Niek de Kort is a candidate civil law notary and is a member of NautaDutilh’s Corporate and M&A Department. He advises on a variety of cross-border transactions, including but not limited to: private and public M&A, IPOs, corporate governance, domestic and cross-border (re)structuring, joint ventures, and finance. Niek has extensive experience working with both Dutch and international clients including banks, private equity firms, real estate funds, among others.

From February 2017 through August 2018, Niek was the resident candidate civil law notary in NautaDutilh's New York office. During that time, Niek regularly worked across practice areas which allowed him to gain a new perspective on US coordinated corporate M&A and finance transactions.

Niek graduated from the University of Utrecht and the University of Amsterdam in 2012 with Master degrees in both notarial law and tax law. He joined NautaDutilh in the same year and he is currently also a member of the KNB (Royal Society of Notaries).