The firm
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is an independent business law firm. De Brauw specialises in providing legal advice in complex business transactions and commercial litigation. Ever since the firm was founded in 1871, it has focused on providing top-quality legal services and on developing outstanding lawyers. The firm continuously looks forward to breaking new ground, providing expertise and experience to its clients in their ever-changing markets – year after year; in some cases, for over a century.
The firm is legal counsel to over 70% of the largest companies in the Netherlands. Many of De Brauw’s clients are big international companies or financial institutions and they regularly ask the firm to manage their cross-border corporate or financial transactions, or to advise or litigate in international commercial disputes which involve a Dutch and/or Netherlands Antilles angle. The full spectrum of corporate, M&A, finance, litigation and arbitration is handled by a team of partners experienced in domestic and international transactions. They are supported by partners in specialist practices, such as EU/competition, tax and employment, who are also leaders in their field. De Brauw’s lawyers understand the European and Anglo-American legal cultures and the demands of an international practice. Internationally, the firm maintains close working relationships with the leading firms in the major business jurisdictions.
Areas of practice
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek offers a combination of a strong corporate and finance practice and a centre of excellence for litigation, believing it provides the ingredients for a unique service to its clients. It also helps the firm to develop innovative legal minds that bring commercial awareness and technical excellence to everything it does.
The firm’s practice covers a broad range of Dutch, EU and Netherlands Antilles law. This includes corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking, equity and debt capital markets, asset and structured finance, project finance, corporate recovery and insolvency, restructuring, investment management, tax, corporate and commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation, EU/competition, intellectual property, information technology and communication, public law, insurance, estate planning, real estate, employment and employee benefits. The firm has cross-practice groups for, among others, energy, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, financial institutions, private equity, public private partnerships, aviation, health services and share plans.
Languages
Chinese
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Other offices
Beijing
London
New York
Number of lawyers 330
at this office 320
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