wide range of tax issues, including strategic and financial acquisitions, divestments, reorganisations and tax controversies.

Sophia van Straalen 2025

Sophia van Straalen

Senior Associate

Geert Lokhorst is a senior associate in De Brauw’s IP/Tech practice group, where he focuses on non-contentious IP/Tech matters, including licensing, R&amp;D and joint venture collaborations, and IP-heavy M&amp;A transactions. Working seamlessly with De Brauw’s corporate teams and expertise in navigating intellectual property and technology issues at the heart of major corporate transactions, Geert is regularly involved in complex, multi-jurisdictional deals. 
Geert has been recognised as Rising Star 2025 by Managing IP's IP Stars.

Geert lokhorst

Geert Lokhorst

Lennart vos

Lennart Vos

Anna Carine de Waard

Anne Carine de Waard

Nick vandongen

Nick van Dongen

Barbara advises and litigates across the full spectrum of employment-related matters. She has significant expertise in traditional, individual employment matters, as well as in corporate transaction-related projects.
Barbara and her team lead relevant employment issues in transactions throughout the preparatory phase and completion; this includes assisting in transfers of undertaking (TUPE). Barbara identifies employment-related priorities and issues in other jurisdictions and is highly experienced in dealing with their impact on relevant transactions. 
Barbara also concentrates on individual matters at board and management level, such as dismissals, remuneration, promotions or demotions. 
Barbara’s recent work includes:
<ul><li>Takeaway Just eat transaction consultation aspects</li><li>ABP pension litigation</li><li>TataSteel Thyssenkrupp consultation aspects</li></ul>

Barbara kloppert

Barbara Kloppert

Rick is a partner in De Brauw's Employment &amp; Employee Benefits practice, where he focuses on remuneration and incentives matters. These include management incentive plans – such as "sweet equity" plans, SAR schemes and other equity or equity-like plans, bonus schemes, and LTIPs –, remuneration policies and executive compensation. Rick has extensive experience assisting PE and VC clients, corporates, and other clients in these matters. As part of his practice, Rick also advises on other employment-related aspects of M&amp;A transactions.

Rick vantwout

Rick van 't Wout

Gijs de Koning 2

Gijs de Koning

Ranked both in Chambers and Legal 500, Helen has extensive experience in all aspects of competition law, including merger control, cartels, dominance and vertical restraints. Clients value her in-house and private practice expertise, which allows her to understand business drivers and offer clear and practical advice, even in the most complex of matters.
She regularly advises international companies on their European and international M&amp;A and competition law matters including AkzoNobel, Booking.com, Just Eat Takeaway, Celanese, DSM-Firmenich, TomTom and SHV. 
Helen is one of the ACM's five non-governmental advisors supporting the development of competition policy within the International Competition Network. She teaches students of the Grotius Academie and of the Brussels School of Competition Masters programme. She is dual-qualified as both a solicitor (England &amp; Wales) and Dutch advocaat. Helen is also included in Global Competition Review's prestigious Women in Antitrust list and is part of the leadership team of W@ NL, a platform to promote female talent in the area of competition law.
"She is very knowledgeable and comes up with pragmatic solutions."- Chambers Europe 2024
Helen's recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>SHV on its sale of ERIKS to Lone Star, requiring multiple regulatory filings</li><li>Akzo Nobel on its attempted acquisition of paint competitor, Kansai, in Africa requiring multiple merger control filings, including a South African Phase-2 merger control litigation process</li><li>Booking.com in relation to litigation in the Court of Amsterdam and before the European Court of Justice in relation to price parity clauses</li><li>Takeaway.com on all competition aspects of its acquisitions of Delivery Hero in Germany, Just Eat in the UK and Grubhub in the US</li><li>A large IT provider in relation to the ACM's Cloudservices market study</li><li>Various digital and tech clients in relation to digital regulation, including the Digital Markets Act, the Data Act, parity clauses, online advertising and abuse of dominance</li><li>Two clients on consumer law matters examined by the Dutch ACM, linking to issues of transparency, algorithms and data provision</li><li>HEMA on its sale to Parcom and Mississippi Ventures</li><li>Coca Cola in relation to a sustainability-related packaging reduction initiative with competitors</li><li>Various other companies in relation to sustainability collaborations and preventing greenwashing / consumer law concerns</li></ul>

Helen gornall

Helen Gornall

Stephanie is a forceful competition and FDI lawyer with over a decade of experience practicing in Brussels, Amsterdam and New York. Stephanie counsels clients on a broad range of European and Dutch competition and FDI related matters, building on her experience representing multinational clients before the European Commission as well as Dutch and US authorities. Stephanie has built up extensive skills and knowledge in transactional matters – winning clearance for complex remedies across the globe and acting as lead counsel in the coordination of many international merger filings. Stephanie has handled a variety of sensitive investigative matters concerning competition law and anti-money laundering controls. She also appears regularly before the Dutch courts in high-stakes multi-jurisdictional antitrust damages litigation and represents clients before the European Court of Justice. 
Stephanie is recognised as a Global Leader in Competition by Who’s Who Legal, and has been recommended as a Next Generation Partner by Legal500 (EU and Competition – Tier 1). Stephanie also earned a coveted spot in Law.com’s list of 25 Best Up-and-Coming Female Lawyers in Europe.

Stephanie the

Stephanie The

Vivian vanweperen

Vivian van Weperen

Max Kaumo

Kiki vander Meulen 2025

Kiki van der Meulen

Bas specialises in general banking, finance and restructuring matters - his recent Executive Master in Finance demonstrates his deep knowledge of corporate finance that goes beyond the legal aspects of matters. Bas' practice covers the full spectrum of finance and capital markets transactions, and often involves highly complex and multi-faceted cross-border matters. He has taken leading roles in negotiating large (sustainability-linked) corporate credit facilities, implementing acquisition financing arrangements for transformative acquisitions and designing comprehensive capital restructurings both in- and outside of distressed situations. He also has substantial expertise in project financing and construction. Bas' client base runs the gamut from large listed and non-listed corporates, to financial institutions and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. As a result, he is very comfortable on all sides of the table.

Bas Boutellier 2

Bas Boutellier

Charissa specialises in litigation before Dutch courts in various areas such as banking and finance, corporate, CSR, insolvency and restructuring. Since joining De Brauw in 2016, Charissa has advised numerous Dutch and international corporates and financial institutions. Before joining the Litigation department, Charissa was part of De Brauw's Finance and Restructuring team, where she advised on complex multi-jurisdictional financing arrangements and restructuring transactions, and worked with leading independent law firms on cross-border transactions.

Charissa veldman

Charissa Veldman

Walter nijnens

Walter Nijnens

Associate

Peter specialises in corporate and finance law in De Brauw's Corporate practice. He advises corporates, financial institutions and private equity investors, and also regularly works with UK and US international law firms on cross-border transactions.
Peter was seconded to a large international bank in 2014 and to De Brauw London in 2013.

Peter nolten

Peter Nolten

Bram focuses on corporate law, with an emphasis on the private equity and venture capital practices. Since joining De Brauw in 2021, he has advised clients on a broad range of matters, including sell-side and buy-side transactions, governance advice, management participation, corporate advisory matters, and national and international private and public M&amp;A transactions.

Bram Pruyn

Marlies de Waard specialises in regulatory and enforcement matters with a focus on corporate criminal law. She regularly conducts internal investigations and represents corporations and financial institutions in administrative and criminal enforcement proceedings. She also advises on pre-enforcement compliance issues. Marlies specifically focuses on matters involving US regulatory authorities.
 
Marlies is an expert on economic sanctions and export controls. She often advises companies on economic sanctions and export controls compliance in general and the legality of contemplated transactions. She has conducted numerous internal investigations on the topic and represented companies before both Dutch and foreign enforcement authorities, among them the US Department of Justice (DoJ), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). In addition, she has assisted companies navigate public scrutiny, including parliamentary questions, relating to their international trade relations.
 
Another focal point of her work is corporate criminal law, including safety and environmental law, fraud, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery regulation. Marlies has ample experience representing companies suspected of wrongdoing in such matters, both in the investigatory phase as well as in court, including in appeal. She also assists companies that have fallen victim to crime themselves, advising them on their position in court and possibilities to recover their damages.
 
Marlies also regularly advises on criminal law and compliance issues coming up in corporate transactions.

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Marlies de Waard

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