Bernard spoor

Bernard Spoor

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Geert lokhorst

Geert Lokhorst

Senior Associate

Kees specialises in investment management, including providing regulatory advice to domestic and foreign investment funds and asset managers, and advising on the structuring and restructuring of investment funds, including retail and private equity funds. 
He also advises asset managers and pension funds on discretionary and fiduciary asset management agreements and asset pooling. 
Kees’s recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>NNIP on the migration of its Luxembourg management company to the Netherlands</li><li>ABN AMRO on the spin-off of ABN AMRO Participaties</li><li>APG Asset Management on MiFID II</li><li>Robeco on the outsourcing of back- and mid-office functions</li><li>Redevco on Urban Retail Ventures, a joint-venture with PGGM</li></ul>

Kees groffen

Kees Groffen

Partner

As counsel in De Brauw’s regulatory group, Eva specialises in the regulation of Dutch and EU financial markets, advising large financial undertakings on a wide range of regulatory and pension matters. These include outsourcing, duty of care rules and governance, and funding requirements. Eva handles complex transition processes, such as where undertakings face financial distress or pension funds need advice in the ongoing consolidating trend. Eva also advises on the regulatory aspects of M&amp;A transactions in the financial sector.

Eva schram

Eva Schram

Counsel

Esther specialises in pension law and employment law. She advises and litigates on a wide range of pension and employment-related issues in collective and individual cases, as well as in M&amp;A transactions. Esther has broad expertise in pension, insurance and investment management related issues. Esther is a Dutch certified pension lawyer. She litigates for both employers and pension providers. She also has a classic employment law practice, advising and litigating in collective and individual employment law disputes and employment and pension aspects in M&amp;A transactions. Before joining De Brauw, Esther worked as a researcher and lecturer on civil law and civil procedural law at the University of Leiden.

Esther huijzer

Esther Huijzer

Wiebe specialises in international and Dutch tax law, focusing on corporate transactions, investment funds and tax controversy. Since joining De Brauw, Wiebe has advised numerous multinationals and funds on complex cross-border M&amp;A transactions, investment structures and tax disputes. Wiebe is actively involved in the tax expert group of the Dutch association of asset managers (DUFAS), the committee on legislative proposals of the Dutch association of tax advisors (NOB) and frequently lectures on international tax law, including at IBA conferences and at the universities of Amsterdam and Groningen. He is recognised by Chambers and Legal 500 with Chambers describing him as “very accessible, sharp, responsive and to the point” and Legal 500 referring to him as a “top-notch tax professional”.
Wiebe’s recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>a multinational on a high-profile state aid investigation into its Dutch tax rulings</li><li>NXP on the aborted USD 47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm and two multi-billion dollar divestments</li><li>Pfizer on the USD 48 billion combination of its Upjohn business with Mylan</li><li>GrandVision on the EUR 7 billion takeover by EssilorLuxottica</li><li>Elastic NV on its NYSE listing valued at USD 2.2 billion</li><li>ABN AMRO on the spin-out of its private equity business</li><li>APG on the EUR 450 million sale of Loyalis to ASR</li><li>Port of Rotterdam on the impact of the introduction of its corporate income tax liability further to the European Commission’s state aid ruling</li><li>a major Dutch banking and insurance group on setting up and restructuring its investment fund range</li></ul>

Wiebe dijkstra

Wiebe Dijkstra

Pim focuses on advising on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin‑offs, reorganisations, securities offerings, bank financings and litigations, both domestically and internationally.

Pim siemons

Pim Siemons

Associate

Bart is a partner in the De Brauw's Competition practice that won the prestigious Global Competition Review's European Law Firm of the Year awards in 2021 and 2022. He divides his time between Amsterdam and Brussels and specialises in EU and international competition law matters. Bart represents companies in a wide range of sectors, including high-tech industries, the financial sector, FMCG, the energy sector and manufacturing. ​
Bart has significant experience in acting as lead counsel in multi-jurisdictional merger filings and he has established working relationships with first tier competition experts in all major jurisdictions. He has successfully litigated in abuse of dominance cases and regularly advises clients on related topics. His work includes advising and defending clients in investigations by European and national regulators. ​

Bart's recent work includes representing and advising:
<ul><li>GrandVision in the global merger filings concerning the acquisition by EssilorLuxottica​</li></ul>
<ul><li>NN Group in relation to the acquisition of MetLife's businesses in Poland and Greece​</li></ul>
<ul><li>Aegon on the combination of its Dutch activities with a.s.r.​</li></ul>
<ul><li>Pon in relation to the creation of e-mobility joint ventures with Porsche</li></ul>
<ul><li>Royal Philips in relation to the sale of its Domestic Appliances business to Hillhouse Capital </li></ul>
<ul><li>Albert Heijn in relation to its acquisition of DEEN supermarkets</li></ul>

Bart derijke

Bart de Rijke

Isabel works on a broad range of matters in our regulatory enforcement and competition practices. She has a focus on competition law and advises clients in antitrust investigations, multi-jurisdictional merger filings and high-profile follow-on litigation matters

Isabel westra

Isabel Westra

Laura specialises in competition law and follow-on litigation. She has acted as counsel to clients across various sectors and industries, representing companies in their multi-jurisdictional competition cases. Before joining the Competition &amp; Regulation department, Laura worked in De Brauw's Corporate Advisory &amp; Corporate Governance department, where she advised listed multinationals and private equity firms on M&amp;A transactions and corporate governance related matters.

Lauraelize devries

Laura de Vries

Nathalie is a member of De Brauw's Corporate Advisory department. She advises on a variety of complex cross-border transactions, including private and public M&amp;A, IPOs, corporate governance of listed companies, domestic and cross-border (re)structurings and joint ventures. Nathalie has extensive experience working with both Dutch and international clients. Nathalie frequently educates general counsels and company secretaries about corporate law developments and trends for Dutch listed companies.

Nathalie vanwiggen

Nathalie van Wiggen

De Brauw has advised Achmea on its takeover of ABN AMRO Pensioeninstelling NV. This transaction gives Achmea an entrance into the Premium Pension Institution (PPI) market and enables the business to respond to the opportunities offered by the Pension Agreement.

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Achmea acquires ABN AMRO premium pension institution ("PPI")

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De Brauw has advised Achmea on its takeover of ABN AMRO Pensioeninstelling NV. This transaction gives Achmea an entrance into the Premium Pension Institution (PPI) market and enables the business to respond to the opportunities offered by the Pension Agreement.

De Brauw has advised Achmea on its takeover of ABN AMRO Pensioeninstelling NV. This transaction gives Achmea an entrance into the Premium Pension…

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