Pete focuses on private equity and private M&A transactions, including advising on governance arrangements, management participation, and warranty and indemnity insurance.
He works with financial sponsors and strategic corporates, both Dutch and international. Pete has spent a large part of his career in New York, London and Tokyo working on transactions with clients all around the world. He frequently leverages this experience helping both Dutch and international clients on their cross-border transactions.
Pete works across all sectors and with any deal structure, but has particular expertise in transactions involving regulated financial institutions and fintech, as well as transactions considered "difficult". Legal 500 praises that he has "a strong intrinsic understanding of commercial and financial points and drafts elegant solutions much more effectively and efficiently than competitors, who often need considerable guidance on these matters from principals and financial advisers".
Pete also has particular expertise in transactions involving Japanese parties, having spent nearly ten years working and studying in Japan.
Pete is a key member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group and Private Equity practice. He co-authors the Netherlands chapters in Lexology Panoramic: Financial Services M&A, Lexology Panoramic: Private Equity (Transactions), Lexology In-Depth: Private Equity (Investing), and the International Comparative Legal Guide – Fintech.
Pete's representative work includes advising:
“Pete is an exceptionally talented M&A lawyer, with the rare but critical ability to marry complex legal documentation with thorny commercial and financial issues.”
Profession
Advocaat, admitted to the bar in the Netherlands
Languages
English, Japanese, Dutch
Education
University of Tokyo (LLB)
Australian National University (JD with first class honours)
Additional positions
Solicitor, admitted to practice in England & Wales
6 December 2024
6 December 2024
29 November 2024
28 November 2024
18 November 2024
12 July 2024
13 June 2024
21 February 2024
19 July 2023
31 May 2023