Eric Spreij

Corporate / M&A

Eric has approximately 20 years of experience in transactional practice. Clients consider him to be smart, quick and creative. He is always willing to go the extra mile and realizes better than anyone that clients want solutions. Eric works for businesses both at home and abroad and has specific experience within the food, ICT, agri, transport, construction and (cleantech) industry sectors. In 2021 he won the 'Acquisition Lawyer of the Year' award from Brookz - platform for corporate acquisitions and Dealsuite.com.

Recent works

Areas of expertise

Transaction practice

mergers and acquisitions
joint ventures and other forms of cooperation
restructuring
private equity and informal investments

Litigation practice

disputes between shareholders, Executive Board and/or Supervisory Board
acquisition disputes
non-compete clauses
D&O liability

Advisory practice

corporate governance
the position of statutory directors
corporate law
creating holding company structures

Register of legal practice areas

Eric has registered the following principal (and secondary) legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):

corporate law

Pursuant to this registration, Eric is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar (Nederlandse orde van advocaten).

Education

Dutch Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2000)
Grotius specialist training in Mergers & Acquisitions
Grotius specialist training in Commercial and Corporate Law

Memberships

Other positions

Eric has a number of ancillary activities. He is the chairperson of Stichting Cameretten and a member of the board of Stichting Ambulance Wens, among other positions. He also regularly teaches courses on corporate law topics.

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