Biography
Lennart Crain is an Amsterdam-based Corporate partner focusing on M&A and Private Equity.
Lennart specializes in private and public M&A, including controlled auctions, public bids, complex disentanglements and leveraged buyouts. He is a seasoned dealmaker in cross-border transactions for corporates, financial institutions and PE alike, and across several industries.
Recent transactional highlights
- The founding Tadolini family and management in the buyout of industrial firm Megadyne by private equity firm Partners Group and roll-over into a combination with Ammeraal Beltech at a combined value of €2bn
- A Dutch PE firm’s acquisition of a 5-star hotel
- One of Sweden’s largest conglomerates on multiple acquisitions in the industrial space
- A PE firm’s exit from a financial intermediary
- Kuala Lumpur-listed IOI Corp.’s sale of a 70% stake in Loders Croklaan to Bunge (NYSE: BG) for an implied enterprise value of $1.4bn
Practice areas
- M&A
- Private equity
Sector specialisations
- Banking
- Financial services
- Insurance
- Media
- Tech and telecoms
Bar admissions
- Netherlands
Association memberships
- International Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Academic qualifications
- MBA, Columbia Business School (2010)
- LL.M., Maastricht University (2004)
Address:
Tel:+31 88 253 5237
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Website:https://www.akd.nl/en/specialists/lennart-crain
Amsterdam
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