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 (sellers and buyers). In addition, Lennard regularly acts for founders and family-owned companies. He is often consulted for his expertise in governance arrangements between shareholders, private equity funds and co-investors, 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 and Chambers. He was awarded “Best M&amp;A Lawyer” by the Dutch M&amp;A community in 2021, having been nominated in 2020 as well.
Lennard played an important role in establishing De Brauw’s Singapore office in 2012. 
Lennard’s recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>The Kloosterboer family on the sale of Kloosterboer Group to Lineage (Bay Grove)</li><li>Advent on the sale of Unit4 to a consortium of TA Associates and Partners' Group</li><li>BC partners on the sale of Pharmathen</li><li>Triton on the acquisition of Bergman Clinics</li><li>Parcom on most of its transactions in the past five years</li><li>Gilde Buy-Out Partners on its investments in Edco, Eichholtz and Muon and several other transactions</li><li>Nordian Capital on the sale of Bauwatch to Haniel</li><li>T-Mobile Netherlands on the acquisition of Simpel.nl</li><li>Unit4 on the sale of its Dutch domestic business to Exact (KKR portfolio)</li><li>Summit Partners and the founder on the sale of Normec Group to Astorg</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>Triton on the acquisition of Royal Reesink from Gilde Buy Out</li><li>The founder of 247Tailorsteel on the sale of a majority stake to Parcom Capital</li><li>Fortino Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Odin Group from the founder</li><li>Synthon Generics' management on the MIP with BC Partners</li><li>Bain Capital on the acquisition of Bugaboo from the founders</li><li>Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Netherlands on the acquisition of Tele2 Netherlands</li></ul>

Lennard keijzera

Lennard Keijzer

Partner

Jan Wytze's primary focus is corporate law, where he regularly advises private equity firms and large listed multinationals on cross-border M&amp;A transactions, joint ventures and corporate governance-related matters. As part of his corporate practice, Jan Wytze has vast experience in advising private equity firms on the structuring of transactions, governance and management incentive schemes.

Janwytze haanstra

Jan Wytze Haanstra

Senior Associate

Henk specialises in corporate and tax 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 and complex cross-border transactions and corporate restructurings.
Legal 500 recognises Henk as a next generation lawyer and Henk was in 2020 nominated for the Netherlands best m&amp;a tax advisor. 
Henk’s recent work includes advising
<ul><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 and the sale of Philips’ 80.1% interest in Lumileds to Apollo</li><li>T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom on 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>Topicus.com on its combination with Total Specific Solutions and subsequent listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange</li><li>Siemens AG on the EUR 600 million acquisition of Mendix</li><li>EVBox Group to become a public company via a business combination with TPG Pace Beneficial Finance</li><li>Impax Asset Management on the acquisition, financing, development and sale of Zonnepark Vlagtwedde, the largest Dutch solar park (110MW)</li></ul>

Henk vanravenhorst

Henk van Ravenhorst

Dana horvath

Dana Horvath

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

Abe is part of De Brauw's financial regulatory team and specialises in investment management and investment funds. As part of this practice, he gives structuring and restructuring advice to retail and private equity funds, and assists regulated managers in a range of financial supervision matters. In addition, Abe is frequently involved in investment and divestment negotiations, including for private equity clients.
Having previously worked in De Brauw's employment and employee benefits practice, Abe is familiar with remuneration rules in a regulated context and often handles questions raised about this subject in the context of transactions.

Abe stegenga

Abe Stegenga

Birgit specialises in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Since joining De Brauw's corporate practice in 1996, Birgit has advised listed and unlisted companies on their corporate structure and governance as well as on defences against hostile takeovers. She also handles general corporate matters including restructurings, transfer of legal form, mergers and demergers. A specialist in anti-money laundering legislation, Birgit is professor of Corporate Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering at Radboud University Nijmegen and the founder of our AML practice group. Birgit lectures on corporate law, anti-money laundering and notarial law, and she regularly publishes commentaries and articles in legal journals. She completed her Ph.D. on transfer of legal entities' legal form at the University of Groningen in 2010.

Birgit snijder

Birgit Snijder-Kuipers

Wessel advises on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions to listed companies, private equity firms and family owned businesses.

Wessel dam

Wessel Dam

Associate

De Brauw advised Parcom and GoodHabitz's founders on the sale of a majority stake in GoodHabitz to Prosus. GoodHabitz is a fast-growing provider of online-training for the corporate market with eight offices throughout Europe.

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