Thijs Alexander
Thijs Alexander specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and equity capital market transactions.
Clifford Chance
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Sanne Blankestijn
Sanne Blankestijn is a member of the Global Tech Group. She is an international lawyer with vast experience in employment and data protection law. Sanne advises both domestic and international companies on the full range of employment and data protection work, with an emphasis on employment-related data protection, all sorts of (trans-)national employee co-determination aspects, individual and collective dismissals, and the employment (including incentives) and data protection aspects of complex international M&A transactions.
Liesbeth Buiter
Liesbeth Buiter is Partner and leads the Amsterdam Real Estate practice specialising in real estate transactions, with a focus on pan-European real estate transactions, covering all asset classes (residential, hospitality, logistics and office space) and major (re)development projects. She co-leads the Projects group with a particular focus on (project financed) renewable energy and infrastructure deals. She joined the firm in 2008, having trained and qualified at CMS. She has spent time working in the Paris office, and is qualified in the Netherlands.
Johanneke Butijn
Johanneke Butijn specialises in (renewable) energy, project finance, environmental law and real estate. Johanneke has worked on a number of significant projects involving onshore and offshore windfarms, solar parks, heat distribution networks, commercial property developments and real estate transactions in and outside the Netherlands. This includes the negotiating, drafting and advising in relation to various project documents and environmental and regulatory issues.
Gregory Crookes
Greg Crookes specialises in leveraged buy-outs, corporate carve-outs and other complex M&A. He acts for a range of private equity and corporate clients and financial institutions, is known for being hands-on dealmaker without losing sight of the big picture, and has substantial experience on both the buy-side and sell-side.
Tjerk de Jonge
Tjerk de Jonge specialises in corporate transactions and fund & investment management transactions. He mainly advises international and domestic private equity firms and corporates on a wide range of transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, leveraged buyouts, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures and corporate restructurings, the establishment of investment funds, fund investments, separate managed accounts, carried interest schemes, as well as day-to-day counselling of public and private companies on a wide range of matters.
Folko de Vries
Folko de Vries focuses on leveraged finance. He acts for sponsors and lenders. Folko has recently worked on a significant number of direct lending transactions and public-to-private transactions.
As partner made responsible for Innovation for the Amsterdam office, Folko is focused on a daily basis on new ways of working to best support our clients and their businesses.
Titus de Vries
Titus de Vries is Managing Partner of Clifford Chance Amsterdam and partner in Global Financial Markets. He has extensive experience in financing transactions with particular experience in leveraged finance, real estate and infrastructure finance and corporate lending (both syndicated and club deals, both domestic and cross border). He acts for lenders as well as borrowers.
Tiemen Drenth
Joined Clifford Chance, Amsterdam 2015
Admitted as an advocaat to the Dutch Bar in 2015
Dirk-Jan Duynstee
Dirk-Jan Duynstee heads the Litigation Department of Clifford Chance in Amsterdam. Dirk-Jan specialises in corporate and securities litigation, including directors' liability, governance issues, public take-over disputes, shareholder disputes and squeeze out proceeding. Dirk-Jan also has vast experience in banking and finance litigation.
Dirk-Jan often acts before the Enterprise Chamber and is a member of our global risk leadership team.
Vincent Engel
Nolan Groenland
Nolan Groenland specialises in the taxation of corporate and financing transactions with particular emphasis on M&A, (structured) finance, tax controversy and international taxation. He has ample experience with the full range of financial products including lending, acquisition finance, real estate finance, asset finance, project finance, derivatives, insolvency & restructuring and structured finance, especially securitization, tax controversy & policy and (debt & equity) capital markets, as well as executive remuneration and dismissal issues.
Tim Heerschop
Tim Heerschop specialises in private and public M&A, private equity, management participation and corporate advisory work. He advises both international and domestic private equity firms and their portfolio companies, financial institutions and corporates on sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, public offers, joint ventures, restructurings and various other corporate matters. Tim is also experienced in transactions in the energy and renewables sector.
Jelle Hofland
Jelle Hofland is a partner in the Global Financial Markets and co-heads the Amsterdam Restructuring practice. He is one of the most experienced finance lawyers in The Netherlands and specialises in (layered) leveraged finance transactions, syndicated lending and complex restructurings.
Jelle acts for a range of borrowers (including many PE houses, tech companies and corporates) and financiers. Focus areas include energy transition and innovation.
Jan-Hendrik Horsmeier
Jan-Hendrik Horsmeier specialises in public and private mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate advisory work. He advises international and domestic private equity houses, financial sponsors and corporates on a wide range of matters, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and disposals, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures and public offers. Jan-Hendrik has particular experience in the infrastructure & energy and tech sectors.
Jaap Koster
Pieter Leefers
Pieter Leefers specialises in private M&A, private equity, management participation and corporate advisory work. He advises both international and domestic private equity firms and their portfolio companies, financial institutions and corporates on sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, joint ventures, restructurings and various other corporate matters. Pieter is also experienced in transactions in the TMT, infrastructure, real estate, energy and renewables sector.
Angela McEwan
Angela McEwan is an English qualified Partner and heads the Global Financial Markets in Amsterdam. Angela is also a member of the global ESG Board. She specialises in banking and secured finance, with particular expertise in syndicated lending, structured finance, acquisition finance, project finance, renewables, asset based finance, commodity finance and restructurings including development finance and impact and sustainability linked loan financings.
Angela is the Africa Practice Leader for Green Financing.
Marina Sarkisjan
Marina Sarkisjan specialises in financial regulatory matters (with respect to market access of financial institutions, license requirements, compliance with prudential and market conduct rules, securities trading and investment services) and debt capital markets offerings across a wide product range, including MTNs, Eurobonds, Reg S/144A, senior and subordinated debt issuances for corporates and financial institutions.
Marian Scheele
Marian Scheele specialises in the financial regulatory and legal aspects of financial institutions, with a focus on Fintechs (incl. banks, EMIs, PSPs, platforms, crypto and blockchain companies). She leads the Fintech Team and co-leads the Tech Team of Clifford Chance Amsterdam. Her expertise includes advising on licensing and registration, governance, structure and organisation and other ongoing license requirements. She is frequently involved in corporate restructurings and M&A transactions including IPOs. She contributes to the implementation of EU financial regulatory law in Dutch national law.
Marian is a member of the Public Affairs Committee of INREV. She is ranked in the leading legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500.
Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer
Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer specialises in complex international litigation and dispute resolution with a focus on class actions. He frequently represents issuers, financial institutions, audit firms and companies as defence counsel in class action and multiparty litigation, relating to securities, prospectus liability, fraud, financial products, auditor liability and cartel damage claims, including the private international law aspects of those matters.
Michiel Sunderman
Michiel Sunderman is Partner and head of the Amsterdam Tax practice. He is an all-round tax expert, specialising in M&A, financial restructurings, fund structuring (with a focus on private equity and carried interest structuring), corporate, cross border and structured finance transactions.
Han Teerink
Han Teerink specialises in equity capital markets transactions, in particular IPOs, secondary share issuances and buy-back transactions, advising issuers, selling shareholders and underwriting banks. He also services listed companies, advising them on Dutch and European corporate and securities laws and he advises on M&A transactions, both public and private.
Carlijn Tenge
Hein Tonnaer
Hein Tonnaer specialises in project finance (with a strong focus on renewable energy) and export finance. He co-leads the worldwide Clifford Chance Renewables Group and Energy & Infrastructure projects group in Amsterdam. He combines deep sector knowledge in the energy transition space primarily in renewables (including offshore, onshore, solar, hydrogen, battery storage). He also advised on TMT infrastructure, aviation, and export finance. He has extensive experience advising energy firms, lenders and sponsors across several international projects.
Floris van de Bult
Floris van de Bult, an Amsterdam based employment Partner and the Co-head of the Global Employment practice, advises on both domestic and international companies on strategic employment matters such as board room advice, remuneration, cross-border reorganisations, investigations, diversity & inclusion, high-end litigation and the employment and benefits aspects (including incentives) of complex international M&A transactions.
Jurgen van der Meer
Jurgen van der Meer is Partner in the Global Financial Markets Group and heads the Debt Capital Markets team and the Financial Regulatory Group in Amsterdam.
Jurgen's focus in Debt Capital Markets is on (international) debt capital markets offerings across a wide product range, including MTNs, Eurobonds, Reg S/144A, hybrids, senior and subordinated debt issuances for corporates, financial institutions and the (semi-) public sector. His experience includes all sorts of regulatory (AT1/RT1/T2) and resolution (TLAC/MREL) capital issuance by financial institutions.
Marijke van der Weide
Marijke van der Weide has broad and extensive experience in debt capital market and private structured finance transactions, including securitisations and asset-based transactions. Her experience encompasses various asset types, such as residential and buy-to-let mortgages, auto and equipment lease, consumer loans and trade receivables. She advises (inter)national corporate enterprises, lease companies, mortgage providers and financial institutions, including banks, financial investors and insurance companies, across a wide range of structured finance transactions.
Ilse van Gasteren
Ilse van Gasteren specialises in restructurings & insolvencies, including advice on security enforcement strategies, debt-for-equity swaps, creditor compositions (including WHOA), contingency planning, and going concern sales in insolvency scenarios. She acts for financial institutions, investors and also borrowers on complex local and cross-border restructurings.
Evert Verwey
Evert Verwey is Counsel in the Amsterdam Litigation practice and part of the Restructuring and Insolvency team of Clifford Chance Amsterdam. He specializes in insolvency-related matters, contentious restructuring and work-out scenarios. He is active in general banking and finance litigation with a focus on security rights, directors’ liability and lender liability issues. Evert advises banks, financial institutions, and larger companies (and their (supervisory) directors). He also litigates for this group of clients in these areas of law.
Evert used to be a court appointed bankruptcy receiver and has several positions in industry bodies (such as INSOL Europe).
Dewi Walian
Dewi Walian has extensive experience in debt capital markets and has an excellent reputation for her ability to provide tailor-made advice in high yield, convertible, investment grade and regulatory driven debt offerings and restructurings. Dewi has been involved in many international top-tier capital markets transactions and innovative structures over the years.