
Florent‘s team is able to handle the remit of corporate transactions. Robert-Jan Dekkers, who is experienced advising corporate governance and shareholder clients, joined in April 2024 from Stibbe as co-lead. Dekkers leads alongside Pieter van den Brink whose recent work includes advising on governance-related projects and investment implementation; experienced practitioner Pieter van Uchelen who is well-regarded in the M&A sphere; and David van Kessel who handles sales and investments.
Testimonials
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‘Partners in business! Experts and great advisors.’
‘Pieter van den Brink and Liedewei Lankreijer are extremely thorough and have great understanding of what we stand for. Not many legal advisors know how to deal with mission driven entrepreneurs - they do! Nothing we do consists of standard work, we rethink every business deal, agreement or contract.'
‘Florent has a very efficient approach, and they also have a lot of expertise within the organization. By limiting overhead, transparency and with a lot of expertise, insight and/or results can be achieved quickly.’
‘For both Pieter van den Brink and Lidewei Lankreijer, we see not only a very pleasant and very professional cooperation, but also the necessary results.’
‘The Florent team is always on the ball, collaborative and very capable.’
‘We enjoyed working with David van Kessel, who is a real partner on the job who shows great engagement. David is an outstanding M&A lawyer and great negotiator.’
‘Pieter van de Brink is very experienced and delivers high-quality with his team.’
‘David van Kessel is an exceptional partner with deep legal expertise. He effectively identifies and addresses complex legal issues while considering business context, enabling us as client to make informed decisions. Additionally, David is solid throughout urgent matters and a pleasure to work with.’
Key clients
- Tony’s Chocolonely
- New York Pizza
- PHIT Holding B.V.
- Solo Invest
- J-Club
- Validata
- Epec
- The Correspondent
- Victus Participations
- Ennatuurlijk
- People Intouch
- Sensorfact
- Plukon Food Group
- Arcus Infrastructure Fund
- Nimbus
- Ancala Partners
- Kubus Sports
- Euro-Caps
- Friesland Campina
- Vendis Capital
- Freshstream
- Douglas
- D��hler
- Indutrade
- (shareholders of) People Intouch
- Datamars SA
- Meijer Beheer
- Reducate
- BOM Capital I B.V.
- Johnny Cashew
- TurkCommerce
- Strohm Holding
- Dutch Trading Office (DTO)
- O2 Capital
- Transformation Capital
- The Surgical Company
- Mosadex
- Smilde Good Group
- Rabobank Investments
- Verwater
- Lyreco
- Burg Group
- Cegeka
- Kenzoll Capital
- Mapiq
- Conxilium
- Farmtrace
Lawyers

Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Pieter van den Brink, Pieter van Uchelen, David van Kessel, Robert-Jan Dekkers