9Corporate

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9Corporate stands out in the Dutch market as a specialist M&A firm, and has a solid track record in handling mid-market transactions. Practice head Jan-Paul van der Hoek has expertise in advising on international M&A deals, and the group is well known for acting for tech, healthcare, retail and energy sector clients in the space. Tessa Rozendal, Mark Miedema, Daphne van Boxtel, Maurits de Haan and the ‘exceptional’ Jeanine Evertse are key practitioners.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A very experienced team with a hands-on and practical attitude.'

  • 'They really understand the interests of the client and take responsibility for the process and explain the process steps and decisions.'

  • 'Full focus on practical solutions and best results for their client. I have been involved in many acquisitions and selling processes but 9corporate offers great quality for reasonable rates.’

  • ‘Very service-minded people, they really understand their customers' needs and interest. They are very experienced M&A lawyers, all are very practical and take you through the process by explaining the steps in non-juridical language, which really helps the customer in challenging and complex processes.'

  • 'Really great and easy people to work with.’

  • ‘Jeanine Evertse has an exceptional eye-for-detail and is very pleasant to work with.’

Key clients

  • Odin Group
  • Rabo Investments
  • Fortino Capital
  • Impact Equity
  • Torqx Capital Partners
  • Plain Vanilla Investments
  • Quadrum Capital
  • Abn Amro Effecten Compagnie
  • DUPI Group
  • Holland Capital
  • Capital A
  • Jefferies
  • IMAP
  • Stepstone
  • Iris

Work highlights

  • Advised the shareholder of Madern Group on its merger with CSi packaging.
  • Advised private equity firm Capital A on the acquisition of Caliber.global.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Maurits de Haan
Maurits de Haan is a partner of M&A boutique law firm 9Corporate in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Maurits has extensive experience in M&A and corporate law advice, working for a wide range of clients in various sectors, including private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and (large) corporates. His work involves advising on public takeover bids, private acquisitions, management buy-outs, joint ventures and other strategic partnerships. He has an excellent understanding of financials and is an expert in complex structuring issues. Maurits was a nominee for the M&A Awards in 2014 and 2016.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jan-Paul van der Hoek

Other key lawyers

Tessa Rozendal, Mark Miedema, Daphne van Boxtel, Maurits de Haan, Jeanine Evertse