<p>Klaas makes up the Management Board, together with Dorothee van Vredenburch and Dennis Horeman. </p>
<p>As a corporate/M&amp;A specialist, Klaas is the trusted adviser to a number of listed companies, large multinationals and private equity firms on a wide range of issues, including public and private M&amp;A, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate law, corporate governance and listing rules in the Netherlands and abroad. He has extensive experience in cross-border M&amp;A, assisting clients in their transactions outside their home country.</p>
<p><strong>Klaas’s recent work includes advising:</strong></p>
<ul>
 <li>Just Eat Takeaway.com on the sale of its iFood stake to Prosus, its commercial partnership with Amazon, the acquisition of Grubhub, the merger between Takeaway.com and Just Eat, the acquisition of Delivery Hero’s German food delivery operations, and on the acquisition of the Israeli B2B food delivery platform 10bis</li>
 <li>Backbase on its Series A funding round</li>
 <li>Société Anonyme des Bains de Mer in an announced business combination between FL Entertainment Group and Pegasus Entrepreneurs</li>
 <li>G-III Apparel Group Ltd on its acquisition of Karl Lagerfeld</li>
 <li>COFRA on its acquisition of Dalsem</li>
 <li>Royal Ahold Delhaize, on the acquisition of DEEN Supermarkets, on its acquisition of online retailer Bol.com, on the acquisition of SPAR’s Czech business and the divestment of its Slovakian activities</li>
 <li>Egeria on its acquisition of Fletcher Hotels from NIBC and Xead</li>
 <li>NN Group on its acquisition of Dutch insurance broker Heinenoord</li>
 <li>ICT Group on the recommended public offer by NPM Capital and Teslin</li>
 <li>GrandVision in connection with the transfer of 76.62% of GrandVision’s shares from HAL to EssilorLuxottica</li>
 <li>Ramphastos on the acquisition of HEMA from Lion Capital</li>
 <li>Intergamma on the buy out of its largest franchisee CRH/Van Neerbos</li>
 <li>HAL Investments on the acquisition of Van Wijnen, the acquisition of Deli Building Supplies, the sale of AudioNova to Sonova, and the acquisition of a 25% stake in Dutch Mortgage Funding Company</li>
 <li>Grontmij on a recommended public offer by Sweco</li>
 <li>Klépierre on a recommended public exchange offer for Corio</li>
 <li>Egeria on the divestment of NRC Media to Mediahuis Nederland and the divestment of AXENT NabestaandenZorg to a.s.r.</li>
 <li>RELX on a number of divestments including Elsevier and various other publishing activities</li>
</ul>

Klaas devries

Klaas de Vries

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<p>Pete focuses on private equity and private M&amp;A transactions, including advising on governance arrangements, management participation, and warranty and indemnity insurance.<br /></p>
<p>He works with financial sponsors and strategic corporates, both Dutch and international. Before joining De Brauw in Amsterdam in 2017, Pete spent many years in New York, London and Tokyo working on transactions with clients all around the world. He frequently leverages this experience helping international clients investing in, or exiting from, Benelux targets.</p>
<p>Pete works across all sectors and deal structures, but has particular expertise in transactions involving regulated financial institutions and fintech, as well as carve-outs, back-to-backs, and deals with sophisticated governance or exit arrangements. Legal 500 praises him for his "strong intrinsic understanding of commercial and financial points and drafts elegant solutions much more effectively and efficiently than competitors, who often need considerable guidance on these matters from principals and financial advisers."</p>
<p>He also has a particular expertise in transactions involving Japanese parties, having spent nearly ten years working and studying in Japan.</p>
<p>Pete is a key member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group and Private Equity practice. He has co-authored the Netherlands chapters in Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Financial Services M&amp;A, Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Private Equity (Transactions), and The Private Equity Review (Investing).</p>

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Pete Lawley

Maurits burggraaf

Maurits Burggraaf

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<p dir="ltr">Reinier advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He is the trusted adviser to various of listed companies and large multinationals on corporate governance matters, anti-takeover responses (including relating to shareholder activism) and various legal and practical aspects of their listing. His M&amp;A practice has a particular focus on (public) cross-border transactions.<br /></p>

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Reinier Kleipool

<div><span>De Brauw assisted GrandVision N.V. in relation to the recommended mandatory public offer launched by EssilorLuxottica S.A. The offer was launched on 7 October 2021 and values GrandVision at around EUR 7.2 billion.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>This mandatory public offer follows closing of the acquisition by EssilorLuxottica's of HAL Investment's majority stake in GrandVision N.V. on 1 July 2021, in relation to which De Brauw also assisted GrandVision. </span></div>

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