Jones Day‘s private equity team’s workload includes advising its client roster on matters including the high-value controlled auction sale of assets, on the acquisition and sale of entities, and in various business investments. The group is overseen by Floris Pierik who has impressive experience handling the array of complex M&A and private equity transactions. Former counsel Maarten De Boorder departed to Greenberg Traurig LLP in October 2023.

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Key clients

  • Gimv N.V.
  • Aurelius Equity Opportunities
  • Smile Invest
  • SHV Energy
  • Tikehau/Ace Management
  • Arsenal Capital Partners
  • AGIC
  • Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Climate Fund Managers
  • Environmental Technology Fund

Work highlights

  • Advised Munich Stock Exchange-listed private equity investor Aurelius Equity Opportunities on the controlled auction sale of Office Depot Europe in seven European Countries, to strategic buyer RAJA group.
  • Advising private equity backed Doctolib on the share-for-share acquisition of Dutch healthcare messenger platform Siilo.
  • Advised Climate Fund Managers on its $100m investment in Release Management B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Scatec investing in solar projects in Africa.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Floris Pierik

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