Arne Grimme is head of De Brauw’s Corporate M&amp;A practice. He advises on public and private transactions, leveraged buy-outs, and complex cross-border transactions and corporate restructurings.
Arne has been repeatedly recognised as a leader in his field, having been nominated for the Best M&amp;A Lawyer Award every year since 2007. He won this annual award from 2013 to 2018 and in 2022. Legal 500 EMEA has also consistently named Arne a leading individual from 2009. Moreover, IFLR 1000 has recognised Arne as one of the leading practitioners in mergers and acquisitions every year since 2006. Arne was named "Lawyer of the Year" in the Best Lawyers 2014-2015 edition (Netherlands community) in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law and private equity law. In 2018 he was also inducted into the Legal 500 Hall of Fame. 
Arne is a trusted adviser to many of De Brauw's clients, and counts among his diverse client base: Philips, AkzoNobel, NXP, Rabobank, BAM, Corbion, Fugro, NN, Aegon, Achmea, Arcadis, Bain Capital and Schiphol Airport. 
Arne's recent work includes advising and representing:<ul><li>Koninklijke Philips N.V. in the EUR 2.5 billion cornerstone investment by EXOR N.V.</li><li>Teleperformance SE on the EUR 3 billion mixed cash/share public offer for Amsterdam Euronext-listed Majorel</li><li>AEGON N.V. on the combination of its Dutch operations with a.s.r. for EUR 2.5 billion and a 29.99% stake in a.s.r.</li><li>Consortium of Pon, Volkswagen and Attestor on the launch of a EUR 2.9 billion recommended takeover offer for Europcar</li><li>Intertrust on the EUR 1.8 billion public offer by Corporation Service Company</li></ul>

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Arne Grimme

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Yi is a partner at De Brauw’s Corporate M&amp;A practice. He is experienced in general corporate and M&amp;A matters, specialising in private M&amp;As, joint ventures, and carve-out transactions. Prior to joining De Brauw, Yi practised law at both US and Chinese law firms in China. 
Drawing on his diverse practice, Yi is highly valued for his experience in complex M&amp;As and cross-border transactions. His Chinese background adds legal and cultural depth to transactions involving Chinese companies. In addition to his legal expertise, clients also prize Yi's financial skills, which help bridge the gaps across different M&amp;A workstreams. 
Yi received his LLM degrees from New York University and National University of Singapore. Yi is admitted to practice in California (US) and holds the Chinese lawyer qualification.
Yi's recent work includes representing and advising: 
<ul><li>Philips on the sale of its domestic appliance business to Hillhouse Capital</li><li>Paine Schwartz Partners on its strategic investment in Hendrix Genetics</li><li>Parcom Capital on the acquisition of Euramax from OmniMax and the acquisition of Simadan group</li><li>NXP Semiconductors on the divestment of Nexperia to JAC Capital and Wise Road Capital</li></ul>

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Yi Duan

Colette specialises in company law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Since joining De Brauw in 2019, she has advised national and multinational corporations on complex divestments, acquisitions and public offers.

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Colette Bouwes Bavinck

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Luuk vanderkroft

Luuk van der Kroft

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Linda zilberte

Linda Zilberte

Arjan specialises in public law and mainly focuses on energy and environment, state aid, market regulation and public enforcement matters. Arjan is known in the market for his thorough but pragmatic and effective approach to resolving matters. These characteristics and his vast knowledge of public law (including EU regulation) allow him to offer on-point legal advice in complex multi-disciplinary cases. Clients value his sharp legal analyses, strong memory and hands-on approach in achieving the best outcome in regulatory, litigation and enforcement matters. Many clients have praised Arjan’s extensive experience and knowledge of markets and sectors.
According to clients, “Counsel Arjan Kleinhout is the go-to-person for extremely complex and technical energy regulatory questions. He is down to earth and his calm personality helps diffuse volatile situations in negotiations and litigation.” 
Arjan is a cutting-edge litigator before the highest administrative and civil courts (both national and European), as well as a sharp negotiator in several cases before the regulatory authorities. These include the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the European Commission.
His active involvement in complex regulatory and litigation matters contributes towards De Brauw’s integrated approach – unrivalled compared to other firms.

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Stan van den Berg

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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Alain Bruno

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

Peter specialises in domestic and cross-border corporate tax law, focusing in particular on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and financing matters. He regularly advises public and private businesses on a wide range of tax issues, including strategic and financial acquisitions, divestments, reorganisations and tax controversies.

Peter spijker

Peter Spijker

De Brauw advised Delta Fiber on the sale of part of its optical fiber telecommunications network to Glaspoort, a joint venture of KPN and ABP. The transaction involves around 200.000 fiber-to-the-home consumer connections in sparsely populated areas across several regions in the Netherlands.

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