Menno Verboom
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
Band 4
About
Provided by Menno Verboom
Practice Areas
Menno Verboom focuses on high-profile and complex PE/financial sponsor M&A transactions in the Netherlands. He has experience with a wide range of transactions and investment structures, competitive auction processes and management incentive plans, whereby he advises both Dutch and international clients. As well as being a lawyer, Menno is also an economist, and therefore ideally placed to understand and handle commercial opportunities and risks in transaction negotiations and documentation.
Clients greatly value his collaborative, efficient and practical style. Menno has also been seconded to the firm's London office in the course of his career at the firm.
Career
Menno joined Freshfields in 2005 and became a partner in 2021. He spent five years with Vriman M&A Lawyers as partner heading their PE practice.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Dutch Bar
Personal
Menno holds a master’s degree in business economics as well as a master’s degree in Dutch corporate law.
He speaks Dutch and English.
Chambers Review
Europe
Menno Verboom assists clients with auction sales, management roll-overs and carve-outs as part of sales and acquisitions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has an extremely well developed sense for what the opposite side of the table may think and what their next move will be. He can tap into a reservoir of experience when trying to resolve outstanding gaps amongst the parties."
"He has a combination of being technically capable but also having the pragmatism and commercial mindset to come up with solutions."
"He has an extremely well developed sense for what the opposite side of the table may think and what their next move will be. He can tap into a reservoir of experience when trying to resolve outstanding gaps amongst the parties."
"He has a combination of being technically capable but also having the pragmatism and commercial mindset to come up with solutions."