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Jaap Barneveld

Partner (M&A and Capital Markets) · De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

NetherlandsCorporate / M&A, Capital MarketsDutch, English

About

Jaap Barneveld is a corporate partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek specializing in mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, capital markets and corporate governance. He is a noted expert in company law, serves as Professor of Legal Aspects of Corporate Transactions at the University of Groningen and has been ranked 'Next Generation Partner' by Legal500 in Corporate/M&A and Equity Capital Markets.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsVenture CapitalCorporate Governance

Office

Expertise

Mergers & AcquisitionsCapital MarketsVenture CapitalCorporate AdvisoryCorporate GovernancePublic Offers (friendly and hostile)Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)Company Law / Corporate TransactionsBoard Structures & Fiduciary DutiesActivist Shareholders

Education

  • University of Amsterdam (PhD cum laude)
  • Yale Law School
  • Columbia University

Languages

DutchEnglish