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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

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No. of offices
  
6

Major practice areas
  
General practice

Company type
  
N.V.

Founded
  
1871

Number of offices
  
6

No. of lawyers
  
341

Date founded
  
1871 (The Hague)

Headquarters
  
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Revenue
  
133 million EUR


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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is a Dutch law firm headquartered in Amsterdam with branch offices in Brussels, London, New York City, Shanghai and Singapore. The firm has 60 partners and 270 other qualified lawyers. The firm was founded in 1871.

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Areas of practice

Chambers & Partners ranks De Brauw top tier in eight practice areas, which is more than any other Dutch law firm. De Brauw's main practice areas are:

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate / M&A
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Recovery & Insolvency
  • Employment & Employee Benefits
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • EU Law, Competition and Regulation
  • Financial Markets Regulation
  • ICT & Telecoms
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property
  • Investment Management
  • Litigation & Arbitration
  • Private Equity
  • Real Estate
  • Regulatory and Criminal Enforcement
  • Tax
  • Transportation

    • Recent deals and matters

  • SBM Offshore settles with Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Service over alleged improper payments
  • SHV and Nutreco announce a recommended cash offer of EUR 3.5 billion for Nutreco
  • IPO Affirmed on NASDAQ
  • Imtech sells its ICT division to VINCI
  • Klépierre to take over Corio in European mall push
  • IPO IMCD on Euronext Amsterdam
  • Gilde Buy Out Partners and Parcom Capital to sell Nedschroef to PMC for EUR 325 million
  • Ahold reaches agreement in principle to settle Waterbury class action in the United States
  • Advising D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 in antitrust case against Nestlé
  • Advent makes a recommended cash offer for UNIT4

    • International connections

    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has been part of a European network of law firms, sometimes called ‘Best Friends’, for a number of years. The members are all renowned firms and market leaders in their jurisdictions: Slaughter and May (UK), Bredin Prat (France), Hengeler Mueller (Germany), Uría Menéndez (Spain), BonelliErede (Italy)

    References

    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Wikipedia
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