Arne Grimme is head of De Brauw’s Corporate M&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&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:
“Arne Grimme is clever, creative and effective as well as an excellent deal maker.”
Profession
Advocaat, admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 1997
Languages
Dutch, English
Education
University of Utrecht
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Additional positions
Head of De Brauw's Corporate M&A practice
10 June 2024
9 June 2024
10 January 2024
28 September 2023
14 August 2023
21 February 2024
14 June 2023
6 June 2023
22 March 2023
17 February 2023