Reinier Kleipool
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- Office locationAmsterdam
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- ProfessionNotaris (Civil Law Notary, appointed in 2020)
- ExpertiseCorporate Advisory, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity
- LanguagesDutch, English
- EducationUniversity of Leiden, Duisenberg school of finance (MSc)
Summary
Reinier’s primary focus is corporate law, including governance, advisory and M&A. A substantial part of his practice is cross-border, reflecting his extensive experience in international transactions involving multiple jurisdictions in a variety of business sectors.
Reinier has extensive experience across the field of corporate law. He regularly advises Dutch listed entities on corporate governance matters, anti-takeover responses (including relating to shareholder activism) and various legal and practical aspects of their listing.
Reinier’s recent work includes advising:
- NXP on its USD 47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm
- NXP on its USD 40 billion merger with Freescale
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (Israel) on its USD 40 billion unsolicited acquisition of Mylan, later withdrawn
- Klépierre on its divestment of nine shopping centres
- Klépierre on the EUR 7.2 billion recommended public exchange offer for Corio
- Affimed on its IPO on NASDAQ
- CNH Global on its cross-border merger with Fiat Industrial into a new Dutch top holding
Recent work
Koninklijke Wessanen N.V. reaches conditional agreement on EUR 885 million public offer
AkzoNobel sale of Specialty Chemicals to The Carlyle Group and GIC for EUR 10.1 billion
NXP acquired by Qualcomm – the largest transaction in history of semiconductor industry
Klépierre divests a EUR 770 million shopping centre portfolio in the Netherlands
Sweco and Grontmij to create Europe’s leading engineering consultancy