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Willem van Rees

Willem van Rees

Associate
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.

Biography

Willem van Rees is a member of the Banking & Finance Practice Group of Baker McKenzie's Amsterdam office. Willem joined Baker McKenzie in 2022. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Willem did several internships in the field of banking and financial litigation. Willem contributed on several articles and publications on financial regulatory and insurance law.

Practice Focus

Willem focuses on Dutch regulatory law, acquisition finance and reorganizations, as well as debt capital markets and equity capital markets. In addition, Willem also advises banks, financial institutions and borrowers on local and cross-border general financing and real estate transactions.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised global financial institutions on obtaining and licences to provide financial services in the Netherlands.

  • Advised German banks on real estate transactions in respect of properties registered in the Netherlands, particularly involving security interest solar panels.

  • Advised DocMorris on the offering of CHF 200 million 3.00% senior unsecured bonds due 2029, guaranteed by DocMorris AG and convertible into its shares.

  • Advised Denali European Opportunities DAC as lender's local counsel on the acquisition of the Olsam Group, an e-commerce platform from the United Kingdom, of the Dwarfs goup, an e-commerce scale-up from the Netherlands.

  • Assisted as local counsel for purposes of rendering a legal opinion and preparation of local law security interests and corporate documentation.

Admissions

  • Netherlands

Education

  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (Master Corporate Law) (2022)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Master Dutch Law: Internet, Intellectual Property and ICT)
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (Bachelor Dutch Law)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • Spanish

Publications

Contributor, "Compylog - Compliance Insights 2025," 20 March 2025

Contributor, "Baker McKenzie - MiCAR Compliance Tookit," October 2024

Writer, "MR. M.G.A. Stolze & MR. W.B. van Rees - Actuele perikelen in de overdracht van verzekeringsportefeuilles," June 2024

Firm Committee Memberships

  • Dam tot Damloop Committee
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.