Wintertaling advises SPIE on the acquisition of Strukton Worksphere

The Wintertaling team, led by Marein Smits, is proud to assist SPIE Nederland in its negotiations with Strukton regarding the acquisition of Strukton Worksphere. This acquisition will make SPIE the largest multi-technical service provider in the Netherlands, with a turnover of over €1.2 billion. Wintertaling is now working on finalizing the acquisition, which is expected to be completed in […]

Wonderflow secures funding in successful series B

Wonderflow, a leading unified VoC analytics platform, has raised €20 million in a Series B investment round from Canadian investment fund Klass Capital and existing investors. The funding will be used to strengthen Wonderflow's leadership in creating and distributing predictive technologies based on VoC. The company aims to expand its position in the European market […]

Wintertaling partner of the VU Startup Clinic!

We're proud to announce that we're one of the participating firms in the VU Startup Clinic. In this minor, law students can gain practical experience by providing legal advice to tech startups under the guidance of experienced lawyers. Tim Carapiet of Corporate M&A, specializing in startups, will be one of the supervising lawyers. See […]

Acquisition of Dijkstra United Companies BV by IPG.

On October 15, 2020, Dijkstra Vereenigde, a manufacturer and distributor of glass packaging and laboratory equipment based in Lelystad, was acquired by Gaasch Packaging, part of the Luxembourg family holding company Industrial Packaging Group (IPG) (link). Dijkstra Vereenigde received legal advice from Marein Smits, Tim Carapiet, and Onno Cusell of Wintertaling Corporate M&A during the acquisition. […]

Tapas Party 2020!

On September 10th, Wintertaling hosted a tapas party on the office's rooftop garden. Despite COVID-19 restrictions and the 1.5-meter social distancing, it was a convivial get-together, where people could reconnect after a long time. The evening was all about catching up and networking with old and new acquaintances. In addition to the atmospherically decorated rooftop garden and […]

New lawyers at Wintertaling!

Wintertaling congratulates Esra Koopman and Jordy Mesman, who were sworn in as lawyers in the Amsterdam District Court in August. They will now begin working as trainee lawyers, Esra under the supervision of Marein Smits in Corporate M&A and Jordy under the supervision of Wilfred Groustra in Real Estate and Employment Law.

Information meeting Business Valuation Nyenrode

Marein Smits, partner at Wintertaling and specializing in Corporate M&A, is a core lecturer in Law for the Business Valuation program at Nyenrode Business University. On September 2nd, starting at 6:00 PM, Nyenrode is hosting an information session for this program, which Marein will also be attending. Why Business Valuation? There are quite a few situations conceivable where the economic value of a company […]

Workshop GO!-NH 2020: Corona edition

On June 10, Wintertaling, along with Rutger Kemper (co-founder of Leapfunder, managing director of Presidents Institute), participated in the GO!-NH accelerator program for the fifth time. This time, they provided one-on-one sessions on the legal and economic aspects of startups and financing. This was followed up with a combined webinar in which the startups were […]

Unclear laws and regulations cause difficulties in determining the UBO

In the case of a private limited company (BV) or unlisted public limited company (NV), a natural person who directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the shares, voting rights, or ownership interest in the company must be considered the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO). In practice, however, it is not always easy for a legal entity to […]