Mr Wouter Kros > AKD > Eindhoven, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

AKD
PO BOX 666
Flight Forum 1
5657 DA Eindhoven
Netherlands

Work Department

Corporate M&A

Position

Partner

Career

Wouter Kros is a Corporate/M&A and PE partner at AKD who specialises in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, often in a cross-border context. Wouter represents corporates as well as (international) private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and management teams on all aspects of their transactions and throughout the investment lifecycle. In addition, he advises listed clients on corporate governance, securities law and general corporate law matters.

Wouter advised on many high-profile PE and M&A transactions, acting for sponsors such as Astorg, Keensight Capital, General Atlantic, Antin and corporates such as Orange, Vivendi and Cognizant. He was also involved in cross-border spin-off transactions with a listing at Dutch or international stock exchanges, such as the spin-off by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of Ferrari and the distribution and listing at Euronext Amsterdam of Universal Music Group by Vivendi.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Commercial, corporate and M&A

AKD‘s group is well placed to handle the array of transactional corporate matters for its list of clients with notable capabilities in private equity and M&A. Joyce van den Nouwland helms the team alongside Lennart Crain who is experienced in delisting and takeover cases especially. Managing partner of the firm Carlos Pita Cao who assists clients from listed private companies to entrepreneurs, and private equity specialist Nathalie van Woerkom are noteworthy, as is Wouter Kros. David Molenaar is described as ‘steadfast’.