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Advising on sales and acquisitions is a key focus of Taylor Wessing‘s team, while also being adept at assisting in management and due diligence aspects of cross-border transactions. The team is overseen by M&A specialist Zabdaj Pollen; Antony Jonkman who is equipped to advise on international expansions, private fundraisings and M&A matters; and Elmar Dijkstra. Nina Le Grand and Maja Bolè both departed to in-house roles in January and April 2024, respectively.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Zabdaj Pollen stands out.'

  • ‘Marnix Geraerts, Antony Jonkman and Tessa Giltay are fast, responsive, practical, and knowledgeable about the market and best practices.’

  • ‘The team is very dedicated and skilled. They are top lawyers with strong commercial understanding combined with legal skills. Very responsive towards clients. They stand out.’

  • ‘Antony Jonkman is so skilled and has such high commercial sense. Truly one of the best lawyers in the Netherlands.’

  • ‘Felt like our lawyers were really part of our team, which is rare.’

  • ‘Pragmatic with a good understanding of the appropriate balance of risk and reward. Nice people.’

  • ‘The team is exceptionally efficient and business-oriented and it's very easy to cooperate and interact with them. They always look for pragmatic, workable and imaginative solutions for clients and do not hesitate to seek advice from foreign lawyers they are working with.’

  • ‘Niki Eldering and Thijs van der Vegt are always available, business-minded and focused.'

Key clients

  • Zeekr
  • Qogita
  • Maandag®
  • VINCI Energies Netherlands
  • RUBIX Group
  • Vescom Group
  • Cottonwood Tech
  • Invest-NL
  • Springer Nature
  • Graham Partners

Work highlights

Advised the client on its sale to Prodigi Ltd, the world’s leading print-on-demand dropshipping platform.
Advised a UK listed firm in the acquisition of rovers medical devices, a Dutch medtech company with global sales.
Advised the shareholders of a company in the sale of the entire share capital to US listed firm Teledyne Technologies Incorporated.

Lawyers

Practice head

Zabdaj Pollen; Antony Jonkman; Elmar Dijkstra

Other key lawyers

Marnix Geraerts; Tessa Giltay; David Mulder; Niki Eldering; Thijs van der Vegt; Stijn Rijpma