De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek‘s dedicated private equity group has notable experience handling the gamut of private equity matters for its portfolio of international and domestic private equity clients. At the helm of the practice is Lennard Keijzer who harnesses expertise in sell-side, buy-side, governance advice and management participation matters and is noted as ’the top legal M&A professional in the market for PE dealmaking in the Netherlands’. Keijzer is ably supported by his team, which includes key practitioners Pete Lawley, who is experienced handling key M&A deals as well as advising on significant private equity transactions; Arne Grimme who is well-equipped to advise on public and private transactions, leveraged buy-outs and corporate restructurings; and senior associate Claudia van Rappard-Priem who is described as ‘very knowledgeable, thorough, pragmatic and responsive’.
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Testimonials
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‘DeBrauw clearly stands out as the top firm on Dutch mid-market private equity transactions. Lead partners are hands-on and into the details, and think two or three steps ahead.'
'The team are a strong sparring partner on our deals which allows us to get the maximum result out of our discussions.'
'The biggest difference to other big firms is the quality of the professionals at levels below partner-level; they are really strong professionals, deep into the file, and very committed.'
‘Lennard Keizer really stands out, we consider him the top legal M&A professional in the market for PE dealmaking in the Netherlands. A real strategic sparring partner on a transaction, into the details with an excellent overview of what's ahead.'
'Lennard doesn’t just run a standard playbook, but innovates and takes a bespoke approach to situations. He also spends a lot of time coaching the junior talent in his team.’
‘They meet the highest professional standards, are creative and available. The team is of good quality at all levels and pleasant to work with.’
‘We very much appreciate working with Lennard Keijzer. He is highly collaborative and a good sense of what is needed in which situation, both technically and interpersonally. This allows him to be a little faster and sharper than many others.’
‘Lennard Keijzer and Claudia van Rappard-Priem are both very knowledgeable, thorough, pragmatic and responsive. I would recommend them to anyone.’
Key clients
- Advent International
- Apollo
- Ardian
- Bain Capital
- Bridgepoint
- CVC
- Egeria
- EQT
- G Square
- Inflexion
- Parcom
- Rivean Capital
- Thomas H Lee Partners
- Triton Partners
- Vortex Capital Partners
- Warburg Pincus
- Waterland
Work highlights
- Advised Ardian on the acquisition of Attero from 3i and DWS.
- Advised Parcom on a number of matters including the €640m sale of Climate for Life, and in the sale of its controlling interest in Euramax to Maxra B.V., and, on the buy-side, in the acquisition of a majority stake in Elektramat.
- Advised Thomas H. Lee Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, on the acquisition of Bynder from multiple sellers including Insight Partners.
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Practice head
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Lennard Keijzer