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. Before joining De Brauw in Amsterdam in 2017, Pete spent many years in New York, London and Tokyo working on transactions with clients all around the world. He frequently leverages this experience helping international clients investing in, or exiting from, Benelux targets.
Pete works across all sectors and deal structures, but has particular expertise in transactions involving regulated financial institutions and fintech, as well as carve-outs, back-to-backs, and deals with sophisticated governance or exit arrangements.
He also has a 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 has co-authored the Netherlands chapters in Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Financial Services M&A, Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Private Equity (Transactions), and The Private Equity Review (Investing).
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
4 September 2023
20 June 2023
16 January 2023
20 December 2022
8 November 2022
19 July 2023
31 May 2023
26 April 2023
22 March 2023
17 February 2023