Overview
Carolien is a Managing Associate and candidate civil law notary specialising in corporate law. She is involved in advising international clients on cross-border transactions, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions as well as various corporate governance issues. From September 2021 until June 2022, Carolien has been on secondment to the Mainstream Corporate team of Linklaters in London, where she focused on, among other things, advising listed companies.
Work Highlights
- Just Eat plc: advising this miscellaneous food and kindred product company on its £9bn recommended all-share combination with Takeaway.com N.V.
- LeasePlan Corporation N.V.: advising the shareholders of LeasePlan, one of the world's leading vehicle leasing companies, on its combination with ALD, Societe Generale's car leasing division, for €4.9bn.
- Cerberus European Investment LLC and Staples International B.V.: advising on their exit from Staples Europe, a leading provider of workplace products, services and solutions to businesses in Europe and related carve-out sale of €78m to Lyreco S.A.S.
- Steinhoff International Holdings N.V.: advising on the debt and equity restructuring undertaken through a Dutch law WHOA Restructuring Plan that completed on 30 June 2023.
- MultiChoice: advising on the combination of a 70% (MultiChoice) / 30 (NBCUniversal) partnership in Showmax, providing streaming services to sub-Saharan Africa.
- Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau: advising this German state-owned development bank on its €300m strategic investment in the German biopharmaceutical company CureVac with a view to securing access to a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in the European Union.
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