The Mergers, Acquisitions and Private Equity practice represents a core competency of Benvalor. We routinely advise on structuring acquisitions and dispositions, assist in negotiations and document the transactions. Our transactional experience is comprehensive and varied. Transactions handled include strategic mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, management buyouts, asset sales, partnering arrangements, distressed company deals, cross-border transactions, and various joint ventures and strategic alliances.

Our clients include Dutch and non-Dutch companies of all sizes, investors, private equity groups, venture capitalists, financial institutions and intermediaries. Our transactional practice reflects wide-ranging industry experience across of industries including technology, life sciences, telecommunication, automotive, shipping, real estate, sports and e-commerce. We work closely together with our tax group to structure our clients’ investments to obtain the most favourable tax treatment. We have extensive experience in the sale and purchase of family-owned businesses, understanding key succession and estate planning issues.

We seek to build long-term relationships with our clients and, to that end, we are dedicated to helping our clients achieve their objectives without burdening them with undue expenses. We assembly effective transaction teams with the expertise the situation calls for. We have access to an extensive network of high quality civil law notaries and specialist lawyers in all major jurisdictions. We can immediately involve these specialists, if and when necessary.

Our attorneys are well-versed in the private equity and venture capital world, having represented both investors and their portfolio companies in a number of growth industries. Benvalor is an associated member of the Dutch Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (NVP). Our clients rely on us not only for legal advice but also for a reasonable, practical approach based on our extensive corporate and operational experience. We have a pragmatic approach that includes viewing legal issues in commercial terms and evaluating the impact of each issue on potential returns on investment.

Please find below a list of our recent engagements:

• Take-over of a GPS technology company for a listed Swiss company;
• Outsourcing transaction in leading media company
• Private equity backed take-over of a logistics company
• An asset sale of heavy-lifting activities
• Venture capital investment in a life sciences company
• Venture capital investment in a technology company
• A management buy-in of a Dutch radar technology company
• Venture capital investment in a pharmaceutical company
• The acquisition of a professional soccer club
• A share sale in the automotive industry
• Private equity investment in a human resources company