Floris Pierik > Jones Day > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Jones Day
CONCERTGEBOUWPLEIN 20
1071 LN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Career

Floris Pierik has more than 23 years’ experience advising public and private, national and international groups, private equity clients, and other financial sponsors on domestic and cross-border transactions. Complex M&A and private equity transactions and investments for corporates and financial sponsors are central to his work. Some of his major deals include targets with operations on a European or global scale, often with a significant U.S. connection including corporate carve-outs. Floris frequently advises on transactions in the technology space.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Commercial, corporate and M&A

At Jones Day, the team has a solid track record in advising on high-value corporate acquisitions, often with multijurisdictional elements; the Dutch office leverages the firm’s wider global network to provide support to clients on a range of cross-border matters. The practice is led by the quartet of corporate law expert Mike Jansen, Floris Pierik, and Marc Rijkaart van Cappellen and Menno Geusens, both well known for handling cross-border instructions. Bastiaan Kout is lauded as ‘smart, practical and great to work with‘.

Netherlands > Private equity

(Leading individuals)

Floris PierikJones Day

Jones Day‘s private equity team’s workload includes advising its client roster on matters including the high-value controlled auction sale of assets, on the acquisition and sale of entities, and in various business investments. The group is overseen by Floris Pierik who has impressive experience handling the array of complex M&A and private equity transactions. Former counsel Maarten De Boorder departed to Greenberg Traurig LLP in October 2023.