Jessica den Dekker

Attorney-at-law | Counsel | Head of New York

Jessica heads Houthoff’s New York office and specialises in Dutch corporate law and mergers and acquisitions with an international angle. Her work focuses on private equity, venture capital and joint ventures across various sectors. She represents and advises clients that include private equity funds, strategic parties, venture capital investors and scale-ups.

She spent part of 2017 in residency at Houthoff’s London office and later went on a six-month secondment to the Brazilian law firm Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados in Rio de Janeiro in 2018. Since the end of 2020, she has practised out of New York, where she is registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant.

  • Advising the shareholders of Recharge.com, including the founders, on selling their shares in GC Holding B.V. to Coda. CG Holding B.V. operates under the name Recharge.com and is the European market leader in mobile top-up, gift cards and prepaid money. Coda is the global market leader in digital content monetization.
  • Advised Crestview, a private equity fund that has been investing in TenCate Grass for the last two years, on the sale of TenCate Grass to Leonard Green & Partners.
  • Advised the New York based private equity firm Crestview Partners on the acquisition of TenCate Grass from Royal TenCate.
  • LL.M. International and European Public Law (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  • LL.M. Business Law (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  • Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2014

Expertises

Corporate/M&A
Mergers and acquisitions are among the most transformative decisions a business can make – whether driven by ambitions for growth, entry into new markets, evolving industry dynamics or long-term investment objectives. These transactions demand clear insight and the ability to navigate legal and regulatory complexity across jurisdictions.
Corporate/M&A
Mergers and acquisitions are among the most transformative decisions a business can make – whether driven by ambitions for growth, entry into new markets, evolving industry dynamics or long-term investment objectives. These transactions demand clear insight and the ability to navigate legal and regulatory complexity across jurisdictions.

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