About NautaDutilh

NautaDutilh is an international law firm practising Dutch, Belgian, Luxembourg and Dutch Caribbean law. Founded in 1724, our firm is one of the largest in the Benelux region. We have around 400 lawyers, civil law notaries and tax advisers working in offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Luxembourg, New York and Rotterdam. We assist national and international clients, including companies, financial institutions and governmental bodies, in transactions, litigation and other legal matters of varying levels of complexity. We are an independent firm and have longstanding relationships with leading law firms worldwide based on working together over decades. Board Petra Zijp, Jaap Jan Trommel and Chris Warner Partners 68 partners, including 16 women Professors 10 of our lawyers are also university professors Diversity NautaDutilh embraces diversity and inclusion. Our approach is based on the understanding that we are all the same and yet all different. In 2012, NautaDutilh was proclaimed 'Best Firm for Women in Business Law: Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands'. In 2014, we launched the network 'ND Globe' to support LGBT inclusion within our firm. Corporate social responsibility Taking responsibility for the effects of our activities from a social, ecological and economic perspective is a fundamental part of how we think and act. We are firmly rooted in society and strive to make a positive contribution to the way it functions. We are especially dedicated to playing an active role in society where children who have poor access to 'law' are concerned. One of the organisations we support in this light is KidsRights, which promotes the well-being of vulnerable children across the world and advocates the realisation of their rights. KidsRights sees children as changemakers.

Practice areas

Banking & Finance, Competition, Corporate/M&A, Employment & Pensions, Fraud & White Collar Crime, Information & Communication Technology, Insurance & Liability, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Arbitration, Notarial Law, Public & Regulatory, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Restructuring & Insolvency and Taxation. Industries

Energy & Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Investment Funds, Life Sciences, Private Equity, Professional Services, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Media & Technology and Transport & Logistics.

Recognition LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: THE NETHERLANDS IFLR EUROPE AWARDS 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 CROSS BORDER LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR IN LUXEMBOURG GLOBAL LAW EXPERTS AWARDS 2015 HIGHLY COMMENDED IN 'INNOVATION IN STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS FOR CLIENTS' FT INNOVATIVE LAWYERS 2016 CORPORATE LAW: COMMENDED (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015), STAND OUT (2013) FT INNOVATIVE LAWYERS LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: THE NETHERLANDS CHAMBERS EUROPE 2010 AND 2013 LITIGATION & ARBITRATION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TRENDS LEGAL AWARDS 2015 FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE TOP TIER FIRM IFLR 1000 2015 AND 2016

June 2017

NautaDutilhin anutshell

Selection of recent matters Acerta Pharma in the sale of 55% of Acerta's issued share capital to AstraZeneca for unconditional payments of USD 4 billion.

AerCap Holdings in a USD 3.4 billion secondary public offering of AerCap shares by AIG and a share buy-back for USD 750 million.

AnaCap Financial Partners LLP in the acquisition and recapitalisation of the Brightside Group, a top 20 UK insurance broker.

ASR, Basic-Fit, Coca-Cola European Partners, ForFarmers and Sif in relation to their IPOs on Euronext Amsterdam; Merus, Galapagos and Trivago in relation to their IPOs on Nasdaq and Athene in relation to its IPO on the NYSE; TNT in relation to its delisting from Euronext Amsterdam; Delta Lloyd in relation to its 2016 rights issue and its re-IPO of Van Lanschot depositary receipts; and Core Laboratories in relation to its 2016 public share offering.

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group in the purchase of a controlling interest in Hunkemöller from PAI Partners.

Cofinimmo in one of the largest ECM transactions on Euronext Brussels (a EUR 285 million rights issue).

DELTA prevailed in summary proceedings against S’Energy claiming damages on grounds of abuse of circumstances. The Amsterdam Summary Proceedings Court has cancelled all pre-trial attachments which were made in favour of S’Energy.

Dynamic Credit and Intertrust in the first securitisation transaction under the new DCDML program.

FedEx Corporation in the sale of TNT Express N.V.'s airline operations, consisting of TNT Airways (Belgium) and PAN Air Líneas Aéreas (Spain), to ASL Aviation Group.

LinkedIn regarding data protection issues and certain commercial practices.

Media company M7 Group in proceedings against Groupe Canal+ to lift an attachment that had been levied on M7 Group's bank accounts for non-payment of alleged trademark licence fees.

Listed pharmaceuticals company Mylan in its successful defence against a takeover by Teva Pharmaceuticals and its public offer for Meda.

Q-Park in a EUR 925 million refinancing transaction involving 12 jurisdictions, with NautaDutilh as lead counsel.

Solar Chest in a EUR 275 million issuance of secured bonds to finance the acquisition and retention of green certificates, arranged by Bank Degroof.

Vodafone Group in the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with Liberty Global in the Netherlands to consolidate their Dutch operating businesses.

Other representative cases ABN AMRO Bank in relation to the EUR 70 billion merger talks with Barclays and the RBS/Banco Santander/Fortis consortium - culminating in the world's biggest ever bank takeover (2007) - and the USD 20 billion sale of La Salle Bank to Bank of America.

Casino, Guichard-Perrachon in the creation of a global e-commerce pure player via a new Dutch entity Cnova N.V., followed by an IPO in the US (2014).

Belgian fashion retail group FNG Group NV in the acquisition of various strategic brands of the Coltex Retail Group in the Netherlands (2014).

Deutsche Telekom in its acquisition of telecom infrastructure operator GTS Central Europe (2014).

Lehman Brothers Finance in relation to its multi-billion dollar claim in the Dutch and Dutch Caribbean Lehman bankruptcies (Lehman Brothers Finance being the largest creditor in both bankruptcies).

Samsung in proceedings initiated by Apple re-alleging copying of the iPhone and iPad products by the Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets (2012).

Scor Holding, formerly Converium, in proceedings for court approval of the proposed settlement with non-US purchasers of US securities (2012).

"The entire team is excellent; very responsive, efficient and really outstanding compared to other law firms." Chambers Europe 2016, Restructuring & Insolvency "There aren't many teams which could deal with this level of work. The success of our project has been due to strategic vision, and the accuracy of its analysis of the strategic options available. An astonishing performance." Chambers Europe 2016, Corporate M&A "Widely recognised as among the stronger firms. One client describes their experience with the team as simply 'outstanding'." Banking & Finance, IFLR 1000 2016

Representative clients include: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: ABN AMRO, Achmea, AEGON, Allianz, ASR, Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Euroclear, Goldman Sachs, ING, JPMorgan Chase, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS. REAL ESTATE: BAM, CBRE, Cofinimmo, Playa Hotels & Resorts, UnibailRodamco. LIFE SCIENCES/HEALTHCARE: AstraZeneca, Galapagos, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Mediq, Mylan, Pfizer, Shire. ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES: Chevron, DELTA, Electrabel, Eneco, ENI, GDF-Suez, Intergen, Petronas, Shell, Total, Tullow Oil, Vitol. TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS: AerCap, Deutsche Lufthansa, Dockwise, FedEx, Jet Airways, Rhenus. PRIVATE EQUITY: Apollo, Bain Capital, Blackstone Group, Charter House, HAL Investments, NPM Capital, Oak Tree Capital, Partners Group. OTHER: Airbus, Amazon, ArcelorMittal, Coca Cola, Damen Shipyards, Deloitte, ForFarmers, KPMG, Municipality of Amsterdam, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Swatch, UTC, Vodafone. More information on www.nautadutilh.com