The Finance Monthly M&A Awards 2021

F i nance Month l y M&A Awards 2021 - 41 - - NETHERLANDS - About Jan D. Vriessendorp Jan D. Vriesendorp (LLM) is a cor- porate lawyer with broad experi- ence in M&A, joint ventures and contract law. Jan was educated at Leiden Uni- versity. Jan started his legal ca- reer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2007. Jan is married to a former Dutch hockey international and father of 3 daughters and 1 son. Jan is a passionate cyclist and mountain biker (Ronde van Vlaanderen, Marmot and Mara- tona Dolomiti) and (tour) skier (Haute Route). Jan also serves as a reserve officer within the Dutch army. Jan is ranked in Chambers as a leading M&A lawyer, whereby his efficiency is underlined by cli- ents, one praising him as “smart, fast and pragmatic.” www.vriman.com Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year Firm Profile Vriman is a Dutch M&A/corporate boutique law firm for financial investors and corporate clients with respect to all aspects of corporate life, including M&A, (minority) investments, joint ventures, general corporate law matters, commercial contracting, group structuring, and corporate real estate transactions. Vriman provides corporate law advice to corporate clients, financial investors (private equity, venture capital and institutional investors), management and founders/shareholders. Areas of expertise Mergers & acquisitions Vriman acts for buyers, sellers, target or management. Whether structured as a share or asset sale, organised as an auction or bilateral sale process – we have the legal experience and pragmatic approach to get the deal done. Joint ventures and (minority) investments Vriman has the experience and knowledge to best protect your deal specific interests as a minority-, majority- or 50/50 shareholder and whether being an investor, a (re)participating manager or otherwise. Venture capital Vriman advises both investment funds as well as start/scale-ups in early stage and follow-on investments. We have successfully completed multiple seed financings as well as Series A, B and C follow-on transactions to the satisfaction of our clients. Corporate law Vriman advises financial investors, corporate clients and management on all kinds of corporate law matters, including advising on director’s duties and liabilities, board structures (one tier, two tier, shareholder committees) and the setting-up of board regulations and board committees. We also provide legal opinions with respect to corporate law related matters. Private Equity Vriman has an extensive track-record in advising (international) financial advisors on a wide range of buyout deal types, secondary/add-on transactions, joint ventures/minority investments and management incentive plans. The quality of our practice is best evidenced by the close continuing relationships we have built with our (international) private equity clients. Commercial contracting Vriman advises on a variety of commercial contracts. Including procurement-, management-, manufacturing-, supply-, (transitional) service level-, maintenance- and support agreements. Also, we offer (via Astrid) in-house any type of employment law advice in relation to transactions (management agreements, appointments/dismissals and employment agreements). Jan D. Vriesendorp Vriman M&A Lawyers