Greenberg Traurig LLP

Investment Management

Shareholder

Wietse de Jong focuses his practice on the structuring of financial products and capital market transactions, including setting up banks, investment funds, structured products, and the issue of listed and over-the-counter debt and equity securities. Wietse has worked on other financial industry transactions, including initial public offerings (IPO) and pre-offering equity financing, venture capital, joint ventures, and the sale and purchase of banks, asset managers and other regulated financial institutions such as pension funds and insurance companies. Wietse has also defended many financial institutions in securities litigations, including class actions. He also held positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Office of International Corporation Finance) and the Dutch Financial Markets Authority.

ConcentrationsBankingCorporate and securitiesMergers and acquisitions

CapabilitiesInvestment Management Corporate Banking & Financial Services Mergers & Acquisitions Private Funds Capital Markets Tax Finance

Admission to PracticeNetherlands

Dutch, NativeEnglish, FluentGerman, FluentFrench, Conversational

Lecturer of Securities Law, Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, 2003 - 2008 Co-Founder and Board Member, The Dutch Securities Law Association (Vereniging voor effectenrecht), 1993 - 2013 Member, Dutch Bar Association

LL.M., Dutch Civil Law, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, 1989