3i Infrastructure acquires Joulz from Stedin Groep

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Deal
Deal: 3i Infrastructure acquires Joulz from Stedin Groep
Date: 13th of March 2019
Published value: €310 million
Buyer: 3i Infrastructure
Target: Joulz
Seller: Stedin Groep
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side
(Financial, Legal, Transaction Services etc.):         
M&A: Emendo Capital - Matthijs Vink, Elmer Jutte, Kevin Koppen.
FDD: Alvarez & Marsal - Casper de Bruyn, Steffen Boode.
Tax: EY - Marc Sanders, Roos Jongeneel.
Legal: Stek - Ruben Tros, Jan Erik janssen, Reijnoud Hornveld, Gwenn Korteweg, Eva van Hees, Paulien Boiten.

Involved firms and advisors buy side
(Financial, Legal, Transaction Services etc.):
M&A: ABN AMRO - Max ter Linden, Niels Pietersen, Tammo Gunst, Martin Knipper, Rutger Mitterdorfer.
DNV GL - Martijn Maandag, Bieuwe Pruiksma, Mats de Ronde.
FDD: PwC - Chris Durieux, Wilmer Kloosterziel, Deepak Chadha.
Tax: PwC - Bart Weijers, Floris-Jan Drost, Zoe Reijn.
Legal: Loyens & Loeff - Herman Kaemingk, Harmen Holtrop, Roland de Vlam, Gearte Sijens, Ingrid Hijdra, Amit Havenaar, Lucas Hoogervorst, Barbara Elion, Rob Schrooten, Myrthe Thomassen, Maureen te Poel, Gief de Gruijter, Irmgard Olthof.

Orange acquires SecureLink from Investcorp

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Deal
Deal: Orange acquires SecureLink from Investcorp
Date: 8th of May 2019
Published value: €515 million
Buyer: Orange
Target: SecureLink
Seller: Investcorp
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
M&A: Jefferies
Tax: KPMG
Legal: Stibbe - Hans Witteveen, Sebastiaan Witkam, Lotte Boon, Ijsbrand van Straten, Emile Bongers, Barbra Bulsing, Julie-Anne Siegers.

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
M&A: Citigroup
FDD: Mazars Financial Advisory Services
Tax: Loyens & Loeff - Gijs Melching, Albert Heeling, Imme Kam.
Legal: Loyens & Loeff - Wouter Kros, Philip van Verschuer, Lucas Hoogervorst, Maureen te Poel, Romy Menasalvas Garrones, Gerda de Jong, Alexandra Wever, Joukje Baur.

Athora & NN Group to acquire VIVAT from Anbang

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Deal
Deal: Athora to acquire VIVAT from Anbang and to sell VIVAT Schadeverzekeringen to NN Group
Date: 7th of June 2019
Published value: €2.6 billion
Buyer: Athora / NN Group
Target: Vivat
Seller: Anbang
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
M&A: J.P. Morgan
Legal: Allen & Overy - Katinka Middelkoop, Christiaan de Brauw, Ellen Cramer de Jong, Jonathan Heeringa, Yvo de Vries, Femke Bierman, Suzanne Sikkink, Godfried Kinnegim.
PR: Hill+Knowlton Strategies - Ariën Stuijt, Jose Tijssen, Jack de Vries, Derk de Vos.

Involved firms and advisors target:
FDD: PwC - Jessica Lombardo.
Tax: PwC - Maarten Arends, Hans Seeling, Lorraine Siwabessy.
Legal: Loyens & Loeff - Ewout Stumphius, Herman Kaemingk, Klaas Wiersma, Kitty Lieverse, Martijn Schoonewille, Wilfred Groen, Bastiaan Cornelisse.

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
M&A: Aperghis & Co - Nicholas Aperghis, Monte Hoekstra, Praveen Naipal, Alexander Verhoeven.
Deutsche Bank
FDD: KPMG - Ewald van Hamersveld, William Koot, Helen Stijnen, Vanne Hartjes, Daan van Egmond, Vincent van ‘t Verlaat, Julien Cusson, Sander Mulder, Joep van Dingenen, Anouk van Zevenbergen, Laura Alberts.
Tax: Meijburg & Co Belastingadviseurs - Niels Groothuizen, Jurgen Stormmesand, Ugurcan Boy, Jochum Zutt, Onno Blankestijn, Yvette Timmermans, Frank Lust, Otto van Gent.
Legal: Stibbe - Björn van der Klip, Rein van Helden, Rogier Raas, Pieter Schütte, Allard Metzelaar, Manon Cremers, Jeroen Smits, Suzanne Kroner-Rosmalen, Roderik Vrolijk, Samuel Gray, Sam Dykes, Eline Holtman.
Slaughter and May
PR: Confidant Partners - Sabine Post-de Jong, Frans van der Grint, Linda Heil, Wietze Smid.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Hanneke Rothbarth, Winfred Knibbeler, Brechje Nollen, Alexander Doorman, Mandeep Lotay, Jan-Jaap Koningsveld, Bob van Kasteren, Zach Truscott, Saloua Ouchan

PAI Partners acquires Wessanen

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Deal
Deal: PAI Partners acquires Wessanen
Date: 10th of April 2019
Published value: €885 million
Buyer: PAI Partners, Charles Jobson
Target: Royal Wessanen
Seller: Royal Wessanen shareholders
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors target:
M&A: ABN AMRO - Diny de Jong, Onno Groeneveld, Tomas Mink.
Lazard
Legal: Allen & Overy - Charles Honée, Stephanie Horowitz, Olivier Valk.
PR: Hill+Knowlton Strategies - Ingo Heijnen, Karl Hanuska, Derk de Vos

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
M&A: Credit Suisse International
Legal: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Jan Willem van der Staay, Eelco van der Stok, Winfred Knibbeler, Brechje Nollen, Hanneke Rothbarth, Elske Raedts, Max van Verschuer, Bob van Kasteren, Désirée Kemperink.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek - Arne Grimme, Henk van Ravenhorst, Reinier Kleipool, Diederik Maessen, Paula van Ravensbergen.
PR: CFF Communications - Uneke Dekkers, Niels Broekhof, Presthaya Fixter

EssilorLuxottica acquires majority stake in Grandvision

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Deal
Deal: EssilorLuxottica acquires majority stake in Grandvision from HAL Investments
Date: 31st of July 2019
Published value: €7.13 billion
Buyer: EssilorLuxottica
Target: Grandvision
Seller: HAL Investments
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
Legal: NautaDutilh - Leo Groothuis, Stefan Wissing, Joost Kloosterman.
PE Management: HAL Investments - Jaap van Wiechen.

Involved firms and advisors target:
M&A: ING Bank - Rob van Veldhuizen, Bart de Klerk, Arjan Minningh, Pim Kist.
Legal: De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek - Klaas de Vries, Valentine Snijder, Paula Ravensbergen, Willemijne Adank.
Bredin Pratt
PR: Edelman - Jacqueline Lenterman, Robin van Daalen, Julian van de Wetering, Eamon van Stijn.

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
M&A: Citigroup 
Legal: BonelliErede  
Sullivan & Cromwell
Stibbe - Björn van der Klip, Derk Lemstra, Paul Vestering, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Rein van Helden.
Latham & Watkins 

Triton acquires Sunweb Group

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Deal
Deal: Triton acquires Sunweb Group
Date: 18th of December 2018
Published value: Between €250 million and €500 million
Buyer: Triton Partners
Target: Sunweb Group
Seller: Founding owner, Joost Romeijn
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
M&A: William Blair
FDD: PwC - Klaas-Jan Terhorst, Hanneke Verbiest, Alex Haenen
Tax: PwC - Bart Weijers, David van Rikxoort, Joey Schellingerhout
Legal: Van Doorne  - Onno Boerstra, Ellen de Kok
NautaDutilh - Jeroen Preller, Arjan Pors, Barbara Nijs, Edward Rijnhout

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
FDD: PwC - Remco van Daal, Gijs van Leeuwen
Tax: PwC - Brenda Mooijekind, Laura Grosscurt, Cindy Ni, Korneel de Ruiter
Legal: Kirkland & Ellis
Orange Clover - Mark Loefs, Machiel Galjaart, Zohra Zahir

Garmin acquires Tacx

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Mid-Cap Deal
Deal: Garmin acquires Tacx
Date: 12th of February 2019
Published value: €200 million
Buyer: Garmin
Target: Tacx
Seller: Tacx shareholders
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
FDD: Rademaker Advies & Accountancy - Herman Rademaker
Legal: Pellicaan Advocaten - Ellen Vandeberg
Greenberg Traurig - Hans Urlus, Theodoor Melchers, Alex Westerman

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
FDD: KPMG - Niek Kolkman, Bram Kruiswijk, Karst Wiggers, Usama Tariq, Marco Hofman
Legal: Jones Day - Ton Schutte, Stef Plouvier, Menno Geusens, Sanne Mesu, Sophie Dijkmans, Lodewijk Berger

Parcom Capital acquires a 60% stake in 247TailorSteel

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Mid-Cap Deal
Deal: Parcom Capital acquires a 60% stake in 247TailorSteel
Date: 5th of March 2019
Published value: Between €100 million and €250 million
Buyer: Parcom Capital
Target: 247TailorSteel
Seller: Carel van Sorgen
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
M&A: ING Bank - Rob van Veldhuizen, Arnoud Kuik, Rogier van Merkestein, Roel Jongejan, Syarif Hertog
FDD: PwC - Robert de Burck, Wilmer Kloosterziel, Michiel Semeijn, Rense Balk
Tax: PwC - Bart Weijers, Merel Mookhoek, Arjan Vullings
Legal: De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
CDD: PwC - Bastiaan Oomens

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
M&A: Nielen Schuman - Jan de Wilde, Mohit Sharma, Steven Stuijt, Rashiq Muhaimen
FDD: KPMG - Gijs van Reen, Bud van der Schrier, Emiel van Duuren, Hans van den Heuvel, Rajko Kozic, Michiel de Jong
Tax: Meijburg & Co Belastingadviseurs - Arnout Haeser, Ben Sitton
Legal: Allen & Overy - Jasper de Jong, Aafke Landsmeer, Jaantje Kramer
Stek - Ruben Tros
Debt: Nielen Schuman - Rafael Gomez Nunez, Ger van der Linden
CDD: KPMG

Gilde Equity Management and management acquire Wasco from Ferguson

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Mid-Cap Deal
Deal: Gilde Equity Management and management acquire Wasco from Ferguson
Date: 21st of December 2018
Published value: Between €100 million and €200 million
Buyer: Gilde Equity Management, Wasco management
Target: Wasco
Seller: Ferguson
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
M&A: ING Bank - Robert Ruiter, Franz-Ewald Mitterdorfer, Peter Lambrecht, Michiel Boks
FDD: PwC - Cornelis Smaal, Bastiaan Oomens, Jochem Moerkerken, Michiel Semeijn, Carlijn Gouw, Wendy van Luit, David Trentmann
Tax: PwC - Maarten Arends, Yvo Oudman, Robert Lantman, Chris van Zwienen, Joey Schellingerhout
Legal: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Alexander Doorman, Brechje Nollen, Wingred Knibbeler, Eelco van der Stok, Nima Lorjé, Bob van Kasteren, Saloua Ouchan

Involved firms and advisors target:
FDD: CorporateWise - Valérie Staal, Maaike Janssen, Jelle Menalda van Schouwenburg
Legal: Van Doorne - Onno Boerstra, Sjoerd Stokmans, Ellen de Kok

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
FDD: EY - Maurice van den Hoek, Lyuda Kravchuk
Tax: JSA Tax - Oscar Janssen.
Legal: Simmons & Simmons - Leo Verhoeff, Jan-Joost van Rijsbergen, Gijs ter Braak, Robbert Jansen

Scandinavian Tobacco Group acquires Royal Agio Cigars

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Mid-Cap Deal
Deal: Scandinavian Tobacco Group acquires Royal Agio Cigars
Date: 16th of September 2019
Published value: €210 million
Buyer: Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Target: Royal Agio Cigars
Seller: Wintermans family
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
M&A: Rothschild - Bastiaan Vaandrager, Sander Griffejoen, Philip Prompers, Jeroen Slaghekke, Derk Bottema
FDD: PwC - Remco van Daal
Tax: PwC - Bart Weijers, Laura Grosscurt, Korneel de Ruiter

Involved firms and advisors target:
Legal: Allen & Overy - Karine Kodde, Gijs Linse, Jeroen Streefkerk

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
FDD: PwC - Remco van Daal
Tax: PwC - Bart Weijers, Laura Grosscurt, Korneel de Ruiter
Legal: Stek - Ruben Tros

OneFit acquires Urban Sports Club

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Mid-Cap Deal
Deal: Merger between OneFit and Urban Sports Club
Date: 8th of August 2019
Published value: Between €100 million and €250 million
Buyer: Urban Sports Club
Target: OneFit Holding
Seller: INKEF Capital, Peak Capital
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
Legal: AKD - Francois Koppenol, Mirte van Veen
Pöllath + Partners - Frank Thianer

Involved firms and advisors target:
M&A: IMPROVED Corporate Finance / Drake Star Partners - Frank Verbeek, Sherief Rahim, Maarten Vrijhof
Tax: Amstone Tax Lawyers - Wendela van Rijt
Legal: INGEN HOUSZ - Matthijs Ingen-Housz
HMK notarissen - Corrine Holdinga, Machteld Numan

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
Tax: PwC - Eduard Schurink, Zoe Reijn, Pieter van Oort
Legal: Lindenpartners - Tobias de Raet

Van Leeuwen Buizen acquires Benteler Distribution

Facts

Category: M&A Award Best Mid-Cap Deal
Deal: Van Leeuwen Buizen acquires Benteler Distribution
Date: 27th of August 2019
Published value: Between €100 million and €250 million
Buyer: Van Leeuwen Buizen
Target: Benteler Distribution
Seller: Benteler International
Pitch: Click here

Involved firms and advisors sell side:
M&A: Goldman Sachs
Legal: Mayer Brown
FDD: PwC

Involved firms and advisors buy side:
M&A: ABN AMRO - Rutger van Nouhuijs, Geert van Roon, John Heijning, Ronald Quik, Vincent Goedegebuure, Michiel Elfring, Max Kruitwagen, Peter Boersma
FDD: PwC - Chris Durieux, Nils Siekman, Ross Hart
Tax: PwC - Hans Seeling, Leonie de Haas, Laura Grosscurt
Legal: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Shawn der Kinderen, Thijs Flokstra