At Loyens & Loeff, the M&A team serves as 'excellent strategic counsel on complex transactions’, particularly in the pharmaceutical, financial services, media and technology sectors. The team is jointly headed by Antoinette van der Hauw, who is renowned for her private equity expertise, and Roel Fluit, who handles a mix of majority stake acquisitions, share purchases and cross-border corporate mandates. Harmen Holtrop is a ‘very knowledgeable but practical’ adviser, while Rob Schrooten is adept at handling strategic joint ventures and majority equity investments.
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Testimonials
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- Roel Fluit is the lead partner and is brilliant. Roel is always two steps ahead of the game and helps solve potential hiccups by anticipating potential issues and risks and guiding us well ahead. Roel is very business-minded and always available for us. He understands our business and what is important for us. His team is very pleasant to work with.
- The team is excellent and goes above and beyond to bring us the best results. The team is always available and very proactive and pragmatic in their advice. They truly understand our needs. We are very impressed by the quality of the advice and the service-mindedness.
- ‘Harmen Holtrop stand out as very knowledgable but practical partner.’
- ‘Multi functional, customer focused, experienced, understandable. ’
- ‘The Loyens & Loeff M&A team provides excellent strategic counsel on complex transactions. They masterfully blend profound legal expertise with sharp commercial acumen to navigate complex deal structures.’
- ‘Highest quality in a very accessible way. Quality and service-minded on all levels.’
- ‘Rob Schrooten brings an invaluable combination of expertise, pragmatism, and composure to intense transactions.’
- ‘They are incredibly good and quick at unravelling very complex issues and providing solutions for them.’
Key clients
- Towerbrook Capital Partners
- Shareholders DIF Capital Partners
- Goldman Sachs
- DPG Media
- Brown & Brown
- The Heico Companies
- Summit partners
- Legrand SA
- Lucas Bols
- Main Capital Partners
- ZCG Capital
- Torqx Capital Partners
- Rivean Capital
- Eurazeo SA
- Bencis Capital Partners
- Leonard Green & Partners
- Methanex Corporation
Work highlights
Advised DPG Media on the acquisition of RTL Netherlands by DPG Media, for €1.1bn.
Advised Goldman Sachs on its $2.1bn acquisition of Synthon.
Advised the shareholders of DIF Capital Partners on the sale of their company DIF Capital Partners to CVC for €1.1bn.
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Practice head
Antoinette van der Hauw; Roel Fluit
Other key lawyers
Harmen Holtrop; Rob Schrooten; Eline Viersen