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NautaDutilh
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Netherlands > Industry focus: retail

NautaDutilh handles a broad range of retail-related issues, including M&As and restructuring measures, franchising arrangements and IP and brand protection matters. The practice is spearheaded by the London-based Willianne van Zandwijk, who focuses primarily on transactions involving national and international retailers,  in addition to acting for private equity and real estate investors. Jeroen Boelens handles hard and soft IP matters, including licensing and high value disputes. Petra Zijp, who co-heads the firm’s capital markets team, is also frequently instructed on matters concerning the retail sector.

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NautaDutilh’s London office is recommended for its advice on the Dutch and Luxembourg law aspects of finance deals, M&A deals, restructurings and insurance.

Willianne van Zandwijk and Erik Geerling co-head the firm’s London office.  Willianne van Zandwijk focuses on cross border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs and corporate finance transactions for both financial investors and corporate clients. Erik Geerling focuses on financing transactions and restructurings, which usually have cross-border elements.

Practice heads: Willianne van Zandwijk, Erik Geerling

Other key lawyers: Ann Blaton

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Corporate M&A Willianne van Zandwijk Willianne.vanZandwijk@nautadutilh.com +44 207 786 9107
Banking & Finance Erik Geerling Erik.Geerling@nautadutilh.com +31 10 22 40 363
Banking & Finance Ann Blaton Ann.Blaton@nautadutilh.com +44 20 7786 9111

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Ann Blaton photo Ms Ann Blaton Counsel in Banking & Finance practice and head of the Luxembourg Desk… View Profile
Gaike Dalenoord photo Mr Gaike Dalenoord Partner View Profile
Erik Geerling photo Mr Erik Geerling Partner View Profile
Erik Poorthuis photo Mr Erik Poorthuis Senior Associate View Profile
Willianne van Zandwijk photo Ms Willianne van Zandwijk Managing partner and head of the corporate M&A practice of NautaDutilh’s London… View Profile

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Corporate Social Responsibility; Empowering the Next Generation

Social engagement and corporate responsibility are inextricably bound up with NautaDutilh’s day-to-day legal practice. We help companies in a wide range of sectors to resolve the issues they are or will be facing in an equitable and practical manner.

Sharing knowledge and working in concert are paramount. We feel that corporate social responsibility entails so much more and have taken “Empowering the next generation” as our main motto. We are committed to strengthening the position of the next generation by giving them opportunities in a sustainable world.

A diverse and safe working environment

An important part of our strategy is our diversity policy. We aim to promote a safe working environment in which employees feel free to be themselves. Gender diversity, LGBT+ diversity, and cultural diversity are of primary concern. We believe that diversity makes a team stronger.

The current male to female ratio in our partner population is approximately 30/70. Although this makes NautaDutilh one of the top 5 Dutch law firms in terms of diversity, our goal is 50/50, which we hope to achieve by actively recruiting and retaining talented women with, among other things, effective career coaching and by preventing subconscious prejudice from rearing its head in performance reviews. In terms of up-and-coming talent, we are already at 50/50.

In 2014, NautaDutilh became the first independent law firm in the Benelux to have its own LGBT+ network. We are one of the co-founders of Stichting Forward, which aims to promote the acceptance, recognition, and visibility of LGBT+ in the Dutch legal profession.

NautaDutilh also strives for a greater influx of culturally diverse talent. To implement this in practice, we, for example, work with Diversity Dinner. We have partnered this initiative since its launch in 2016.

You can find a more in-depth overview of our CSR policy <a href=”https://www.nautadutilh.com/sites/nautadutilh.com/files/inline-files/CSR%20Policy%20NautaDutilh_1.pdf”>here</a>