Heussen — Netherlands

About

HEUSSEN Lawyers & Civil Law Notaries is an independent law firm based in Amsterdam, founded in 2005. At HEUSSEN, we provide legal services that meet the demands of a dynamic and interconnected world. We combine expert legal knowledge with a practical, solution-driven approach to help businesses navigate an evolving global landscape. We deliver strategic legal counsel tailored to the needs of both corporate and private clients. We have a strong international focus. Our client base ranges from mid-sized to large companies based across the world, with a strong presence from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, particularly Japan and the Greater China region. Our teams collaborate across jurisdictions, ensuring seamless support in cross-border matters. We work closely with tax advisers, auditors, and corporate finance consultants to provide well-rounded solutions that go beyond legal advice. Our lawyers are fluent in Dutch and English, and some also speak Chinese, German, Farsi, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Swedish. This enables us to serve clients in their own language and legal culture, ensuring clarity and confidence in every transaction. HEUSSEN Lawyers & Civil Law Notaries has independent partner firms in Germany (HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH), and Italy (HEUSSEN Studio Legale e Tributario). Areas of practice: Corporate and corporate structuring: general corporate law matters, director’s liability, corporate governance, European company (SE), (cross-border) corporate structurings, contributions by and distributions to shareholders, audit and publication rules and requirements, (cross-border) legal mergers and demergers, capital increase and decrease, liquidation of Dutch companies and other legal persons, formation of Dutch companies and other legal persons, partnerships issuance of shares, migration of companies to and from the Netherlands. M&A: buyer and vendor due diligence, joint-ventures and other corporate alliances, management and leveraged buy outs and buy ins, acquisitions, divestitures, pre- and post-deal structuring, private equity, shareholders’ agreements. Banking and finance: structured finance, legal opinions, loans, bonds, notes and other finance documentation, security rights. Contracts and commercial law: agency and distribution, general terms and conditions, customer relations, franchising, private international law, international sale and purchase of goods, intra-group agreements, partnerships, product liability. Employment law: general employment and social security related issues, employee (stock) incentive plans, employment and assignment contracts, employment litigation, termination of employment contracts, industrial relations and collective labor agreements, international (cross-border) employment issues, works council issues, outsourcing and secondments, company transitions and transfer of an undertaking, reorganizations and collective dismissals. Corporate and commercial litigation: liability issues, interpretation of contracts, breach of contract, tort litigation assessment, corporate and commercial litigation, insurance litigation, earn-out disputes, seizure of assets, summary proceedings, international disputes. ### Languages - Chinese - Dutch - English - Farsi - German - Hindi - Italian - Japanese - Spanish - Swedish ### Memberships - AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands) - American Bar Association (ABA) - Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands - CCIO (Italian Chamber of Commerce for Holland) - DNHK (German - Netherlands Chamber of Commerce) - Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Sweden - Dutch & Japanese Trade Federation (DUJAT) - JCC (Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands) - NCBC (Netherlands China Business Council) - NCCC (Netherlands - Canada Chamber of Commerce) - NICCT (Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce & Trade) ### Staffing Figures - 200 Number of lawyers (total) - 20 Number of lawyers Amsterdam office

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Lawyers in this office

Herman Ruiter

Herman is a partner and head of the Litigation & Commercial Contracting practice group. He specialises in corporate and commercial litigation. Additionally, he assists national and international companies on commercial contracting issues. · Litigation

Martijn Koot

Martijn is a partner in the corporate law and banking & finance practices and focuses primarily on cross-border corporate and financial reorganizations, acquisitions and joint ventures and on cross-border financial transactions including but not limited to syndicated lending, acquisition and leveraged financing and asset-based lending. · Corporate / M&A

Niels van Gelder

Niels is a partner in the employment law practice. He advises both national and international clients on various employment law matters, with a particular emphasis on individual and collective dismissals, reorganisations and post-deal harmonisation of employment conditions, cross-border employment and employee participation issues (works councils). · Employment

Nils van Dijkman

Nils is a partner in the employment law practice. He advises on various employment law matters, with a particular emphasis on reorganisations, employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions, industrial relations, cross-border employment and employee participation issues (works councils). He advises both Dutch and international companies, as well as their executives. Since June 2020, Nils is the Honorary Consul General for Sweden in Amsterdam and the surrounding area. · Employment

Oscar Hoefnagels

Oscar is a civil-law notary and partner in the corporate law practice. He has extensive experience in various aspects of corporate law, and specializes in both domestic and cross-border restructurings, mergers & acquisitions, investment rounds, employee participations, legal mergers and demergers. · Corporate / M&A

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Rens Berrevoets

Rens is an associate in the corporate law practice and advises and assists both national and international companies on M&A transactions and corporate restructuring. · Corporate / M&A

Sandy van der Schaaf

Sandy is a partner in our corporate practice group, specialized in Banking & Finance, with a particular emphasis on domestic and cross-border finance transactions, structured finance, securitisation and restructuring. · Banking & Finance

Stan Robbers

Stan is a partner in the corporate law practice and specialises in advising and assisting both national and international companies on cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, investments and joint-ventures. · Corporate / M&A

Tim Schreuders

Tim is a partner in the corporate law practice and specialises in corporate law and M&A, with a particular emphasis on domestic and cross-border corporate and financial reorganisations, corporate governance and joint ventures. · Corporate / M&A