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Kim F. Tan

Partner
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.

Biography

Kim Tan is the managing partner of Baker McKenzie Amsterdam as of 1 January 2024 and he also heads the Corporate department of the Amsterdam office. He joined the Firm in 1999. From 2006 to 2007, he worked in the Firm’s Chicago office where he was involved in multiple global reorganization projects. He became partner in 2008, and was appointed civil-law notary in 2013. Kim was elected to the Amsterdam Management Committee in 2017.

Practice Focus

Kim Tan is proficient in domestic and cross-border (solvent) corporate reorganizations including the establishment of new corporate structures. He also regularly advises on the notarial aspects of M&A, Private Equity and Capital Markets transactions as well as Dutch corporate governance issues.

Kim and his team have worked on multiple reorganisations and transactions for US headquartered multi-nationals with significant European operations. He is familiar with the objectives behind such reorganizations and transactions as well as the successful management of local law implementation issues.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised a US chemical company on a supply chain restructuring covering all major European countries. 
  • Advised a US food company on a European supply chain restructuring. 
  • Advised a NYSE-listed manufacturing company on an internal restructuring involving 22 countries. 
  • Advised a leading electronics and entertainment company on its global integration following the establishment of a joint venture with a listed German media company. 
  • Advised a NASDAQ-listed technology company on various cross-border post-acquisition integrations.
  • Advised a US-based pharmaceutical company on a multijurisdictional post-acquisition integration.
  • Advised a US based pharmaceutical company on the separation and spin-off of its research-based pharmaceutical business. 
  • Advised a multinational technology company in connection with a multibillion dollar stock purchase transaction.
  • Regularly advises on cross-border listings involving Dutch corporate structures.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Dutch Royal Notarial Association (Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie)
  • Amsterdam Legal Association (Amsterdams Juridisch Genootschap)
  • Dutch Commercial Law Association (Vereniging Handelsrecht)

Admissions

  • Civil Law Notary~Netherlands (1999)

Education

  • University of Leiden (Civil Notarial Law) (1998)
  • Queen Mary & Westfield College (1998)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Kim Tan regularly speaks at workshops and seminars about corporate reorganizations and managing business transformation processes. 
  • Kim wrote an article for the Practical Laywer and presented a webinar titled “Choosing a solid base for doing business in Europe” both for ALI-ABA (American Law Institute - American Bar Association). 
  • Kim is a co-author of “International Asset Transfer - a practitioner’s handbook” published by De Gruyter. 
  • Kim is a co-author of an article on Business Transformations published in De Bedrijfsjurist.