Kasper van der Sanden

Advocaat | Senior Associate

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Kasper is an associate in the Corporate M&A practice group. He advises on complex (cross-border) private M&A and capital markets transactions, such as acquisitions, divestments, public offers and listings. Kasper has a background in corporate litigation and regularly advises clients on corporate governance, joint ventures, securities regulatory compliance and general cross-border matters.

Kasper has co-authored articles published in Tijdschrift Ondernemingsrecht (the leading corporate journal on Dutch corporate law) and International Comparative Legal Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions.

qualifications & Experience

  • LL.M. Company Law (cum laude) (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • LL.B. Dutch Law (University of Amsterdam)
  • BSc History (University of Amsterdam)
  • Exchange Programme (University of Texas, Austin) (School of Law)
  • Exchange Programme (University of Toronto, Canada) (Faculty of Law)
  • Advised an ad hoc group of secured lenders to Tupperware Brands Corporation who successfully completed the acquisition of certain key assets of the Tupperware Group, including global rights to the Tupperware brand name and related intellectual property as well as operations in core geographic markets. Operations in these global core markets will continue uninterrupted and customers will be able to purchase products from independent Tupperware sales consultants, Tupperware ecommerce sites and retail partners. 
  • Advised Seek Limited on the sale of Brasil Online Holdings Coöperatief U.A. and Online Career Center Mexico, S.A.P.I. de C.V. to Red Arbor Holding, S.L. for a cash consideration of USD 85 million.

  • Advised 3i on the sale of the Weener Plastics group, producer of high-quality plastic packaging products, to US manufacturing company Silgan Holdings.
  • Advised Castik Capital S.a.r.l. on the acquisition of paraDIGMA Group.
  • Advised, together with Van Bael & Bellis, Sopra Steria Group SA (Euronext Paris), a European Tech leader recognised for its consulting, digital services and software development, on its recommended public offer for all ordinary shares in the capital of Ordina N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam), a Benelux-based consulting and IT services provider.
  • Advised SPS Commerce, Inc. on the acquisition of all business and operations of TIE Kinetix, listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

  • Advised European Healthcare Acquisition & Growth Company B.V., a Euronext Amsterdam-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), on entering into a business combination with Croma-Pharma GmbH.

  • Advised Lumileds, a global leader in innovative lighting solutions, in its comprehensive financial restructuring. Lumileds emerged from a Chapter 11, resulting in a leadership transition and a funded debt reduction of approximately USD 1.4 billion.
  • Advised Apax Partners on the sale of a majority stake in Boasso Global to KKR.
  • Advised GP Bullhound Acquisition I SE (SPAC) on its IPO raising EUR 200 million.
  • Advised Ease2pay N.V. on the intended acquisition of Involtum Holding B.V. and capital raise.
  • Advised CSC on the conditional agreement of a recommended public offer for all shares of Intertrust for EUR 20 (cum dividend) in cash per share.
  • Advised European Healthcare Acquisition & Growth Company B.V. (EHC), the first operators-led healthcare-focused acquisition and growth company in Europe, on successfully completing its EUR 200 million private placement and listing on Euronext Amsterdam.
  • Advised Redefine Properties Limited (listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange) and European Logistics Investment B.V. (ELI) on the sale of 46.5% of the shares in ELI to Madison International Realty and 2% of the shares in ELI to Griffin Real Estate. Houthoff worked in close collaboration with Rymarz Zdort on this matter.

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