De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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| Headquarters |  Amsterdam |
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| No. of Offices | 4 |
| No. of Attorneys | 338 |
| Major Practice Areas | General practice |
| Revenue | ▲ EUR 115 million |
| Date Founded | 1871 (The Hague) |
| Company Type | N.V. |
| Website | www.debrauw.com |
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is a Dutch law firm headquartered in Amsterdam with branch offices in London, New York City, and The Hague. The firm has 76 partners and 260 qualified lawyers. The firm was founded in 1871.[1]
De Brauw is lead counsel to over 40% of the top 100 companies in the Netherlands.[2][3]
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[edit] Areas of practice
Chambers & Partners [4] 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:[5]
- Asset, structured and project finance
- Banking and capital markets
- Competition
- Contract law
- Corporate / M&A
- Corporate criminal defense and investigations
- Corporate governance
- Corporate recovery & insolvency
- Employment & employee benefits
- Estate planning
- Information, Communication & Technology
- Intellectual property
- Investment management
- Litigation & arbitration
- Public law
- Public offers
- Real estate
- Tax
[edit] Recent deals
- De Brauw acted as lead legal advisor to Fortis and Santander on the EUR 71 billion takeover of ABN Amro[6]
- De Brauw advised Akzo Nobel on its €11.9 billion acquisition of Imperial Chemical Industries[7]
- De Brauw advised Philips on its €7.2 billion divestment of its NXP Semiconductors business to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts[8]
[edit] International connections
The firm maintains close ties to several other law firms in major business jurisdictions, including Slaughter and May (UK), Bredin Prat (France), Hengeler Mueller (Germany), Uría Menéndez (Spain).
