Arne Grimme is head of De Brauw’s Corporate M&amp;A practice. He advises on public and private transactions, leveraged buy-outs, and complex cross-border transactions and corporate restructurings.
Arne has been repeatedly recognised as a leader in his field, having been nominated for the Best M&amp;A Lawyer Award every year since 2007. He won this annual award from 2013 to 2018 and in 2022. Legal 500 EMEA has also consistently named Arne a leading individual from 2009. Moreover, IFLR 1000 has recognised Arne as one of the leading practitioners in mergers and acquisitions every year since 2006. Arne was named "Lawyer of the Year" in the Best Lawyers 2014-2015 edition (Netherlands community) in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law and private equity law. In 2018 he was also inducted into the Legal 500 Hall of Fame. 
Arne is a trusted adviser to many of De Brauw's clients, and counts among his diverse client base: Philips, AkzoNobel, NXP, Rabobank, BAM, Corbion, Fugro, NN, Aegon, Achmea, Arcadis, Bain Capital and Schiphol Airport. 
Arne's recent work includes advising and representing:<ul><li>Koninklijke Philips N.V. in the EUR 2.5 billion cornerstone investment by EXOR N.V.</li><li>Teleperformance SE on the EUR 3 billion mixed cash/share public offer for Amsterdam Euronext-listed Majorel</li><li>AEGON N.V. on the combination of its Dutch operations with a.s.r. for EUR 2.5 billion and a 29.99% stake in a.s.r.</li><li>Consortium of Pon, Volkswagen and Attestor on the launch of a EUR 2.9 billion recommended takeover offer for Europcar</li><li>Intertrust on the EUR 1.8 billion public offer by Corporation Service Company</li></ul>

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Arne Grimme

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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

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.

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Reinier Kleipool

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

Senior Associate

Koninklijke Wessanen N.V. and a consortium consisting of PAI Partners SAS and Charles Jobson have announced that they have reached a conditional agreement on a recommended public offer to be made by the consortium. Through a BidCo, for the entire issued and outstanding share capital of Koninklijke Wessanen N.V., for EUR 11.50 in cash per share (cum dividend). This represents a total consideration of approximately EUR 885 million. The public offer is supported and recommended by Wessanen’s executive board and supervisory board. 
Read more about the deal <a href="https://wessanen.com/newsroom/press-releases/wessanen-and-a-consortium-of-pai-and-charles-jobson-agree-on-a-recommended-all-cash-offer-of-eur-11-50-per-share-for-all-shares-of-wessanen/">here</a>. 
De Brauw team: <a href="https://www.debrauw.com/people/arne-grimme/">Arne Grimme</a> and <a href="https://www.debrauw.com/people/henk-van-ravenhorst/">Henk van Ravenhorst</a>.

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Koninklijke Wessanen N.V. and a consortium consisting of PAI Partners SAS and Charles Jobson have announced that they have reached a conditional agreement on a recommended public offer to be made by the consortium. Through a BidCo, for the entire issued and outstanding share capital of Koninklijke Wessanen N.V., for EUR 11.50 in cash per share (cum dividend).  This represents a total consideration of approximately EUR 885 million. The public offer is supported and recommended by Wessanen’s executive board and supervisory board.  Read more about the deal here . De Brauw team:  Arne Grimme and Henk van Ravenhorst .

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