Koen Wanders

Mergers and acquisition, Corporate Law & Real Estate law

Koen Wanders was appointed a partner at our firm effective January 1, 2024. His practice focuses on commercial lease and real estate law, as well as mergers and acquisitions in corporate law.

Koen graduated with a degree in Dutch Private Law from VU University Amsterdam in mid-2013. During his studies, he gained relevant work experience at various national and international law firms and at a major Dutch bank.

Before joining Fruytier Lawyers in Business as an attorney, he worked for two years as an attorney at Fellinger Corporate Law in Amsterdam. Koen specializes in corporate and real estate law and advises on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and a wide range of real estate matters, with a focus on commercial lease law and real estate transactions. He has also gained experience through a client secondment advising on the development of large-scale solar parks in the Netherlands.

Koen is a team player with a goal-oriented mindset and stands out for his meticulousness and his organizational and communication skills. Koen is a member of the Association of Tenancy Law Attorneys (VHA), the specialization association for attorneys in tenancy law recognized by the Netherlands Bar Association, and successfully completed the associated postgraduate specialization program in 2022.

Koen loves cooking, traveling (even to faraway places), Ajax, and all ball sports. You can often find him on the hockey field or the padel court.

He doesn’t shy away from other athletic challenges either; for example, he climbed Kilimanjaro and ran the Amsterdam Marathon.

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Koen IN DETAIL

  • Education: Dutch law degree, specialization Private law
  • Language skills: Dutch and English
  • Lawyer since: 2015
  • Partner since: 1 januari 2024
  • Expertise: Corporate law, Mergers & acquisitions and Real estate law
  • Contact: [email protected] | +31(0) 629 262 646
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As an attorney, Koen advises on and litigates a wide range of cases, from tenancy law to mergers and acquisitions to corporate law disputes.

More cases handled by Koen
  • Koen advised the seller on the sale of their real estate business, a key player in property management and leasing services throughout the Greater Amsterdam region. 
  • The team at Fruytier Lawyers in Business advised the international travel agency Key Travel (backed by the British private equity firm Elysian Capital) on its acquisition of the international travel management company Raptim. The combined company will have revenue of nearly GBP 350 million and more than 500 employees across ten countries. Read more
  • Fruytier Lawyers in Business advised a Dutch buyer on two simultaneous acquisitions (a full acquisition of shares and a partial acquisition of shares) of two Dutch companies operating in the gas and construction sectors
  • Fruytier Lawyers in Business advised the seller on the sale of Taylor Minster Leasing B.V. (TML) and its international subsidiaries to the French Ermewa Group / SNCF. Read more
  • The team at Fruytier Lawyers in Business advised a private equity client on its acquisition of an international travel agency in a deal valued at €30 million.
  • Fruytier Lawyers in Business is advising Flow Real Estate on the sale of a development site in Sloterdijk to the Maarsen Group. Read more
  • The acquisition of De Schroef Shipyard has been successfully completed. Read more
  • De Cibus-fondsen verwerven een meerderheidsbelang in een toonaangevend Nederlands bedrijf op het gebied van robotica en AI voor de tuinbouwsector. Read more
  • WIS acquires app and website developer ParentCom and strengthens its leading position in the education market. Read more
  • Fruytier Lawyers in Business advised an engineering firm specializing in hydraulic engineering on the (asset) acquisition of an industry peer (NL)
  • The attorneys at Fruytier Lawyers in Business played an active role in the acquisition of an IT server and hosting provider. Our firm represented its U.S. client as the buyer (USA)
  • In an international equity transaction, Fruytier Lawyers in Business advised its client, which operates in the events industry, on the Dutch aspects of the sale (UK)
  • Our team advised its client on the buyout of its investment and the transfer of rights in an IT company active in digital communications security (NL)

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