At Jones Day, the team has a solid track record in advising on high-value corporate acquisitions, often with multijurisdictional elements; the Dutch office leverages the firm's wider global network to provide support to clients on a range of cross-border matters. The practice is led by the quartet of corporate law expert Mike Jansen, Floris Pierik, and Marc Rijkaart van Cappellen and Menno Geusens, both well known for handling cross-border instructions. Bastiaan Kout is lauded as 'smart, practical and great to work with'.

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  • ‘Bastiaan Kout is smart, practical and great to work with: has a quick understanding of the matter, has an impressive 'can do' attitude, and is just fun to work with.'

Key clients

  • SHV Energy N.V.
  • Avient Corporation
  • Aurelius Equity Opportunities
  • Eurobio Scientific
  • Lam Research Corporation
  • Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
  • FleetCor Technologies, Inc.
  • Eastman Chemicals
  • Worley
  • Gimv
  • Axiom Partners
  • Greystar
  • Catawiki
  • The Mosaic Company
  • Dimeta B.V.
  • Climate Fund Managers

Work highlights

  • Advised Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. on its 700m acquisition of the remaining equity interests in Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F.
  • Advised Aurelius on the acquisition of three European paper mills from Sappi Limited.
  • Advised the shareholders on the sale of an 80% stake in Bio Energy Coevorden to VARO Energy.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mike Jansen, Floris Pierik, Marc Rijkaart van Cappellen, Menno Geusens

Other key lawyers

Bastiaan Kout