Sem Putman

Sem Putman

Associate
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.

Biography

Sem is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Corporate M&A Practice Group in Amsterdam and focuses on local and cross-border M&A transactions.

Practice Focus

Sem focuses on mergers and acquisitions, including corporate takeovers, joint ventures and other alliances, for private equity and strategic parties. His work revolves around due diligence and drafting transaction documentation, where areas of law include finance, real estate and commercial contracting. The clients he assists on a daily basis include financial sponsors and private and publicly traded companies.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Trane Technologies on its acquisition of LiquidStack.
  • Advised CLdN on the acquisition of Samskip’s quay-to-quay and door-to-door business between the Continent and UK & Ireland.

Admissions

  • Amsterdam (2026)

Education

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (LL.M Tax Law) (2025)
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (MSc Strategic Management) (2024)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English