Corporate Law

Our Corporate Law practitioners have the necessary expertise to advise companies and business owners on mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations, but also on business disputes or in debt collection cases. We assist our clients during all the phases of the process.

Our lawyers advise within specialist practice groups in the field of Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Litigation and Insolvency Law & Restructuring. That allows us to offer optimal quality in a rapidly changing legal world. As corporate law practitioners, we can present effective solutions to ensure that your company is successful and to safeguard its continuity.

Corporate Law at FORT Advocaten

Our lawyers provide customised advice on:

Entering into or breaking up partnerships
The provision and sale of security
Share issues and refinancing
Mergers and transfers
Supervision of reorganisations
Attachments and litigation
Contract law
Franchise agreements
Mergers and acquisitions
Disputes within the company
Disputes regarding commercial contracts
Insolvencies and bankruptcies
Joint Ventures
Management buy-in/buy-out
Drawing up shareholders’ agreements
Private Equity
Law of Legal Entities
Company Law
Issues regarding associations of persons, such as general partnerships, professional partnerships and limited partnerships

We refer to our specialised practice groups:

Partners Corporate Law

Berth Brouwer

Partner

Expertise: corporate law, corporate litigation, dispute resolution, class actions

Willem van Dijk

Partner

Expertise: (international) commercial and corporate litigation

Duco van Dongen

Partner

Expertise: insolvency law, restructuring, financing & securities, special management

Derk van Geel

Partner

Expertise: insolvency law, restructuring, financing & Securities, default management

Elias van Kampen

Partner

Expertise: employment law, pension law, international transport law, employee participation, fraud in the workplace

Harro Schulz

Partner

Expertise: (cross border) mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance issues, corporate litigation

Terry Steffens

Managing Partner

Expertise: corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, financing & securities

Tony Vermeulen

Partner

Expertise: (international) commercial contracts, commercial litigation

Attorneys-at-law Corporate Law

Floor van den Berg

Expertise: corporate & commercial litigation

Eva Bokslag

Expertise: employment law

Berth Brouwer

Partner

Expertise: corporate law, corporate litigation, dispute resolution, class actions

Willem van Dijk

Partner

Expertise: (international) commercial and corporate litigation

Tijn Coppens

Expertise: corporate law, corporate & commercial litigation

Derk van Geel

Partner

Expertise: insolvency law, restructuring, financing & Securities, default management

Elias van Kampen

Partner

Expertise: employment law, pension law, international transport law, employee participation, fraud in the workplace

Harro Schulz

Partner

Expertise: (cross border) mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance issues, corporate litigation

Maryse Dubbeldam

Expertise: employment law

Terry Steffens

Managing Partner

Expertise: corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, financing & securities

Merijn van Engelen

Expertise: corporate law, mergers and acquisitions

Chantal Hageman

Expertise: corporate law, mergers & acquisitions

Davide Hazenberg

Expertise: Insolvency law, restructuring, financing & securities

Tony Vermeulen

Partner

Expertise: (international) commercial contracts, commercial litigation

Rein Pleiter

Expertise: corporate law, corporate & commercial litigation

Dante le Poole

Expertise: corporate law, contract law, corporate & commercial litigation, private international law, BES law (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba)

Floris Jan Vasse

Expertise: corporate law, mergers and acquisitions

Sander van Veen

Expertise: corporate law, corporate & commercial litigation

Wieke Verberne

Expertise: insolvency law, restructuring, financing & securities

Florentijn Verhagen

Expertise: insolvency law, restructuring, financing & securities, default management

Bo Schuurmans

Expertise: bankruptcies

Sanne de Vries-Vredevoort

Expertise: bankruptcies

Lize van de Werken

Expertise: employment law

Mariëlle de Wild

Expertise: insolvency law, restructuring, financing & securities, default management

Track record

Assisting Gibson Brands on the issue of USD 150 million in bonds to various banks.

Assisting the seller on the sale of the share capital in hotel The Toren to an international group of hotels.

Assisting one of the founders/shareholders of WeTransfer in an investment by a private equity investor.

Sale of a block of shares of TICA Aalsmeer B.V., a B2B purchase centre, to PW Markets.

Sale of assets of United Food Family, a snack supplier (previously Van Oers B.V.).

Settling a joint venture buyout of Realworks B.V., an ICT supplier.

Assisting the official receivers of fashion retailers Mexx and MS Mode on their restarts (including drawing up and negotiating the transaction documentation).

Purchasing a block of shares in a golf course for property developer Nedstede.

Assisting a shareholder in an international clothing retail company in a dispute with her fellow shareholders.

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