Ewoud advises both (institutional) investors and asset managers on the formation, structuring, operation and regulation of a broad range of investment funds (including retail funds (both UCITS and AIFs), real estate funds, infrastructure funds, deep tech funds, impact funds, private equity funds, private debt funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds). He furthermore advises on asset pooling structures, investment management agreements and on discretionary and fiduciary asset management agreements. Ewoud furthermore serves on the AIJA Executive Committee.
Ewoud van der Leek
Attorney-at-law | Senior Associate
- Advising DSB on the distribution (and its preparation of that) of approximately EUR 650 million estate surplus to more than 280,000 interest claimants, consisting of former DSB account holders and the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) as administrator of the deposit guarantee scheme.
- Advised the Municipality of Amsterdam in relation to the financial restructuring of its 100% subsidiary AEB (Amsterdamse Afval Energie Bedrijf).
- Advising Advent, a leading global private equity investor, on its agreement to invest in Reckitt’s Essential Home portfolio. Advent will acquire a 70% stake to support the company’s accelerated growth and innovation as a standalone business in the years ahead. The transaction values Essential Home at an enterprise value of up to US$4.8 billion, including up to US$1.3 billion in contingent and deferred consideration.
- Post-graduate degree on Financial Law (cum laude) (Grotius Academy)
- LL.M. American Corporate Law (Boston University)
- LL.M. Dutch Civil Law (Leiden University)
- LL.B. Dutch Civil Law with a minor in Business Administration (Leiden University)
- Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2016
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
- Dutch Financial Law Association (VvFR)
- Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (associated member) (NVP)
Dutch, English
