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.

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Frank Hamming

Partner

Han Shi focuses on private M&amp;A and advises corporations and private equity funds on divestments, acquisitions and joint ventures. She has extensive experience in assisting clients in a variety of business sectors, including regulated sectors such as financial institutions and energy.
In 2019 and 2020, Han Shi was seconded to Slaughter and May's Hong Kong office, where she gained experience in China-related M&amp;A. 
Han Shi completed the Grotius Mergers and Acquisitions postgraduate course with honours in 2022.

Hanshi cheni

Han Shi Chen

Senior Associate

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>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

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

Peter specialises in domestic and cross-border corporate tax law, focusing in particular on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and financing matters. He regularly advises public and private businesses on a wide range of tax issues, including strategic and financial acquisitions, divestments, reorganisations and tax controversies.

Peter spijker

Peter Spijker

De Brauw
advised Sqills and its founders on the sale of the business. Sqills is the
worldwide market leader in inventory management, reservations and ticketing
software for public transport operators. Sqills will be acquired by Siemens
Mobility, one of Europe's largest technology companies. The strategic
acquisition by Siemens Mobility supports Sqills' ambitions to expand into Asia
Pacific and the Americas, and contributes to the ongoing investments in the
team, product, and long-term partnerships with operators. Sqills' founders will
stay involved in the execution of the company's growth strategy.

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