With strong full-service capabilities, NautaDutilh‘s expertise spans corporate and finance from restructurings, M&A and joint ventures to cross-border ECM and DCM transactions. The retail, wholesale and consumer practice also assists its mixed international and domestic client base with contentious and non-contentious IP and brand protection issues. The team serves a wide range of retail and consumer clients including luxury, fashion, travel, toy, convenience and more. Willianne van Zandwijk spearheads the Amsterdam-based practice, leading on cross-border and domestic M&A transactions in the retail sector. Barbara Rumora-Scheltema handles restructuring and insolvency proceedings, Jeroen Boelens is the go-to for IP litigation and Stefan Wissing handles international transactions.

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Key clients

  • Airwair
  • Amazon.com
  • Avolta AG
  • Bluestar Alliance
  • Campofrio Food Group
  • Cnova N.V.
  • De Groot Fresh Group B.V.
  • Decathlon
  • Deli Home Holding BV
  • DekaMarkt
  • Dirk van der Broek
  • Dufry International AG
  • ECCO
  • EG Group
  • Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.
  • Forever 21
  • Groupon
  • H&M
  • Hästens
  • Hunkemoller
  • Jumbo
  • Lego
  • LVMH
  • Mattel
  • Picnic
  • Plus
  • Rev'it!
  • Uber
  • Samsonite
  • Scotch & Soda
  • Silver Lake
  • Vastned Retail
  • WE/O'Neill/Van Gils

Work highlights

  • Advised EG Group on a $2.7bn refinancing that consisted of a package of different financing facilities and multiple tranches of notes.
  • Assisted Dufry One B.V. with the placement of  €500m 4.750% senior notes due 2031, issued and fully guaranteed by Avolta AG and certain of its subsidiaries.
  • Advised Vastned Retail on the reverse cross-border merger with Vastned Belgium.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Willianne van Zandwijk

Other key lawyers

Barbara Rumora-Scheltema, Jeroen Boelens, Stefan Wissing