Fons Leijten

Fons specialises in corporate litigation, especially before the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law. His work includes corporate dispute resolution, advising on acquisitions and disposals of private companies, public takeover offers and corporate restructuring.

Credentials

• Hagemeyer N.V. on the 3.2 billion acquisition of the company by Rexel by means of a public bid
• Aéroports de Paris S.A. on its strategic cooperation with Schiphol Group and cross-shareholding of 8%
• ASM International N.V. on its dispute with activist shareholders and related proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber
• Stork N.V. the three supervisory directors appointed by the Enterprise Chamber and given broad powers and a specific mandate to seek to settle Stork's dispute with its shareholders Centaurus and Paulsen
• Euronext on its merger with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) resulting in the new NYSE Euronext group
• Delta Lloyd N.V. on the establishment of a bank insurance partnership in the life and non life insurance area with ABN AMRO
• Providence Equity Partners on the acquisition of Canal Digitaal
• Hagemeyer N.V on its corporate restructuring and debt/equity conversion
• Versatel Telecom International on its merger with Tele2 AB and its related proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber
• RWE in respect of the management buy-out by SSM Coal and various other matters
• Cendant Inc on its acquisition of Landal Green Parks
• Hagemeyer N.V. on its dispute with the bankruptcy receivers of Ceteco N.V.
• Reed Elsevier N.V. on litigation which its financial statements were challenged before the Enterprise Chamber
• Versatel Telecom International on its corporate restructuring and debt/equity conversion
• Simon Property Group, Inc. on the purchase of all assets and liabilities Rodamco North America N.V. to Westfield, Simon Property Goup and Rouse