Bas Vletter > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Greenberg Traurig LLP
Valley at Zuidas
Beethovenstraat 545
1083 HK
Netherlands

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Shareholder

Career

Bas Vletter focuses his practice on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets (public offers and IPOs), international and national joint ventures, and private equity. He has acted as a legal adviser in several high-profile private and public transactions, including the first successful public hostile bid in the Netherlands. Bas is the trusted advisor to a number of Dutch listed companies and their boards.

Concentrations
Energy
Exploration and production
Power and utilities
Private equity
Renewables
Maritime law
Insolvency
Transactions

Capabilities
Corporate
Mergers & Acquisitions

Admission to Practice
The Netherlands

Languages

Dutch, Native
English, Fluent
German, Fluent

Education

  • LL.B., Leiden University, 1984

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Greenberg Traurig LLP‘s team has established capabilities in advising on M&A, outsourcing agreements and transactions in the technology sector. The ‘friendly and very experiencedHerald Jongen co-heads the practice with Bas Vletter, who brings expertise in assisting Dutch entities with a wide range of private and public transactions. Linda Thonen left the firm in May 2023.

Netherlands > Private equity

(Firms to watch)

Greenberg Traurig LLP‘s private equity practice, led by Bas Vletter, was bolstered in October 2023 with the arrival of transatlantic transaction-focused Maarten De Boorder from Jones Day.

Netherlands > Capital markets: equity

Greenberg Traurig LLP’s equity capital markets team is well-equipped to advise its clients on the array of capital market transactions, and on securities-related work including IPOs of SPACs. Jelmer Kalisvaart, who is particularly experienced in handling cross-border mandates, and corporate specialist Bas Vletter both oversee the practice. Wietse de Jong has a notable focus on the structuring of financial products and capital market transactions. Samuel Garcia Nelen joined from Allen & Overy LLP in November 2023, with expertise in public M&A and IPOs.