Ashurst and Houthoff Buruma represent Shanks Group Plc, an independent UK waste management company listed at the London Stock Exchange in the signing of the merger terms with Van Gansewinkel Groep B.V., a privately-owned waste collection and recycling business in the Netherlands and Belgium. The combination of Shanks and Van Gansewinkel will create a leading Benelux waste-to-product business. The merger is subject to Shanks and VGG shareholders approvals and anti-trust clearance, with Completion anticipated by the end of December 2016.

Houthoff Buruma team included: Jacques Kröner , Baukje Dreimüller , Sjoerd van der Meer , Gerrit Oosterhuis , Jean Paul Dresen , Laila Berrich