
Gillis Kempe
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
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.