People
Olivier Valk
Biography
Olivier advises clients on the full range of corporate (M&A) transactions, with a focus on transactions involving listed companies.
Olivier’s recent experience includes advising Prosus on its take private of JustEatTakeaway.com NV, Meridiam on the delisting of Allego NV, Royal DSM on its cross-border merger of equals with Firmenich, Prosus on its 2021 exchange offer to the Naspers shareholders, and Euronext NV on the acquisition of the Borsa Italiana Group from London Stock Exchange Group. Olivier regularly publishes on public M&A and related topics, lectures in the ‘Grotius’ post-academic training programme for experienced lawyers and provides guest lectures on public M&A at Utrecht University and on corporate governance at Nyenrode. From 2017-2018 Olivier was based in the firm’s Tokyo office, and since then regularly works on transactions with a link to Japan.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
Sectors
- Consumer and retail
Selected experience
- Atrium on the EUR 1.4bn by way of scheme of arrangement by Gazit Globe (2019).
- Wessanen on the EUR 885m public takeover by a consortium of PAI and Charles Jobson (2019).
- Saxo Bank on the EUR 424m public offer for all shares in BinckBank (2018).
Education
- BA, Social sciences, University College Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 2006 LLM, European law, University of Durham, United Kingdom, 2007 LLM, International law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 2009 BA, Dutch Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 2011
Admissions
- Admitted as advocaat, the Netherlands, 2011
- Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Ondernemingsrecht (Company law)
Languages
- Dutch
- English