At Loyens & Loeff, the 'committed' commercial, corporate and M&A team is co-led by Bastiaan Cornelisse, who handles reorganisations, restructurings, joint ventures and M&A, and corporate specialist Roel FluitAntoinette van der Hauw specialises in advising on private equity transactions and joint ventures, and Rob Schrooten assists with buy-out matters, and domestic and international M&A deals and joint ventures. Harmen Holtrop is a key practitioner to note.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The notarial/corporate team is very hands-on, knowledgeable and very much embedded with other teams.'

  • 'The combination of this team, with their M&A, employment, tax and regulatory teams and our inhouse teams work really well.’

  • ‘The Loyens & Loeff M&A team provides excellent service and quality.’

  • ‘Rob Schrooten is an excellent M&A lawyer.’

  • ‘A really committed team able to deliver within a complex environment. They are also able to work with several law teams in different countries and align everybody to move forward with pace in a competitive environment’

  • ‘Excellent knowledge and advice - a great team, which is diverse and a pleasure to work with.'

  • ‘Loyens delivered incredibly good team work - the Loyens team very much felt like a true extension of our family business during a hectic and crucial period for our firm. The various individuals of the team took on their respective roles in an excellent manner. They really spoke the language of our company, whilst simultaneously showing deep understanding of the issues at hand.'

  • ‘The combination of the extremely seasoned Herman Kaemingk and the younger Rob Schrooten proved to be very successful. They took different roles during the process, which was very beneficial. Both were on top of things, managed the process perfectly and brought incredible value to the table'

Key clients

  • Heineken Holding
  • DPG Media B.V.
  • EasyHotel
  • Buckaroo
  • Keensight Capital
  • Bnext
  • Opportunity Partners
  • Celanese
  • Willis Tower Watson
  • Jan Linders B.V.
  • AstraZeneca
  • Croma Pharma GmbH
  • Valtech

Work highlights

  • Assisted Jan Linders B.V. with a strategic agreement with Albert Heijn.
  • Advised easyHotel Limited on the successful acquisition of the easyHotel Benelux portfolio from Xcentric Hotels B.V., an affiliated business of Crossroads Real Estate.
  • Advised AstraZeneca on the acquisition of Neogene Therapeutics Inc.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Bastiaan Cornelisse, Roel Fluit

Other key lawyers

Rob Schrooten, Wijnand Meijer, Herman Kaemingk, Antoinette van der Hauw, Harmen Holtrop