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Decades of experience in public and private M&A

Our Team

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Jan Louis Burggraaf

Jeroen Hoekstra

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Bastiaan van Doorn

Hans Beerlage

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A dedicated team delivering top-tier legal advice with personal attention

Our Experience

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Firm

Burggraaf & Hoekstra provides legal counsel across the full spectrum of M&A and strategic transactions, from initial structuring through to execution and post-transaction integration. We advise on public and private mergers and acquisitions, including cross-border deals, as well as responses to unsolicited offers and defence measures. Our expertise further covers demergers and spin-offs, business disposals and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, equity investments, shareholder reorganisations, and corporate governance matters — always with a focus on aligning legal structures with our clients' commercial objectives.

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Expertise

Our partners each bring more than three decades of experience in corporate M&A, gained at leading international firms both in the Netherlands and abroad. We act for a broad range of public and private acquirers, sellers, investors, and target companies, advising on diverse transactions as well as ongoing corporate matters. In addition, we regularly counsel management boards, supervisory boards, and management teams on corporate governance and corporate responsibility, combining technical expertise with a clear understanding of boardroom dynamics.

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Services

Our clients value our pragmatic and creative approach, particularly in complex and high-stakes matters. Supported by a dedicated team of associates, lawyers and supporting staff, we deliver high-quality, tailored legal services with a strong focus on efficiency and a competitive fee structure.

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A selection of representative public M&A experience:

  • Sarabel in its public offer for B&S Group S.A.

  • Boskalis in the public offer by HAL

  • Intertrust in the public offer by CSC Global

  • ER Capital in its proposed public offer and a subsequent triangular demerger

  • KLM in Air France’s public offer for KLM

  • Swiss Air in Lufthansa’s public offer for Swiss Air

  • ABN AMRO in a consortium’s (Santander, RBS, Fortis) public offer for ABN AMRO

  • Randstad in its public offer for Vedior

  • Saxo Bank in its public offer for Binckbank

  • Numico in Danone’s public offer for Numico

  • TNT Express in Fedex’s public for TNT Express

  • KPN in its defence against potential hostile public offer by América Móvil

  • SHV in its public offer for Eriks

  • Delta Lloyd in Nationale Nederlanden’s public offer for Delta Lloyd

  • Mediq in its public-to-private by Advent

  • Delft Instruments in its public-to-private by Alpinvest

  • Telegraaf Media Group in Mediahuis’s public offer for Telegraaf Media Group

  • Scania in its public offer for Beers

  • PPG in its potential public offer for AkzoNobel

  • Mexichem in its potential public offer for Wavin

  • TNT Express in UPS’s public offer for TNT Express

  • Sonepar in its public offer for Hagemeyer

  • Draka in Prysmian’s public offer for Draka

  • Jumbo in its public offer for Super de Boer

  • McGregor Fashion in its public-to-private offer by Toeca Fashion

  • Blijdesteijn Willink in its public-to-private offer by Verosol

  • Rexam in its public offer for Airspray

  • DE Master Blenders in its public-to-private offer by Oakleaf

  • PostNL in its defence against hostile offer by B-post

  • Ten Cate in its public-to-private offer by Gilde

  • KPN in its public offer for Getronics

  • DPG in its public offer for Mecom

  • Tele2 in its public offer for Versatel

A selection of representative private M&A experience:

  • LKQ Corp in the acquisition of Sator

  • Datwyler in the acquisition of Nedis

  • Axcan in the acquisition of Eurand

  • Itochu Corp in the acquisition of Kwik-Fit

  • Sony in the acquisition of Guerilla Games

  • Genpact in the acquisition of Accounting Plaza

  • Eastman Chemical Company in the disposal of the European PET and PTA business

  • Steadfast Capital Partners in the acquisition and sale of MPS Meat Processing Systems

  • Allianz Capital Partners in the investment in De Telefoongids

  • Platinum Equity in the acquisition of the logistics business of Hays

  • Teledyne in the acquisition of Kooi

  • Emerson Electric in the sale of Brooks Instrument

  • Mott MacDonald in the acquisition of Arcadis Euroconsult

  • Archer Daniels Midland in the acquisition the Agribulk Terminals

  • McCormick in the acquisition of Silvo

  • Priceline.com in the acquisition of Booking

  • Fresenius Medical Care in the acquisition of Euromedic’s dialysis service business

  • Koppers in the acquisition of Cindu Chemicals

  • Bright Horizons Family Solutions in the acquisition of Kindergarden

  • Gorenje in the acquisition of ATAG

  • Mexx in the sale to Liz Claiborne

  • The Body Shop in the buy-back of the Benelux franchisees

  • Towers Watson in the acquisition of its Dutch franchise operations

  • Your.Online in the acquisition of Sanguine Security B.V. (Sansec)

  • Kindergarden in the sale of De Scholen van Hip B.V.

  • Esprit ICT in the acquisition of the shares in Veerman ICT Services

  • Opportunity Partners in its re-purchase of BrandLoyalty and in the investment in House of Sports Group

  • Grant Thornton in the joining of Grant Thornton Advisors multinational platform, and in the acquisition of C.P.I. Governance B.V.

  • Heesen Yachts in the sale to Laurens Last

  • Schuiteman Accountants in the investment by Capital A

  • Lead legal advisor to both ABAB and Alfa Accountants en Adviseurs in their merger

  • Astrata in the sale to AddSecure

  • Conscious Hotels in the investment by BORON Management

  • Detron in the sale to Avedon Capital Partners

  • Flynth in the acquisition of accon avm

  • Providence in the acquisition for Strikwerda Investments

  • LinQhost in the acquisition for Your.Online

  • Unifiedpost in the acquisition for Strikwerda Investments

  • Stepan in the acquisition of Invista’s romatic polyester polyol business

  • ATOS in the acquisition of Motiv ICT Security

  • Intrum in the sale of Buckaroo

  • CareFusion Corp in the acquisition of PPM Engineering

  • Becton Dickson in the acquisition of Kiestra Lab Automation

  • Sulzer in the acquisition of Advanced Separation Company and ProLabNL

  • ShawCor in the acquisition of Dhatec

  • Ford Motor Company in a 50/50 owned joint venture with Sollers

  • Wright Medical Group in the merger with Tornier

Contact

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Contact
+31 (0)85 0045783
info@burggraafhoekstra.com

Headquarters
Honthorststraat 8A
1071 DD Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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