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De Brauw has won the Deal of the Year Award in the category Restructuring at the 26th annual IFLR Europe Awards 2025. The IFLR Awards celebrates the legal industry’s most innovative work, with a special focus on cutting-edge achievements in cross-border transactions. Each year, IFLR honours the deals, teams, and firms that push boundaries and set new standards in legal practice.

On 28 March 2025, Dutch newspaper Trouw published a front page article on systemic failures in medical care for detained women. That same day, Bureau Clara Wichmann presented a report to the Dutch State Secretary for Justice and Security describing how over 50 detained women had not been given adequate medical care, sometimes resulting in severe damage to their health, even death. Detainee testimonies reveal that medical complaints are often dismissed, access to specialised care is insufficient, and the process of dispensing medication is prone to errors. Additionally, gender-sensitive care is lacking, and the absence of continuity in medical treatment poses severe health risks. The issue was also discussed in many other media outlets, including on Radio 1 (NOS Met het Oog op Morgen – [NOS Met het Oog op Morgen - Beluister Met het Oog op Morgen 27-03-2025 | Podcasts | NPO Radio 1], minute 11.40).

De Brauw has acted as lead counsel to Exor on a EUR 1 billion share buyback tender offer. The tender offer will be executed via a reverse "Dutch auction", allowing qualifying shareholders to select the price at which they wish to sell their shares back to Exor within a pre-determined price range, extending in 1% increments, from a 3% discount to a 10% premium over a VWAP reference price. The tender offer is supported by Exor majority shareholder Giovanni Agnelli B.V., which has committed to participate for an amount of up to EUR 250 million at whatever price is ultimately determined to be the strike price (as a 'strike price tender'). As trusted lead legal adviser to Exor, De Brauw was involved in all strategic and legal aspects of the tender offer, the majority shareholder commitment, and the drafting of documentation including the offer memorandum.