Gillis Kempe

Gillis Kempe

Partner
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.

Biography

Gillis Kempe is a partner and candidate civil-law notary in Baker McKenzie's Corporate Reorganizations group in Amsterdam. He advises on domestic and cross-border corporate restructurings and mergers and acquisitions, including the establishment of new corporate structures.

Practice Focus

Gillis assists multinationals with implementing and managing cross-border restructuring and reorganization projects, including post-acquisition integration; supply chain restructuring; restructuring arrangements for the development, ownership and exploitation of IP, pre-transaction planning prior to an IPO, spin-off or disposal; and corporate clean-up and group simplification projects. In addition, he developed a high degree of technical skills in Dutch corporate law and regularly advises on complex corporate governance issues.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised on the coordination and implementation of a post-acquisition integration involving 36 countries for a US-based multinational producing audio communications equipment for business and consumers.
  • Advised on the coordination and implementation of various restructuring projects for one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world.
  • Advised on various post-acquisition integrations for an agricultural producer of leading seed brands and in-the-seed trait technologies.
  • Advised on the coordination and implementation of various restructuring projects for the largest privately-held US corporation with a major business in trading, purchasing and distributing grain and other agricultural commodities.
  • Advised on the coordination and implementation of various restructuring projects for a US-based multinational and global leader in the design, manufacture and sale of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations.
  • Advised on the coordination and implementation of a supply chain restructuring involving 22 countries for a US-based manufacturer of cleaning and hygiene products and global provider of commercial cleaning and hygiene solutions.
  • Advised on the coordination and implementation of various post-acquisition integration and restructuring projects for one of the world's largest medical device companies.
  • Advised on the coordination and implementation of a legal entity rationalization for a US-based fast food restaurant franchise.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Royal Dutch Association of Civil-law Notaries (KNB)

Admissions

  • Civil Law Notary~Netherlands

Education

  • Granada University
  • Tilburg University
  • Radboud University of Nijmegen

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • Spanish