Koen Biesma
Expertise
Koen Biesma is a senior associate in the corporate law practice group. Koen specialises in corporate law and related notarial law.
Koen's practice focuses on M&A transactions (both public and private), (cross-border) corporate restructurings (both domestic and cross-border), joint venture structures, setting up (international) acquisition structures, as well as ongoing advice to public and private companies on a wide range of corporate matters.
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Work highlights
Koen's experience includes advising:
Public M&A
- Accell Group (Euronext Amsterdam) with the public offer by KKR
- Sanofi on its public offer for Kiadis Pharma (Euronext Amsterdam)
- McDermott (NYSE) on its business combination with Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (NYSE)
- Thermo Fisher on its public offer for Patheon (NYSE)
- BinckBank (Euronext Amsterdam) with the public offer by Saxo Bank
- Frank's International (NYSE) on its business combination with Expro (NYSE)
Private M&A
- Apax Partners on its EUR 260 million acquisition of Expereo
- Airbnb on its EUR 53 million Series C in Tiqets
- Apax Partners on its EUR 550 million sale of Expereo to Vitruvian
- Softbank on its EUR 150 million Series C investment in Sendcloud
- NordVPN on its USD 100 million financing from Novator Partners
- a.s.r. on its EUR 4.9 billion business combination with Aegon Nederland
- Darktrace (LYSE) on its EUR 47.5 million acquisition of Cybersprint
- NordVPN on its USD 100 million financing from Warburg Pincus
- a.s.r. on its EUR 510 million sale of Knab to BAWAG
Capital Markets
- trivago on its IPO on NASDAQ
- Instone Real Estate Group on its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Pharming Group on its secondary listing on NASDAQ
- SIGNA Sports United on its merger with Yucaipa (de-SPAC)
- FEMSA on its EUR 3.3 billion accelerated bookbuilding offering (ABB) of Heineken and Heineken Holding shares
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Qualifications
Koen joined NautaDutilh in 2017. From September 2022 to December 2023, Koen was seconded to our London office. Koen is fluent in Dutch and English. Koen graduated from the University of Amsterdam in 2016. In 2021, Koen completed the corporate law course at Grotius Academy from the Radboud University with honours.