Hanneke heads the corporate and finance teams in Amsterdam and is global co-head M&A. She is a versatile lawyer across the full spectrum, including ECM, public and private M&A and private equity.
With a wealth of experience in capital markets and public and private M&A transactions, Hanneke empowers clients to seize transformational opportunities. Her creative, commercial and pragmatic advice combined with a strong strategic radar are praised by her clients and other practitioners in the market being known for her solution-driven approach.
Hanneke’s strong track record of successful deal-making across diverse expertise areas and industries gives clients a critical advantage. Her versatility and deep understanding of deal dynamics, including multiple track exits, enables her to always be ahead of the game.
Hanneke is a contributor to the leading academic handbooks on public M&A and capital markets.
Fluent in Dutch and English.
- Advising Merck on the agreement to acquire HUB Organoids Holding from Stichting Ontwikkelfonds voor Organoïden.
- Advising CVC Capital Partners, a leading global private markets manager, on its €14bn IPO on Euronext Amsterdam.
- Advising Universal Music Group on its separation from Vivendi SE and the listing of its share capital on Euronext Amsterdam.
- Advising Altor Equity Partners, a Swedish investment firm, on its intended voluntary tender offer, together with US-based Marlin Equity Partners, to acquire all shares of media monitoring and social analytics platform Meltwater, a Dutch N.V. listed on Oslo Børs - Euronext.
- Advising Permira and Blackstone on the take-private of Oslo-listed Adevinta, one of the largest European buyouts announced in 2023.
- Advising CVC on its acquisition of a majority stake in leading infrastructure manager, DIF Capital Partners, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares over time.
- Advising Allfunds Group, one of the world’s leading B2B WealthTech platforms, and its majority owner Hellman & Friedman, on its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam and successful defence against the attempted takeover offer by Euronext Amsterdam.
- Advising Johnson & Johnson on its acquisition of GATT Technologies B.V;
- Advising Novartis on its acquisition of Calypso Biotech, an immunotherapy biotech company;
- Advising Pepco, the fast-growing, multi-format, pan-European discount variety retailer, on its IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
- Advising Royal Boskalis Westminster on the €4.2bn public takeover by HAL Holding, its mandatory public takeover of Dockwise Ltd (a Bermuda company listed in Norway and the Netherlands.), its public takeover rof Smit Internationale and over 20+ private M&A transactions globally.
- Advising a consortium of PAI Partners and Charles Jobson on the public offer for the share capital of Koninklijke Wessanen, a European leader in healthy, organic and sustainable food for approximately €885m.
- Advising NN Group N.V., the leading Dutch insurer, on its IPO and subsequent €2.5bn public offer for Delta Lloyd.
- Advising Wereldhave on its rights issue of €550m to finance the acquisition of nine shopping centresAnd advising the underwriting banks on Wereldhave’s €257m rights issue.
- Advising Telenet, the leading Belgian cable operator listed on Euronext Brussels and 56%-owned by Liberty Global, on its definitive agreement to acquire BASE Company NV from KPN in an all cash transaction valuing BASE Company at €1.325bn.
- Advising Ziggo N.V., the leading Dutch cable operator, on its global offering and listing on Euronext Amsterdam and the subsequent €7bn public offer by Liberty Global Plc to acquire all Ziggo's share capital.
