Denise Ozmis
Biography
Denise Ozmis is a Partner in Baker McKenzie's Corporate M&A group based in Amsterdam. Denise advises clients on complex national and international Mergers & Acquisitions and other strategic transactions.
Before joining Baker McKenzie in 2017, she worked at AkzoNobel, an Amsterdam based global paints and coatings company, where she focused on Mergers & Acquisitions and advised the board on corporate governance matters.
In 2021, she won the public vote for Best Young M&A Lawyer in the Netherlands.
Denise Ozmis has registered the following principal and secondary legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):
- Ondernemingsrecht
- Fusies en overnames
Based on this registration, Denise is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in the registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Van Merksteijn International B.V. on a joint venture with HW Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH and HS Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH under which Van Merksteijn will combine its steel business with the Südwest Beteiligungen GmbH's steel business.
- Advised and represented Bullhorn, Inc. on the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Textkernel Group Holding B.V.
- Advised on the sale of a major automotive retail subsidiary to a leading European dealership group.
- Advised on the acquisition of a paper mill business by a global industrial company.
- Advised Legrand, a French conglomerate, with its acquisition of Enovation in the Netherlands.
- Advised a US cloud-computing company, with two acquisitions in the Netherlands.
- Advised a global professional services company in connection with a series of acquisitions of technology companies in the Netherlands.
- Advised Wagram Equity Partners on the acquisition of the Creamy Creation business (a manufacturing business in beverages) from FrieslandCampina.
- Advised BG Light B.V. on the acquisition of It’s About Romi B.V.
- Advised Ellomay Capital Ltd. on the acquisition of a Dutch based renewable energy production facility.
- Advised Embracer Group AB with the purchase of Vertigo Games Holding B.V.
- Advised Audax Private Equity in connection with the acquisition of Pointer Branch Protection by Corsearch, being a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity.
- Advised Corsearch with its acquisition of Pointer Brand Protection.
Corporate Responsibility
Denise participated in the Legal Atlas for Street Youth project, which focused on the rights of street children worldwide.
Admissions
- Amsterdam~Netherlands (2013)
Education
- Utrecht University (LLM Law) (2010)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
- Turkish