Lennard is a partner in De Brauw’s Corporate/M&amp;A practice, and head of the private equity practice. He acts for Dutch and international private equity firms on their acquisitions and exit transactions, as well on other matters throughout the investment period. In addition, Lennard regularly acts for founders and family-owned companies who wish to sell their company or to partner with private equity. He is often consulted for his expertise in governance arrangements between shareholders, private equity funds and co-investors, including minority investments by private equity, and in warranty &amp; indemnity insurance and management participation plans.
Lennard is recognised as a leader in his field, as also confirmed by Legal 500 (‘Hall of Fame’ for Private Equity) and Chambers. Lennard was nominated as one of six lawyers for the Dutch Best M&amp;A Lawyer Award each year as from 2020 and won the award in 2021 and 2023.
Lennard played an important role in establishing De Brauw’s Singapore office.
Lennard’s recent work includes advising: 
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Bain Capital on the sale of Bugaboo to Mubadala Capital (and its reinvestment)</li>
 <li>Ardian on the acquisition of Attero from 3i and DWS 
 </li><li>SHV on the sale of ERIKS to Lonestar 
</li><li>The founders of Schuberg Philis on the sale of a majority stake to Bridgepoint</li><li>VolkerWessels on the sale of their Energy, Telecom and Technical Installation business to Triton </li>
 <li>Deutsche Telekom on the EUR 5.1 billion sale of T-Mobile Netherlands to Apax and Warburg Pincus 
 </li><li>Parcom on most of its acquisitions and divestments since 2016, including the acquisition of Hunkemöller, Wajer Yachts , Zorg van de Zaak, Group of Butchers, Simpel.nl, Yource, MGG Group, ConDoor Group, Koninklijke Euroma, NedacSorboMascot, Outdoor Life Group, Viroclinics and other portfolio companies, and the sale of Altrex, Jan Snel, ConDoor Group, GustoMSC, GoodHabitz, Climate for Life, Viroclinics and various other transactions 
</li><li>BlackFin on the acquisition of the personal lines brokerage and MGA business of Aon Netherlands</li><li>G Square on the sale of the Duomed group to Palex Medical and several of their other healthcare transactions</li><li>Vortex Capital and the founder of hallo, group on the sale of a majority stake to KLAR </li>
 <li>Advent and Unit4 on the sale of the Unit4 Dutch software business to Exact Group and various other transactions, including the sale of Unit4 to TA Associates and Partners Group</li><li>Several undisclosed dental transactions</li><li>General Atlantic on the acquisition of GRESB from Summit</li><li>Rivean Capital on the acquisition of Valcon, CED, Eichholtz, Muon and a majority stake in EDCO, and on the sale of Muon Group to IDEX </li>
 <li>The founder of YER on the sale of a minority stake to Inflexion 
 </li><li>The founder of De Jong Packaging on the sale to Stora Enso 
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 <li>The founder of the Scheybeeck group on the sale of a majority stake in BUKO Infrasupport and BUKO Waakt to Equistone 
 </li><li>The Kloosterboer family on the sale of Kloosterboer Group to Lineage (Bay Grove) 
 </li><li>BC partners on the sale of Pharmathen for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 1.6 billion</li><li>Triton on the acquisition of a majority stake in Bergman Clinics as well as Royal Reesink</li><li>Nordian Capital on the sale of BauWatch Group to Haniel 
 </li><li>T-Mobile Netherlands on the acquisition of Simpel.nl, and Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Netherlands on the acquisition of Tele2 Netherlands 
</li><li>The founders of IG&amp;H on the sale of a majority stake to IK Partners</li><li>Summit Partners and the founder on the sale of Normec to Astorg (2020), and the sale to an Astorg continuation fund (2024) </li>
 <li>The founders of Topicus on the sale to TSS / CSI 
 </li><li>The founders of Acture Group on the sale to IK Investments 
 </li><li>The founder of 247Tailorsteel on the sale of a majority stake to Parcom 
 </li><li>Synthon Generics' management on the MIP with BC Partners 
 </li><li>Bain Capital on the acquisition of Bugaboo from the founders</li>
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Lennard keijzer

Lennard Keijzer

Partner

Lizette forms part of De Brauw's corporate practice, where she focuses on private M&amp;A, private equity, and founder transactions. Since joining De Brauw in 2014, she has participated in many high-profile matters and has advised several private equity firms and multinational companies in a variety of sectors, including technology, healthcare and energy.

Lizette vanloon

Lizette van Loon

Senior Associate

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Alain Bruno

Associate

Anna Carine de Waard

Anne Carine de Waard

Henk specialises in tax and corporate law and, in particular, mergers and acquisitions and private equity structuring. Since joining De Brauw, Henk has advised numerous multinationals and private equity clients on public and private transactions, leveraged buy-outs, complex cross-border transactions, corporate restructurings, financings and refinancings, and the structuring of management incentive plans.
Legal 500 has recognised Henk as a "leading individual", with Chambers stating that Henk is "up and coming". In 2020, 2021 and 2023, Henk was nominated by MenA.nl (the Dutch M&amp;A awards) as Best M&amp;A Tax Adviser, and he won this award in 2024. 
Henk’s recent work includes advising
<ul><li>Bain Capital on the acquisition of Bugaboo from the founders and the sale of a majority interest to Mubadala capital</li>
 <li>Ardian on the acquisition of Attero from 3i and DWS</li>
 <li>Takeaway.com on numerous M&amp;A transactions including its acquisition of the German business of Delivery Hero and the combinations with both Just Eat and Grubhub</li>
 <li>AkzoNobel on numerous M&amp;A transactions including the separation and sale of its Specialty Chemicals to The Carlyle Group and GIC for EUR 10.1 billion</li>
 <li>Royal Philips on numerous M&amp;A transactions including the EUR 862 million IPO of Philips Lighting (Signify) and the sale of Philips’ 80.1% interest in Lumileds to Apollo</li>
 <li>T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom on the EUR 5.1 billion sale of T-Mobile Netherlands to Apax and Warburg Pincus, the combination of T-Mobile and Tele2, the divestment of T-Infra and the acquisitions of Vodafone’s fixed line consumer business and Simpel.nl</li>
 <li>Advent and Unit4 on the sale of the Unit4 Dutch software business to Exact Group and various other transactions, including the sale of Unit4 to TA Associates and Partners Group</li>
 <li>Parcom on most of its buy-side and sell-side transactions in the past seven years including the acquisition of Hunkemöller, Wajer Yachts , Zorg van de Zaak, Group of Butchers, Simpel.nl, Yource, MGG Group, ConDoor Group, Koninklijke Euroma, NedacSorboMascot, Outdoor Life Group, and other portfolio companies, and the sale of Altrex, Jan Snel, ConDoor Group, GustoMSC, GoodHabitz, Climate for Life and various other transactions</li>
 <li>Topicus.com on its combination with Total Specific Solutions and subsequent listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange</li>
 <li>Impax Asset Management on the acquisition, financing, development and sale of Zonnepark Vlagtwedde, the largest Dutch solar park (110MW)</li>
 <li>The founder of De Jong Packaging on the sale to Stora Enso</li>
 <li>Fugro on its refinancing transactions and multiple buyside and sell-side acquisitions and divestments</li>
 <li>The Kloosterboer family on the sale of Kloosterboer Group to Lineage (Bay Grove)</li>
 <li>Triton on the acquisition of Royal Reesink from Rivean Capital and a majority stake in Bergman Clinics</li></ul>

Henk vanravenhorst

Henk van Ravenhorst

Sophia specialises in international and Dutch tax law, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and financing matters. She regularly advises public and private businesses on a wide range of tax issues, including strategic and financial acquisitions, divestments, reorganisations and tax controversies.

Sophia vanstraalen

Sophia van Straalen

Bas specialises in general banking, finance and restructuring matters - his recent Executive Master in Finance demonstrates his deep knowledge of corporate finance that goes beyond the legal aspects of matters. Bas' practice covers the full spectrum of finance and capital markets transactions, and often involves highly complex and multi-faceted cross-border matters. He has taken leading roles in negotiating large (sustainability-linked) corporate credit facilities, implementing acquisition financing arrangements for transformative acquisitions and designing comprehensive capital restructurings both in- and outside of distressed situations. He also has substantial expertise in project financing and construction. Bas' client base runs the gamut from large listed and non-listed corporates, to financial institutions and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. As a result, he is very comfortable on all sides of the table.

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Bas Boutellier

Stephanie is a forceful competition and FDI lawyer with over a decade of experience practicing in Brussels, Amsterdam and New York. Stephanie counsels clients on a broad range of European and Dutch competition and FDI related matters, building on her experience representing multinational clients before the European Commission as well as Dutch and US authorities. Stephanie has built up extensive skills and knowledge in transactional matters – winning clearance for complex remedies across the globe and acting as lead counsel in the coordination of many international merger filings. Stephanie has handled a variety of sensitive investigative matters concerning competition law and anti-money laundering controls. She also appears regularly before the Dutch courts in high-stakes multi-jurisdictional antitrust damages litigation and represents clients before the European Court of Justice. 
Stephanie is recognised as a Global Leader in Competition by Who’s Who Legal, and has been recommended as a Next Generation Partner by Legal500 (EU and Competition – Tier 1). Stephanie also earned a coveted spot in Law.com’s list of 25 Best Up-and-Coming Female Lawyers in Europe.

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Stephanie The

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.

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Laura de Vries

De Brauw advised on the sale of a majority stake in hallo, Group, a leading managed services provider to SMEs in the Netherlands, by Vortex Capital Partners and other shareholders to a fund managed by KLAR Partners (“KLAR”). KLAR will partner with the current shareholders.

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