Derk Lemstra
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Capital Markets: Equity
Band 1
About
Provided by Derk Lemstra
Practice Areas
Derk advises on capital markets transactions, securities matters, mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance questions. He was the managing partner of our firm in Amsterdam from 2014 through 2019.
Derk acts on behalf of domestic and international clients, both listed and privately held. Over the years he has advised on many of initial public offerings and other securities offerings in the Dutch market.
Please visit the Stibbe website for more details: https://www.stibbe.com/people/derk-lemstra.
Chambers Review
Europe
Former managing partner Derk Lemstra is a standout figure, known in the Netherlands and beyond for his equity capital markets expertise. He has a strong focus on IPOs, with noteworthy expertise in acting for issuers, coordinators and underwriters. He has recently been particularly active on SPAC IPOs and de-SPACs.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Derk Lemstra delivers the best on-point advice and proactively thinks about options and opportunities. He is always especially helpful when looking at cross-border transactions."
"Derk Lemstra has a great ability to balance project tensions, deliver on tight challenging timelines and bring order to diverse multidisciplinary advisory teams. He offers very good quality advice, and can manage stakeholder and regulator relationships."
"Derk Lemstra is an exceptional technical capital markets lawyer who is extremely commercial. It is a real pleasure to work with him."
"Derk Lemstra delivers the best on-point advice and proactively thinks about options and opportunities. He is always especially helpful when looking at cross-border transactions."
"Derk Lemstra has a great ability to balance project tensions, deliver on tight challenging timelines and bring order to diverse multidisciplinary advisory teams. He offers very good quality advice, and can manage stakeholder and regulator relationships."
"Derk Lemstra is an exceptional technical capital markets lawyer who is extremely commercial. It is a real pleasure to work with him."