Anja is a partner in De Brauw's Corporate / M&amp;A practice. In recent years, she held several leadership roles in the firm, including as management board member, hiring partner and head of the energy industry group. 
Anja specialises in corporate law, contract law and mergers &amp; acquisitions. She has extensive experience in various industry sectors including tech, infrastructure, energy, banking and insurance. Her expertise ranges from strategic deals to private equity, hybrid corporate projects, distressed M&amp;A and structuring/restructuring, both national and international. 
In addition to her role as partner of De Brauw, Anja is a supervisory board member at Gasunie (Chair of Remco) and Het Concertgebouw. 
Corporate projects and M&amp;A deals that have been led by Anja or in which Anja was closely involved: 
Vopak on the acquisition of a 29% share in an LNG import terminal in Pakistan, and a 49% share in an LNG import terminal in Colombia, the acquisition and restructuring of Exmar’s LNG business and various other international matters.
APG on the controlled auction and divestment of Loyalis to ASR.
Waterland private equity on various acquisitions and joint ventures in the waste-to-energy sector including the acquisition and divestment of Attero.
TenneT on various Corporate and M&amp;A matters including the North Sea Wind Hub and the acquisition of the power grids from Stedin, Eneco, Nuon, Essent and Delta, subsequent to the acquisition of Transpower in Germany.
Caldic on the divestment of its worldwide business to PE funds managed by Goldman Sachs and various cross border deals including in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Malaysia.
SNS REAAL on its divestment of the insurance business REAAL to the Chinese Anbang Insurance Group.
Achmea on various corporate and M&amp;A matters including Independer, Inshared and Achmea Health Centres.
Tata on its contemplated European joint venture with Thyssenkrupp, together with the Best Friends Slaughter and May and Hengeler Mueller.
IMCD on its Initial Public Offering and in relation to various international acquisitions.
ENGIE on transferring its stake in the Paiton power station (Indonesia) to Nebras and various other energy transactions.

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Anja Mutsaers

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Arne 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 since 2007. He won the award “Best M&amp;A Lawyer” in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Legal 500 EMEA has also consistently named him 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. His many accolades include being ranked first tier in M&amp;A and private equity by Chambers. 
Arne is a trusted adviser to many of his clients, and counts among his diverse client base Philips, AkzoNobel, NXP, Rabobank, BAM, Corbion, Arcadis, Bain Capital, Gilde, CVC Capital, and Schiphol Airport. 
Arne's recent work includes advising and representing:
<ul><li>AkzoNobel on the unsuccessful hostile public offer by PPG Industries and advised in its dealings with activist shareholder Elliott Advisors, and successfully defended AkzoNobel in court cases initiated by Elliott Advisors</li><li>Philips on numerous M&amp;A transactions including the EUR 862 million IPO of Philips Lighting; and the sale of Philips’ 80.1% interest in Lumileds to Apollo</li><li>NXP on numerous strategic transactions including the USD 40 billion merger with Freescale, the EUR 2.75 billion sale by NXP of its Standard Products division to JAC Capital and on the USD 47 billion public offer by Qualcomm</li><li>Bpost on the unsuccessful public offer on PostNL</li><li>Shareholders of Q-Park on their EUR 2.95 billion divestment of shares to KKR Infrastructure</li><li>Bain Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of Bugaboo</li></ul>

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Arne Grimme

Mariken is head of our Financial Markets Regulation group and co-head of our Financial Institutions group. She focuses on matters of strategic importance to financial institutions –with a particular emphasis on regulatory capital transactions, recovery and resolution planning, and governance – and she has broad experience in advising on regulatory matters that arise in complex transactions. Mariken also advises on licence requirements and on the ongoing obligations for a broad range of financial institutions, including banks, brokers, insurance companies and payment institutions.
In 2019, Mariken was inducted into the Legal 500 category 'leading individual' in the 'Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory'.
Chambers describes her as "a trusted boardroom adviser who is practical and solid." 
Mariken’s recent work includes advising:
<ul><li>ABN AMRO on its listing on Euronext Amsterdam</li>
 <li>Rabobank and its subsidiary DDL on the sale of Athlon Car Lease to Daimler AG for EUR 1.1 billion</li>
 <li>Rabobank on the listing of its Member Certificates on Euronext Amsterdam</li>
 <li>A consortium of investors on the acquisition of LeasePlan for EUR 3.7 billion</li>
 <li>APG on the EUR 450 million sale of its insurance subsidiary Loyalis to a.s.r., in a controlled auction</li>
 <li>The TAF shareholders on the sale of a majority stake in the company</li>
 <li>Aon on the EUR 295 million acquisition of Unirobe Meeùs Group from Aegon</li>
 <li>NN Group on the termination of the strategically important 9.99% warrant agreement held by ING since the IPO</li>
 <li>Achmea on the sale of Independer</li>
 <li>BHIIL, a UK-based commercial insurer, on its strategy for entering the Dutch commercial underwriting market and on the application or a license from the AFM as insurance underwriter</li>
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Mariken vanloopik

Mariken van Loopik

Angela specialises in corporate law with a focus on the corporate governance and corporate restructurings. Angela has advised listed and private businesses, including state-owned businesses and financial institutions, on a wide range of issues. Angela has been involved in a number of private and public takeovers and offerings.

Angela vanbreda

Angela van Breda

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De Brauw has assisted SNS REAAL on the EUR 150 million divestment of VIVAT Verzekeringen, formerly known as REAAL, to leading Chinese insurance company Anbang Group Holdings. Anbang has agreed to strengthen VIVAT's solvency through a capital injection. 
REAAL's divestment was the result of an EC decision following the nationalisation of SNS REAAL in 2013, which the EC considered state aid. In compliance with the EC decision, SNS REAAL initiated an open and transparent auction process. This transaction was interesting because of the close involvement of the European Commission, the Monitoring Trustee, NL Financial Investments (NLFI) as SNS REAAL's direct shareholder, and the Dutch Minister of Finance.

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De Brauw has assisted SNS REAAL on the EUR 150 million divestment of VIVAT Verzekeringen, formerly known as REAAL, to leading Chinese insurance company Anbang Group Holdings. Anbang has agreed to strengthen VIVAT's solvency through a capital injection.  REAAL's divestment was the result of an EC decision following the nationalisation of SNS REAAL in 2013, which the EC considered state aid. In compliance with the EC decision, SNS REAAL initiated an open and transparent auction process. This transaction was interesting because of the close involvement of the European Commission, the Monitoring Trustee, NL Financial Investments (NLFI) as SNS REAAL's direct shareholder, and the Dutch Minister of Finance.

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