Wijnand Peelen
Advocaat | Associate
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Wijnand works as a lawyer in the Corporate/M&A practice group. He engages in national and international mergers and acquisitions, including company acquisitions, joint ventures and other collaborations, and acts for both private equity and strategic parties. Wijnand previously worked in the Finance & Investment Management group.
Qualifications & experience
- LL.M. Law and Finance (cum laude) (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
- LL.B. Law (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
- BA Philosophy (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Advised 3i on the sale of the Weener Plastics group, producer of high-quality plastic packaging products, to US manufacturing company Silgan Holdings.
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Represented Fortenova Group, the largest food producer and retailer in South-Eastern Europe with an annual turnover of EUR 5 billion and 47.500 employees, in the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring resulting from the presence of sanctioned debt and equity holders in its capital structure and cross-border litigation in connection therewith.
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Advised Future Business Partnership, an impact investor focusing on sustainably-minded brands, on its investment in Naïf Care.
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Advised Loyalty Ventures Inc. and the BrandLoyalty Group on the sale of BrandLoyalty to Opportunity Partners.
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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.
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Advised B&C Industrieholding GmbH, together with CERHA HEMPEL, on the acquisition of 80% stake in the Schur Flexibles Group, which has an enterprise value of around EUR 900m and four production sites in the Netherlands.
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Assisted Söderberg & Partners with the acquisition of a minority stake in Van Loon. The group companies of Van Loon provide advisory and administrative services concerning insurances and other financial products to individuals and companies.