International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

NETHERLANDS BEST LAW FIRMS

M&A

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

Allen & Overy Tim Stevens, Jan Louis Burggraaf, Charles Honée

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Ton Schutte, Arne Grimme

EXCELLENT

1 Loyens & Loeff Bas Vletter, Harmen Holtrop, Philip W. van Verschuer

NautaDutilh Hein Hooghoudt, Leo Groothuis, Joost den Engelsman

Stibbe Allard Metzelaar, Heleen Kersten

2 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Jan Willem van der Staay, Shawn der Kinderen

Houthoff Buruma Eddie Meijer, Michiel Pannekoek

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Baker & McKenzie John C. C. Paans, Henk Arnold Sijnja

Clifford Chance Thijs Alexander, Hector de Beaufort

CMS Derks Star Busmann Roman Tarlavski

DLA Piper Barbara van Hussen

Linklaters Pieter Riemer, Jan-Willem de Boer

Rutgers & Posch Bas Visée, Robert ten Have

Van Campen Liem Edwin Liem, Cees Kersten

RECOMMENDED

AKD Erwin Rademakers

BarentsKrans Nick Surber, Robert-Jan Zwaan

Biesheuvel Jansen Advocaten Quirijn Biesheuvel

Boekel Casper Haket

CORP. Eric de Best

Eversheds Rob Faasen

Greenberg Traurig Jan Kees Brandse

Ingen Housz Patrick Munk

Jones Day Marcel van de Vorst

Kennedy Van der Laan Frans-Jozef Crousen, Louis Bouchez

Lexence Joost Houtman

Ploum Lodder Princen Albert Wiggers

Simmons & Simmons Leo Verhoeff

Stek Jasper Stek, Dierik Cras, Maarten van der Graaf

Van Doorne Onno Boerstra, Hugo Reumkens

Ton Schutte

L eaders:

Ton Schutte and Arne

Grimme

E stablished:

1871

Track record: A well-established law firm in

the Netherlands and the Benelux, the law

firm has assisted various preeminent Dutch

and international companies. The firm,

which recently enhanced their TMT prac-

tice by adding new clients in this sector, has

been involved in high-flying deals assisting

Applied Materials on its merger with Tokyo

Electron, and Nutreco on its sale to SHV

Holdings.

Team & differentiation: The committed team,

able to advise clients on the most complex

deals, has an outstanding reputation in the

Dutch M&A market, where it has long been

a leader. The law firm has also set up repre-

sentative offices in London and Brussels, as

well as New York, Singapore and Shanghai.

DE BRAUW BLACKSTONE WESTBROEK:

A LONG-STANDING LEADER IN M&A

Philip W. van Verschuer

L eaders:

Bas Vletter, Harmen Holtrop

and Philip W. van Verschuer

E stablished:

2000

Track record: The firm recently advised Casino,

the NYSE Group and KKR. Philip van Verschuer

was lead counsel in the largest transaction in

the energy distribution sector. Harmen Holtrop

is known for the high number of deals he has

closed in the past years and Bas Vlatter dis-

tinguished himself as counsel to Apax in the

acquisition of the multimedia group Versatel.

Team & differentiation: The firm is recognized

for the excellence of its lawyers and its great

performance across all areas of tax law. The

Dutch giant - 15 offices in 13 countries, 381

lawyers and 317 tax lawyers - is present in three

locations in the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rot-

terdam and Arnhem). Together with Marieke

Bakker and Gert-Wim van de Meent, Loyens &

Loeff N.V.’s managing partner Willem Jarigsma

makes up the Executive Board.

LOYENS & LOEFF:

A WORLD CLASS FIRM