Willem advises corporate clients and financial sponsors on corporate law, private and public M&A, and corporate governance. He has particular experience in bilateral and auction sale processes, public-to-private transactions, and shareholder activism issues.
In 2019 and 2020, Willem was seconded to Slaughter and May’s corporate practice in London. In 2014, he gained experience as in-house legal counsel at ABN AMRO.
Willem sits on the board of volunteering charity Stichting NL Cares and is a co-author of The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review.
ICT Group and a consortium led by NPM Capital agree on recommended public offer
Digital Realty acquires Dutch headquartered Interxion Holding N.V
SHV and Nutreco announce a recommended cash offer of EUR 2.7 billion for Nutreco
Gilde Buy Out Partners and Parcom Capital to sell Nedschroef to PMC for EUR 325 million
Omnicom and Publicis to merge into new Dutch holding company
Joh. A. Benckiser-led investor group makes public offer for D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753
12 October 2020
10 October 2019
3 October 2018
Paul Cronheim, Willem Bijveld and Frank Hamming in The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review
10 October 2017
Paul Cronheim, Willem Bijveld and Frank Hamming in The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review
14 December 2016
Paul Cronheim, Willem Bijveld en Frank Hamming in The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review
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