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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
9 practice areas
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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
10 practice areas
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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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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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Tier 1

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
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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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Tier 2

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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Tier 1

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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Tier 1

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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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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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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Tier 1

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
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale, UBS, UniCredit
Underwriter
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
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
Rabobank - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Rabobank
Issuer
Rabobank - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Rabobank
Issuer
LeasePlan Corp NV - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
LeasePlan Corp NV
Issuer
Infravia Capital Partners - M&A
2022-06-22
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Infravia Capital Partners
Buyer
BME Group - M&A
2022-04-04
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Alec Sanderson, Hannah van Dijk, Jorrit Sijl, Jurre Jurriens, Lauresse Anemaet, Lotte van den Berg, Michiel Sunderman, Pieter Leefers, Sanne Blankestijn, Stephanie Horowitz, Tjerk de Jonge
BME Group
Buyer
Diamond Generating Europe Ltd. - offshore wind farm Borssele 3/4 - M&A
2022-03-09
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Alec Sanderson, Alex Nourry, Dayu Man, Deepaloke Chatterjee, Edita Katuscakova, Hein Tonnaer, Jasper Dijkshoorn, Joris Dortmans, Liesbeth Buiter, Luc van Oosterhout, Michael Yan, Michiel Sunderman, Sabine Heuvel, Sarah van Eijk, Stern Flik, Tim Heerschop, Tjerk de Jonge, Xiang Li, Yong Bai
Diamond Generating Europe Ltd. - offshore wind farm Borssele 3/4
Target
Equistone Partners Europe Ltd. - M&A
2023-01-03
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Equistone Partners Europe Ltd.
Buyer
Seller Group - multiple shareholders - M&A
2022-07-18
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Claudia Carr, Nicholas Hughes, Samuel Monk, Zahrah Mohammad
Seller Group - multiple shareholders
Seller
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2023-01-09
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Ahmad Zaheri, Amrei Fuder, Anja Roth, Arne Gayk, Birgit Seyfert, Charlotte Strohofer, Cristina Weidner, David Rahmel, Diana Schoch, Dimitri Slobodenjuk, Dominik Rauchenberger, Harald Amer, Jonathan Klein, Lancelot Arenberg, Laura Stegeman, Liesbeth Buiter, Magda Pawela-Hausler, Margret Bootz-Hagen, Maximilian Sablotny, Philip Heinzel, Philipp Stoecker, Sophie Töke, Stefan Bruder, Stephanie Cohen, Tatjana Bougargour
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
Koole Terminals BV - M&A
2023-01-24
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Laura Stegeman, Mark-Jan Arends
Koole Terminals BV
Buyer
NIBC Bank NV - M&A
2023-04-27
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
NIBC Bank NV
Seller
Seller Group - multiple shareholders - M&A
2023-04-26
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Alec Sanderson, Alexander Tanguy, Bruno Lopez, Cile Arnoldy, Floris Van de Bult, Frans Muller, Gregory Crookes, Iga Mamczarz, Jaap Tempelman, Jeroen Thijssen, Jurre Jurriens, Leen Kranenburg, Marian Scheele, Mark-Jan Arends, Merel Vermolen, Michiel Sunderman, Polly Huls, Richard Blewett, Sam Akkersdijk, Samuel van Eijnatten, Sanne Blankestijn, Tamlin Higgins, Tim Heerschop, Wijnanda Rutten, Wouter van den Bosch
Seller Group - multiple shareholders
Seller
CapMan Infra Management Oy - M&A
2023-05-09
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
Daniela Chilkevitsh, Herman Steinvoort, Johan Niesten, Menno Postma, Stern Flik, Titus de Vries
CapMan Infra Management Oy
Buyer
SkyNRG BV - M&A
2023-11-16
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
M&A
SkyNRG BV
Target
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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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