De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Client SatisfactionWith impressive experience advising on public and private transactions, leveraged buy-outs, and corporate restructurings, Arne Grimme heads up the corporate practice at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, which is highly regarded for 'consistently providing top-notch advice'. The group regularly acts for a client base of domestic and international entities in a broad spectrum of matters. Gaby Smeenk is well known for advising on M&A and joint ventures, and Michael Schouten handles domestic and cross-border business acquisitions. Klaas De Vries specialises in assisting with significant cross-border transactions. Jaap Barneveld and Frank Hamming, who made partner in November 2023, are also key names.
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Testimonials
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‘An excellent team and great even on an international scale.’
‘Arne Grimme, Klaas de Vries, Lennart Keijzer are each excellent in their own M&A fields; Michael Schouten stands out for governance and the unrivalled Jan Willem Hoevers does for equity capital markets.’
‘Gaby Smeenk and her team are second-to-none. Fantastic to work with, extremely smart and pragmatic negotiators.’
‘De Brauw is a very reputable firm with high-quality partners and teams, consistently providing top-notch advice. While their advice has always been of high quality and based on a sound theoretical understanding, the team is also pragmatic, which truly helps to get M&A transactions done.’
‘Jaap Barneveld combines in-depth knowledge on all relevant legal and other aspects of public-to-privates with a pragmatic mindset and is always focused on finding the best possible solution for the client.’
‘A good multi-disciplinary team that integrates with us seamlessly.’
‘Unparalleled experience in complex multijurisdictional deals. Thoughtful, deal-minded advice coupled with good technical expertise.’
‘Tijmen Klein Bronsvoort is a good lawyer with great technical skills.’
Key clients
- ABN AMRO
- AkzoNobel
- Advent
- AEGON
- BAM
- Beter Bed Holding
- CVC
- EQT
- Flow Traders
- Heineken
- ING
- JustEat Takeaway
- Royal Philips
- Leaseplan
- NN
- Parcom
- Pon
- Rabobank
- Rivean Capital
- Royal Schiphol Group
- TenneT
- DataSnipper
- Ferrovial
- Teleperformance
Work highlights
- Advised AEGON on the combination of its Dutch operations with a.s.r. for a total consideration of €4.9bn.
- Advised Teleperformance on its €3bn takeover offer of Majorel.
- Advised Heineken on the sale of the Vrumona factory to Danish buyer Royal Unibrew.
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Arne Grimme