Cornelie works in Houthoff’s EU and Competition practice groups. She advises on a wide range of EU regulations and state aid aspects of transactions, subsidies and partnerships.
Cornelie Castelein
Attorney-at-law | Associate
- Advises the Dutch State on the acquisition of shares in the Borssele nuclear power station. The State is acquiring 70% of the shares from the Elektriciteits- en Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (EPZ), the operator of the nuclear power station. The power station generates 485 megawatts of CO₂-free electricity. This is almost equal to the electricity consumption of all the inhabitants of the provinces Zeeland and Noord-Brabant.
- Advised Bakker Goedhart on the establishment of Huis van Bakkers, a joint venture with Bakkerij Visser and Bakkerij BACU, which focuses on the supply of fresh bread and bread specialties to the 700+ Dutch and Belgian branches of Jumbo Supermarkten.
- Advised Mollie on the acquisition of British fintech GoCardless in a deal aimed at creating a new European market leader in the fragmented payments market.
- LL.M. European Union Law (cum laude) (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
- LL.M. Company Law (Utrecht University)
- LL.B. Law (Utrecht University)
- Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2021
Dutch, English
