Loyens & Loeff

Loyens & Loeff

Headquarters	Rotterdam
No. of offices	15 in 13 countries
No. of attorneys	835
Major practice areas	General Practice
Key people	Willem Jarigsma (Managing Partner)
Date founded	2000 Rotterdam
Company type	N.V.
Website
www.loyensloeff.com

Loyens & Loeff N.V. (L&L) is a prominent law firm headquartered in Rotterdam.^[1] It has offices in the Benelux and Switzerland, as well as in major international financial centres.^[2] The firm has about 1.400 employees, including more than 800 legal and tax lawyers.^[3]

History

Loyens & Loeff was created in 2000 through a merger between the tax law firm Loyens & Volkmaars and part of the law firm Loeff Claeys Verbeke. The histories of these firms began in the early 20th century. Through this merger, Loyens & Loeff became the first firm where attorneys, tax lawyers, and civil law notaries integrated their services.^[4]

Recruiting

The schools most represented within the attorney ranks at Loyens & Loeff include Leiden University, University of Amsterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Utrecht University and University of Groningen.^[5]

Areas of practice

Loyens & Loeff's main practice areas are:^[6]

Administrative Law
Automotive
Banking & Finance
Business Owners & Private Clients
Capital Markets
Commercial Law
Competition
Corporate / M&A
Corporate Investigations, Compliance & Defence
Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
Employment Law, Taxes & Benefits
Energy
Healthcare
Information, Communication & Technology
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Investment Management / Funds
Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation
Pensions & Pension Funds
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Private Equity
Procurement
Projects Team
Real Estate
Regulatory
Tax
VAT & Customs

Awards and rankings

Tier-1 position for Tax in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in Chambers Europe ^[7]
Tier-1 position for Energy & Natural Resources: Regulatory, Investment funds, Private equity, Real estate, and Transportation: Shipping Advisory in the Netherlands in Chambers Europe ^[8]
Tier-1 position for Energy in Belgium in Chambers Europe ^[9]
Tier-1 position for Tax in the Netherlands in Chambers Global ^[10]
Tier-1 position for Tax in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in Legal 500^[11]
Tier-1 position for Mediation, Environment & Planning, Healthcare & Life sciences, Investment funds, and Real estate in the Netherlands in Legal 500^[12]
Tier-1 position for Energy, and EU regulatory food in Belgium in Legal 500 ^[13]
No. 1 in the Mergermarket Benelux league tables 2014 by deal count and no. 10 in the Benelux league tables by deal value ^[14]
No. 1 in the Dutch Overfusies league tables 2014 by deal count and no. 7 in the league tables by deal value ^[15]

References

External links

L&L website