Greenberg Traurig LLP

Investment Management

Shareholder

Wietse de Jong focuses his practice on the structuring of financial products and capital market transactions, including setting up banks, investment funds, structured products, and the issue of listed and over-the-counter debt and equity securities. Wietse has worked on other financial industry transactions, including initial public offerings (IPO) and pre-offering equity financing, venture capital, joint ventures, and the sale and purchase of banks, asset managers and other regulated financial institutions such as pension funds and insurance companies. Wietse has also defended many financial institutions in securities litigations, including class actions. He also held positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Office of International Corporation Finance) and the Dutch Financial Markets Authority.

Concentrations
Banking
Corporate and securities
Mergers and acquisitions

Capabilities
Investment Management
Corporate
Banking & Financial Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Funds
Capital Markets Tax
Finance

Admission to Practice
Netherlands

Dutch, English, German, French, Native, Fluent, Fluent, Conversational

• Lecturer of Securities Law, Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, 2003 - 2008
• Co-Founder and Board Member, The Dutch Securities Law Association (Vereniging voor effectenrecht), 1993 - 2013
• Member, Dutch Bar Association

• LL.M., Dutch Civil Law, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, 1989