Overview
Jan Willem is a Partner in the Netherlands and specialises in corporate law, M&A, private equity and restructuring for Dutch and international clients. He is considered to be one of the leading practitioners in the market. Jan Willem has led many of the Dutch market’s most complex and demanding mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. Clients appreciate Jan Willem for his highly effective approach and outstanding performance in near-to-impossible situations and negotiations.
Experience
- CreditAccess India B.V. / CreditAccess Holding B.V.: Advising on corporate governance, shareholder arrangements, and the preparation, structuring or potential divestment of its majority stake in CreditAccess Grameen Limited, including auction process, governance and cross-border transaction considerations.
- Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation: Advising on the £707m acquisition of Renewi plc, including consortium structure and arrangements, cross-border regulatory considerations, and implementation through a Scottish scheme of arrangement / consortium offer.
- Reggeborgh Invest B.V.: Advising on the acquisition of a 3.04 per cent stake in ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and in one submission also the sale of its 9.75 per cent shareholding in Alpha Bank to UniCredit S.p.A., including securities law, disclosure and regulatory approval considerations.
- Reggeborgh Invest B.V.: Advising on a US$350m investment in MGX Fund I, including fund structuring, investment arrangements and Dutch legal and regulatory aspects of participation in an artificial intelligence-focused investment fund.
- ENGIE: Advising on the solvent wind-down of EVBox and the sale of EVTronic, including strategic restructuring options, transaction documentation and arrangements to support the continuation of customer services and operations.
- AnaCap Financial Partners Limited: Advising on the acquisition of a majority stake in DK Accountants & Adviseurs, including transaction structuring, regulatory approvals, acquisition financing and the negotiation of shareholder and investment arrangements.
- ING Bank N.V.: Advising on the acquisition of a 17.6 per cent stake in Van Lanschot Kempen N.V., including corporate, financial regulatory and antitrust aspects and obtaining regulatory approvals across multiple European jurisdictions.
- Igneo Infrastructure Partners: Advising on the acquisition of a 75 per cent indirect stake in a Dutch hyperscale data centre platform, including transaction structuring, financing arrangements and change-of-control considerations relating to key customer contracts.
- Infracapital Partners IV SCSp: Advising on the sale of its approximately 74 per cent stake in Eteck Energie Bedrijven B.V. to Partners Group, including transaction structuring and execution of the divestment of a Dutch sustainable heating and cooling business.
- EY Nederland B.V.: Advising on the restructuring of its Dutch operations, including the design and implementation of a new governance and legal structure to address post-Brexit regulatory, compliance and operational considerations.
- Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands: Advising on the evaluation of KLM’s compliance with the conditions of the €3.4bn COVID support package, including dispute resolution options, state aid considerations and ongoing governance and regulatory matters.
- A major Dutch financial institution: Advising on two proposed public offers for Spanish financial institutions, including transaction structuring, financial regulatory, antitrust and foreign investment considerations across multiple jurisdictions.
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