Van Doorne’s cohort is helmed by Friso Foppes who leads on the breadth of the team’s most prominent matters, including cross-border transactions of significant value. Changes to the practice include the arrivals of Mathijs Driedonks from HVG Law LLP and of Bart Stevens from an in-house role in July and April respectively, whilst Onno Boerstra and Johan Boeren both retired in January 2024.

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Key clients

  • Aurelius
  • Deutsche Private Equity
  • Court Square Capital Partners
  • Bencis
  • Crisp B.V.
  • Keter Group
  • Innovatiefonds Brabant B.V.
  • BOM Capital B.V.
  • European Imaging Group Limited
  • Five Arrows and TA Associates
  • Bunq B.V.
  • Primutec Solutions Group B.V.
  • TPG Capital
  • Sokowatch Inc.
  • NPM
  • Navitas
  • Nordic Capital
  • Surmount
  • PAIX
  • Pontifax
  • Annexum

Work highlights

  • Advising Sokowatch Inc., a portfolio company of major investment funds such as Tiger Global and Avenir on its cross-border merger with a newly formed US group entity of MaxAB B.V.
  • Advising Bencis, a leading Dutch PE fund, on its acquisition of Orfeo Medical Specialists Clinics.
  • Advising PAIX on all legal aspects of its growth (corporate, finance, tax), including the subsequent Series B capital investment funded by its existing investor Africa 50.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Friso Foppes

Other key lawyers

Mathijs Driedonks, Bart Stevens