De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. is a Dutch law firm headquartered in Amsterdam with branch offices in Brussels, London, Shanghai and Singapore. The firm has 60 partners and 300 other qualified lawyers. The firm was founded in 1871.

Areas of practice In 2018, Chambers & Partners ranked De Brauw top tier in twelve practice areas, which is the second highest of any Dutch firm. De Brauw's main practice areas are:

Arbitration Capital Markets Competition & Regulation Construction Corporate Advisory Corporate Governance Employment & Employee Benefits Energy, Infrastructure & Environment Finance & Restructuring Financial Institutions Financial Markets Regulation Insolvency Insurance Intellectual Property International trade Investment Management Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions Pensions Privacy & Data Security Private Equity Real Estate Regulatory & Criminal Enforcement Supreme Court Litigation Tax

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, comprising: Slaughter and May (UK), Bredin Prat (France), Hengeler Mueller (Germany), Uría Menéndez (Spain), BonelliErede (Italy).

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

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