De Brauw was lead counsel to ABN Amro on the spin-out and sale of part of its private equity activities. Find details to the deal below.

Client name
ABN AMRO

Other parties involved
AlpInvest, LGT, Five Arrows (FASO), Bregal, Capital A

Nature of transaction
De Brauw advised ABN AMRO on the spin-out and sale of part of its private equity activities. ABN AMRO sells part of its stake in existing private equity funds to a consortium of investors and becomes a cornerstone investor in a new private equity fund established by the current team (Capital A). The transaction was handled by a truly multidisciplinary transaction team, combining expertise in M&A, fund structuring, financial markets regulation, and tax structuring.

Value of transaction
Undisclosed

Date deal
16 Nov 2018

De Brauw involvement
Lead counsel

Other advisors
Lazard as financial advisor to ABN AMRO and placement agent to Capital A, Allen & Overy, MacFarlanes, Stephenson Harwood, Proskauer, Loyens & Loeff

De Brauw lead partner
Michael Schouten

De Brauw team
Michael Schouten, Frank Hamming, Harald van Wijlen (M&A), Kees Groffen, Minke Hoekstra (FMR) and Wiebe Dijkstra (Tax)