Houthoff

Partner (Corporate / M&A and Capital Markets)

Alexander has authored and co-authored articles published in, among others, the International Financial Law Review, the International Comparative Legal Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions, the International Law Practicum, the European Lawyer, Advocatenblad (the Netherlands Bar periodical) and Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht (a leading Dutch periodical on contract law).

Alexander is a member of the Netherlands Bar (since 1993) and the California Bar (since 2002). He joined Houthoff in 2004, after spending ten years practicing with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in London, Brussels and Palo Alto (California).

Alexander is a senior Corporate/M&A lawyer with more than 32 years of experience acting as lead counsel in complex cross-border and domestic mergers, acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions, including, in particular, public company deals and transactions involving regulated businesses. He also regularly advises clients on corporate governance, joint venture, securities regulatory compliance and general cross-border matters. Each of Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and Lexology recoginises Alexander as a Leading Individual in the field of Corporate and M&A.

He is deeply involved in, and leads, Houthoff teams that work with either the government or large (heavy industry or energy) corporations that are active in the Dutch market, making the projects possible that will reduce CO2 emissions at a faster, more ambitious pace than would be realized in line with the commitments laid down in the Paris Agreement. This includes the entry into of tailor-made arrangements between government and industry, as well as collaboration on funding on the basis of available aid schemes and permitting for the largest transformational projects that will be completed in the Netherlands, each time while addressing possible societal and environmental concerns.

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