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Banking
Tier 1
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

DLA Piper
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
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Tier 2

Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 1
15 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 2
16 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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FIZ advocaten
2 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 2
15 firms ranked
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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FG Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 2
39 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

DeBreij
1 practice area
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
4 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
2 practice areas
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Vriman M&A Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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9Corporate
1 practice area
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BarentsKrans
3 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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JB Law
2 practice areas
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Ploum Lodder Princen
4 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 2
13 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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AKD
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Resor
4 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Wijn & Stael
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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HVG Law
2 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Van Benthem & Keulen
1 practice area
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance’s Amsterdam office has been active for almost half a century. 

 

Focusses/specialisms 

The firm is renowned in the Netherlands for its strength in banking, capital markets and restructuring mandates, where it ranks among the very best in the market. 

 

 

 
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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV
Issuer
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV
Issuer
Block.one - M&A
2021-08-12
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Annette Rohder, Caroline Scholke, Dimitri Slobodenjuk, Ellen de Kok, Evert van der Kaa, Gregory Crookes, Ilse van Gasteren, Lara Stelmach, Laura Stegeman, Luc van Oosterhout, Nico Feuerstein, Nicolas Cookson, Orsolya Gondos, Philipp Klockner, Stern Flik, Thomas Krecek, Tjerk de Jonge
Block.one
Seller
ACT Commodities Group BV - M&A
2021-07-30
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
ACT Commodities Group BV
Target
TenCate Geosynthetics Holding BV - M&A
2021-04-07
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
TenCate Geosynthetics Holding BV
Target
Curaeos BV - M&A
2021-08-02
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Curaeos BV
Target
Roompot Vakanties BV - M&A
2021-06-17
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Amin Tamaddoni, Andrei Mikes, Charlotte Davidson-Horsten, Dirk Berendsen, Esmee Oldenkamp, Floris Bult, Folko De Vries, Frans Muller, IJsbrand De Jong, Iliana Diedrich, Jaap Tempelman, Jan-Hendrik Horsmeier, Jasper Wesselman, Jorg Rhiel, Katja Busuladzic, Laura Dolstra, Laura Stegeman, Liesbeth Buiter, Lisa Ye, Lotte de Bruin, Maria-Franziska Rontsch, Mark-Jan Arends, Maryam Al-Zubaidy, Merel Vermolen, Michiel Sunderman, Nancy Stoke, Sanne Blankestijn, Sarah Campbell, Shaun Campbell, Sophie Wijdeveld, Stern Flik, Wijnanda Rutten
Roompot Vakanties BV
Buyer
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec - M&A
2021-05-05
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Andre Duminy, Andrew Quaile, Edward Page, Frederik Muhl, Gilles Lebreton, James Boswell, James Shepherd, Jonathan Dillon, Josh Baxter, Nick Mace, Samir Azzouzi, Toby Parkinson
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec
Buyer
Nordic Capital Ltd. - M&A
2021-07-27
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Celine Vermeulen, Ellen de Kok, Frans Muller, Gregory Crookes, Hansuya Reddy, Iga Mamczarz, IJsbrand De Jong, Jaap Tempelman, Joris Dortmans, Laura Stegeman, Leen Kranenburg, Lotte van den Berg, Mark-Jan Arends, Michiel Sunderman, Mies Rijperman, Pascal Borsje, Sophie Riemer, Tamlin Higgins, Wijnanda Rutten
Nordic Capital Ltd.
Buyer
Prosus NV - M&A
2021-06-15
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Prosus NV
Buyer
TenCate Grass Holding BV - M&A
2021-09-14
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
TenCate Grass Holding BV
Target
NIBC Bank - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ABN AMRO Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Morgan Stanley, NIBC Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Société Générale, UBS
Underwriter
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ABN AMRO Bank, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - BNG, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, Daiwa Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Goldman Sachs, Groupe BPCE, HSBC, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, NORD/LB, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Scotiabank, Société Générale, TD Global Finance, Toronto-Dominion Bank, UniCredit
Underwriter
IHS Netherlands Holdco BV - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ABSA Bank, Access Bank plc, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Rand Merchant Bank Ltd, Royal Bank of Canada, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
Lukoil Securities BV - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Citigroup, Gazprombank, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ABN AMRO Bank, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - BNG, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, Daiwa Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Goldman Sachs, Groupe BPCE, HSBC, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, NORD/LB, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Scotiabank, Société Générale, TD Global Finance, Toronto-Dominion Bank, UniCredit
Underwriter
Trinseo SA - M&A
2021-12-07
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Evert van der Kaa, Floris Bult, Gregory Crookes, Iga Mamczarz, Jorrit Sijl, Lotte de Bruin, Magdalena Kucko, Mark-Jan Arends, Michiel Sunderman, Stern Flik
Trinseo SA
Buyer
Rabobank - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Rabobank
Issuer
ABN AMRO Bank - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ABN AMRO Bank
Issuer
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ABN AMRO Bank, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - BNG, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, Daiwa Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Goldman Sachs, Groupe BPCE, HSBC, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, NORD/LB, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Scotiabank, Société Générale, TD Global Finance, Toronto-Dominion Bank, UniCredit
Underwriter
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Corporate partner Aline Cardin and counsel Alexander Tollast discuss winning the instruction, road-testing the EU Pilot Regime and turning a first-of-its-kind transaction into know-how
Gibson Dunn has hired a seven-lawyer investment funds team from Clifford Chance in Paris, led by partner Xavier Comaills, as the firm continues its European expansion
Clifford Chance, Bowmans and Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie were among the top winning firms at the awards dinner held in Cape Town on March 17  
M&A
Corporate M&A and PE lawyer Alexandra Wilde has been appointed as managing partner to ‘lead the next phase of growth across the US region’
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, real estate, antitrust, finance and capital markets practices in the UK and the US
M&A
New hires were made across the corporate, PE, regulatory and finance practices in Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Sydney, Rome, London and the Cayman Islands
Lawyers at Clifford Chance and Skadden examine how the regulation has driven legal demand at their firms and transformed advisory strategies
A revamped rulebook has given a boost to London IPO activity that looks set to continue in the fourth quarter and into 2026, lawyers tell IFLR
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