Casper Hamersma, who harnesses impressive experience advising national and international clients on the range of complex transactional matters, is at the helm of DLA Piper‘s private equity practice. The group is formed of specialists across corporate finance and tax, who collaborate on private equity matters to provide the full scope of service therein. Jochem Beurskens has a focus on mid-market transactional work and is well regarded for his ’good eye for practical solutions’. The team’s workload covers sectors from retail and consumer goods, to real estate and tech, and ranges from advising on high-value sales and acquisitions, to assisting with refinancing and restart cases.

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  • ‘The same experienced team work across matters, combining their knowledge of our business with their legal expertise. They are strict where necessary and pragmatic where possible.'

  • ‘Always on-the-ball, with speedy reactions and great availability.'

  • ‘Reliable, committed, fast-paced, and client-oriented. They pay good attention-to-detail, have good availability and think ahead.'

  • ‘Jochem Beurskens is dedicated, has a high-level of availability, always puts his client's interests first, is fast and reliable, and good in more complicated international settings too, with a good eye for practical solutions.'

Key clients

  • Apheon
  • Aquiline
  • Bencis Capital Partners
  • Blackfin Capital Partners
  • EMK Capital
  • Icelake Capital
  • NewPort Capital
  • Oaktree Capital
  • Oakvale Capital
  • Opportunity Partners
  • Sun Capital
  • Synergia Capital Partners
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Waterland Private Equity

Work highlights

  • Advising Sun European Partners on the acquisition of MegaGroup.
  • Advising NewPort Capital and management on the auction sale of Cow Hills Retail to DLSoftware.
  • Advising Janssen Group of Companies as winning bidder on the competitive multi-jurisdictional auction process for VCK Logistics.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Casper Hamersma

Other key lawyers

Jochem Beurskens, Stefan Spaans