Mariken specialises in corporate law with a focus on cross-border (public) M&A and private equity. She advises financial sponsors, corporates and financial institutions on their strategic transactions across a range of sectors and jurisdictions.
Mariken is particularly known for her experience with transactions in a regulated environment and her knowledge of corporate venture capital, tech-related transactions and fintech. More broadly, she advises on corporate governance, joint ventures and restructurings. She has experience of corporate litigation, providing her with additional perspective on optimal transactional structures.
Mariken also has particular knowledge of financial regulation, in part stemming from her secondment to the firm’s Financial Regulations Group for an extended period of time.
Mariken has advised on a wide range of cross-border corporate deals. These include advising:
Corporates:
Financial Sponsors/Private Equity:
Financial Institutions:
Mariken joined the firm as an Associate in 2013. She holds both a master’s degree in law and in business studies. Mariken is passionate about M&A and specialises in complex multijurisdictional transactions in the Funds & Financial Investors and Financial Institutions sectors. In addition, she has extensive experience in the Technology sector.
Mariken is an active member on the Amsterdam Diversity & Inclusion Committee, represents the Amsterdam office on the Western European Client Committee and was a mentor on the firm’s Stepping Forward programme for Associates.
Mariken is a member of the Continental European Client Committee, the Amsterdam Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and a mentor in Linklaters’ Stepping Forward programme, which nurtures the professional and personal development of young female lawyers.
Mariken studied at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, from which she holds both a master’s degree in law and a master’s degree in business studies.
She speaks English and Dutch.
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