The ‘very collaborative and business-oriented’ corporate transformations team at HVG Law B.V. is a key contact among US-headquartered conglomerates, market leading hospitality groups and international technology corporations. The team is also adept at handling post-acquisition integration matters and corporate governance mandates. Frank Zandee has extensive experience dealing with corporate reorganisations while Martijn Udo de Haes is praised for his ’deep understanding’ of business issues. Rounding out the team’s leadership trio is Scarlett Snethlage, who is well-versed in share transfers, multi-jurisdictional regulatory mandates and internal restructuring matters. Freek Lugtigheid brings further cross-border restructuring expertise. Rutger Lambriex retired in December 2024.
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Testimonials
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- ‘They have proven to be highly efficient and reliable. They take full ownership of our international corporate compliance matters, which gives us peace of mind.'
- ‘A very collaborative and business-oriented team.’
- ‘HVG offers a consistently high quality service and has strength in depth.’
- 'The team is very knowledgeable and very pragmatic, always balancing the needs of the client while ensuring the quality of their end product.'
Key clients
- 3M Company
- C.H. Robinson
- CM.com
- Coca Cola
- Core Laboratories
- China Three Gorges International
- Dell
- EdgeConneX
- Eventbrite
- EY Global
- Halliburton
- Kyocera
Work highlights
Supported C.H. Robinson in a global pre-sale carve-out project, which consisted of carving out the 'European Surface Transportation' ("ETS") business from C.H. Robinson existing global group structure, and setting up of a new, separate corporate group structure for the ETS business.
Assisted Owens Corning with the local implementation of a post-acquisition restructuring, integrating the acquired business into the client’s global corporate structure.
Acted as an overall sparring partner and trusted legal adviser to Halliburton on a wide variety of legal matters and projects.
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Practice head
Frank Zandee; Martijn Udo de Haes; Scarlett Snethlage
Other key lawyers
Freek Lugtigheid; Arnout Rodewijk