Joost works in NautaDutilh’s corporate department specializing in mergers, acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures. Joost regularly advises clients on cross-border auction sales, leveraged buy outs, public offers and capital market transactions as well as corporate governance and general corporate law matters.

Joost’s recent work includes advising:

• Van Wijnen and its shareholders on the sale to HAL Investments
• Advent and Cinven on the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp's elevator business
• Nouryon on the sale of its redispersible polymer powders business to Celanese
• HAL Investments on the sale of its ownership interest in GrandVision to EssilorLuxottica 
• VvAA on the sale of its life insurance business to a.s.r.
• BasicFit on the acquisition of Fitland
• Bain Capital on the acquisition of DSM Sinochem
• Vivendi on the acquisition of Paylogic
• Toray on the acquisition of Ten Cate Advanced Composite 
• Aegon, a.s.r., NN and Vivat on the sale of CED Holding to Blackfin
• The State of the Netherlands on the sale of Propertize to Lone Star and JP Morgan
• Mylan on its unsolicited public offer for Perrigo
• Thermo Fisher on its public offer for Patheon
• Delta Lloyd on the divestment of its 30% stake in Van Lanschot through a marketed offering

Joost is admitted to the Amsterdam bar.