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

Chris is engaged in the firm’s corporate and M&amp;A practice, with a particular focus on private M&amp;A, private equity and founder transactions. He has been involved in cross-border and domestic transactions in various markets, including several involving regulated companies. In addition to his M&amp;A work, Chris has experience with commercial and IP litigation, and advising clients on protection and enforcement of their IP rights.

Chris noordam

Chris Noordam

Senior Associate

Fleur specialises in corporate law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Since joining De Brauw in 2016, she has advised national and multinational corporations and private equity investors on public and private M&amp;A and joint venture transactions. Fleur has also been part of De Brauw's litigation practice, where she has gained experience in corporate, commercial and intellectual property litigation.

Fleur terhoeven

Fleur ter Hoeven

Klaas vanrijckevorsel

Klaas van Rijckevorsel

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

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 vanstraalen

Sophia van Straalen

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

Jesse is a member of De Brauw's corporate advisory practice. He regularly assists listed multinationals, private equity firms and founder-led businesses on corporate law-related matters. His work includes cross-border M&amp;A transactions, joint ventures, venture capital transactions and related corporate governance matters 
As part of his corporate practice, Jesse also regularly advises private equity firms on the structuring of transactions and related management incentive and participation schemes.

Jesse maas

Jesse Maas

Denise Kromwijk is a senior associate in our M&amp;A practice and manages our private equity practice.

Denise kromwijk

Denise Kromwijk

Roos manages those cases where the transactional aspects of intellectual property rights are a central element of the matter. She has over nine years of experience in the IP practice and is a seasoned transactional lawyer. She advises on, negotiates and drafts IP-related agreements and structures. Roos is closely connected to De Brauw's Corporate department, and forms part of multidisciplinary teams for M&amp;A-related matters, financing and restructuring. Roos is often is involved in matters where intellectual property law, contract law and competition law intersect. In that regard, her knowledge of and experience in competition law serves her very well.

Roos vanderpoel

Roos van der Poel

Counsel

Etiënne is a Real Estate law specialist who joined De Brauw in 2010. His practice is very much integrated with De Brauw's corporate practice. He regularly acts for Dutch multinationals, including Philips, Shell and FrieslandCampina, and PE funds, like Parcom Capital and LoneStar Funds. Etiënne also advises many Dutch institutional investors on all types of real estate transactions. 
More recently, his practice has expanded into energy-related projects, including those focusing on renewable energy, where his work includes setting up legal structures in close cooperation with our regulatory practice.

Etienne dijkhorst

Etiënne Dijkhorst

Rik specialises in employment law and employee benefits, where he represents clients in individual and collective labour law matters. An important focus of his practice is litigating before the Dutch Supreme Court. Before joining the employment practice group, Rik was a member of the corporate / M&amp;A practice group.

Rik vanhaeringen

Rik van Haeringen

Menno specialises in (international) financing and restructuring matters. He advises on a wide range of financing matters (banking, acquisition, asset, structured and project finance) both in a going concern context and in distressed or complex situations. In these matters, Menno combines a deep market practice knowledge and expertise with tactical and strategic advice for directors and management on how to deal with special situations. Menno acts for corporates, financial institutions and private equity investors.
 
Menno has also practised law at De Brauw London and De Brauw New York. 


 
Menno’s recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>VION on a number of consecutive multi-jurisdictional debt restructurings of syndicated financing transactions and asset based financings.</li>
 	<li>Strukton and Strabag on the restructuring of the loss-making A2 and A15 motorway projects with Ballast Nedam.</li>
 	<li>ASML on issuing EUR 1.5 billion of notes listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for trading on the Euro MTF market.</li>
 	<li>Blue Yonder, a 100% subsidiary of KLM, on the refinancing of a EUR 80 million Dutch real estate loan secured by a mortgage over the financed properties located at Schiphol.</li>
 	<li>NS Groep on entering into a EUR 300 million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank to finance the acquisition of the Next Generation Sprinters.</li>
 	<li>RELX Finance NV on establishing its US 3 billion US Commercial Paper Programme and EUR2 billion EUR Commercial Paper Programme, guaranteed by RELX NV and RELX PLC.</li>
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Menno stoffer

Menno Stoffer

Thomas specialises in corporate finance, with a focus on general banking, capital markets and debt restructuring. Since joining De Brauw in 2015, Thomas has advised corporates, financial institutions and private equity investors and worked with leading independent law firms on cross-border transactions. Thomas has particular experience in handling transaction related to insolvency and distressed companies. Thomas has also worked in De Brauw’s corporate litigation and arbitration, where he represented large corporate clients and banks as counsel in Dutch court proceedings as well as national and international arbitration proceedings.

Thomas ticheloven

Thomas Ticheloven

Bart is a partner in the De Brauw's Competition practice and divides his time between Amsterdam and Brussels. He specialises in EU and cross-border competition law matters and represents companies in their multi-jurisdictional competition cases. His practice spans a wide range of sectors. He has a special interest in technology-driven industries and the platform economy and he is at his best in cases involving complex technical issues and cases requiring a cross-expertise approach.
Bart has significant experience in acting as coordinating counsel in multi-jurisdictional merger filings and he has established working relations with first tier competition experts in all major jurisdictions. He has successfully litigated in abuse of dominance cases and regularly advises clients on related topics. His work includes advising and defending clients in investigations by European and national regulators. He also regularly advises multinational clients on aspects of competition law in contractual relations, in particular involving IP rights.

Bart derijke

Bart de Rijke

Gurgen specialises in EU law and competition law. As a member of the Competition &amp; Regulation team, Gurgen has been involved in a number of major antitrust investigations, abuse of dominance matters and multi-jurisdictional merger filings. He is also experienced in litigating before both European and Dutch courts and in conducting large internal investigations. Gurgen was previously with the Banking &amp; Finance group, where he advised a number of multinationals in restructuring and loan finance matters.

Gurgen hakopian

Gurgen Hakopian

Charlotte specialised in regulatory enforcement, with a focus on competition enforcement and investigations. She has acted as counsel to clients across a broad range of sectors and industries on merger control, competition advice, sensitive regulatory investigations and competition litigation. Charlotte has ample experience with complex and high-stake national and cross-border litigation.

Charlotte demare

Charlotte de Mare

Jasper is an expert in public law, focusing on complex matters in energy law, environmental law and spatial planning. Regulatory issues, especially politically sensitive matters and enforcement disputes, form part of his vast experience, and he has worked for major national and international private companies and vital state-owned entities. Jasper handles the litigation side of matters when necessary, and is known for being effective and driven and never losing sight of client interests. He is also an excellent negotiator and knows how to deal with regulators. Jasper regularly advises clients on compliance matters, including export control and economic sanctions regulations, as well as foreign direct investment control. His expertise is often sought in complex cross-border M&amp;A matters.

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Parcom reaches agreement to acquire Outdoor Life Group

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