De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Private Equity and M&A

Partner (M&A and Private Equity)

Expertise:

Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Financial Institutions & Fintech Insurance

Pete focuses on private equity and private M&A transactions, including advising on governance arrangements, management participation, and warranty and indemnity insurance.

He works with financial sponsors and strategic corporates, both Dutch and international. Pete has spent a large part of his career in New York, London and Tokyo working on transactions with clients all around the world. He frequently leverages this experience helping both Dutch and international clients on their cross-border transactions.

Pete works across all sectors and with any deal structure, but has particular expertise in transactions in the financial services and infrastructure (including digital infra) sectors, as well as other transactions considered "difficult". Legal 500 praises that he has "a strong intrinsic understanding of commercial and financial points and drafts elegant solutions much more effectively and efficiently than competitors, who often need considerable guidance on these matters from principals and financial advisers".

Pete also has particular expertise in transactions involving Japanese parties, having spent nearly ten years working and studying in Japan.

Pete is a key member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group and Private Equity practice. He co-authors the Netherlands chapters in Lexology Panoramic: Financial Services M&A, Lexology Panoramic: Private Equity (Transactions), Lexology In-Depth: Private Equity (Investing), and the International Comparative Legal Guide – Fintech.

Pete's representative work includes advising:

BlackFin Capital Partners on several transactions, including the carve-out acquisition of Aon's personal lines insurance brokerage and MGA business, the acquisitions of IBS Capital Allies and DEAS Asset Management, and the sale of Ravelin Leading infrastructure manager DIF Capital Partners on the sale of the business to CVC Capital Partners Aquiline Capital Partners on the sale of insurance broker Quintes to Brown & Brown NN on several transactions, including the sale of NN Investment Partners to Goldman Sachs and the acquisition of MetLife's Greek and Polish businesses Achmea on its life insurance and pensions strategic partnership with Sixth Street Aegon on the combination of its Dutch operations with a.s.r. for EUR 2.5 billion and a 29.99% shareholding in a.s.r. LeasePlan (now Ayvens) on its EUR 4.9 billion sale to ALD by a consortium led by TDR Capital, and various divestments by LeasePlan across Europe Japan Industrial Partners on the Dutch aspects of the USD 15bn acquisition of Toshiba Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Fudosan on the Dutch aspects of the proposed USD 42 billion take-private of Toyota Industries Sojitz Corporation on the acquisition of Capella Capital via a Dutch investment structure Ocean Network Express on its investment in Rotterdam World Gateway Blackrock on its investment in Zhero Thomas H. Lee Partners on its acquisition of Bynder Just Eat Takeaway.com on various transactions including the combination of Just Eat and Takeaway.com and the acquisition of Delivery Hero's German business Warburg Pincus portfolio company Infinite Electronics on its acquisition of Cable Connectivity Group from TKH and Torqx CVC Capital Partners and Joop van den Ende on the sale of Stage Entertainment to Advance Publications

English, Japanese, Dutch

Solicitor, admitted to practice in England & Wales

University of Tokyo (LLB)

Australian National University (JD with first class honours)