Thijs Bogaers
Biography
Thijs Bogaers is a legal director in the Corporate department of Baker McKenzie's Amsterdam office. He works closely with other Firm legal and tax lawyers in Amsterdam and other offices to ensure integrated transaction support.
Practice Focus
Thijs focuses his practice on corporate (notarial) law and advises on domestic and cross-border corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions as well as setting up joint ventures, partnerships and corporations. He also advises on general corporate and governance matters from the perspective of Dutch corporate law.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Knorr-Bremse AG, a global leader in braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles, on the acquisition of TRAVIS Road Services International B.V.
- Advised APG Asset Management and TenneT on the formation of an integrated Towerco joint venture with Royal KPN.
- Advised Main Capital VIII Coöperatief U.A. on the acquisition of IQ Messenger Holding B.V.
- Advised Egeria on its acquisition of Afrika Invest, the holding company of Tanzania Specialist and Africa Safari, from its founders.
- Advised KBC Group and KBC Securities on the formation of KBC Securities’ ECM joint venture with Van Lanschot Investment Banking.
- Advised Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused venture fund, on the Series Seed investment in Payaut, a Dutch automated payment provider for online platforms and marketplaces.
- Advised (in cooperation with Danish law firm Accura) Podimo ApS on the acquisition of Dag en Nacht Media B.V.
- Advising Gazprom Neft in relation to establishment of a joint venture with Shell to develop license blocks in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous region.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Royal Dutch Association of Civil-Law Notaries (KNB)
Admissions
- Civil Law Notary~Netherlands (2016)
Education
- Utrecht University (LL.M. Notarial Law) (2016)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
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