Public M&A

• Staples Inc on its EUR€3.1 billion public offer for all outstanding shares in Corporate Express
• Rodamco Europe in relation to its EUR€11.2 billion merger with Unibail Holding 
• a consortium of investors on their EUR€8.7 billion public offer for VNU (subsequently renamed Nielsen) 
• CVC on its EUR€744 million acquisition of Schuitema 
• Candover on its EUR€1.6 billion public offer for Stork, the Dutch industrial conglomerate

Other M&A

• A consortium of private equity investors on the EUR€8.3 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Philips Semiconductors (subsequently renamed NXP)

Capital Markets

• The selling shareholders in connection with the IPO of NXP and several subsequent block trades
• The underwriters and issuers in connection with several rights issues and private placements

Other

• The Dutch Central Bank on several high profile matters, including the nationalisation of Fortis and ABN AMRO with a value of EUR€16.8 billion
• The board and the CEO of a major Dutch bank on various sensitive matters