Emma specialises in company and securities law, with a specific emphasis on Equity Capital Markets and private M&A transactions. She provides advice on initial public offerings (IPOs) and to listed companies on their ongoing obligations and corporate governance. She also advises private companies on purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements and corporate governance. Emma works for clients in various sectors, including private equity funds, institutional investors and strategic parties.
Emma Schutte
Attorney-at-law | Senior Associate

- Advised Brembo, the world leader in the design and production of high-performance braking systems and components for top manufacturers of cars, motorbikes, commercial and racing vehicles, on the relocation of its legal seat to the Netherlands.
- Represented Fortenova Group, the largest food producer and retailer in South-Eastern Europe with an annual turnover of EUR 5 billion and 47.500 employees, in the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring resulting from the presence of sanctioned debt and equity holders in its capital structure and cross-border litigation in connection therewith.
- Advised Parkland N.V. and Magnus I B.V. on the take private transaction of GeoJunxion through the acquisition of all shares in GeoJunxion B.V. from GeoJunxion N.V.
- Specialisation Course Mergers & Acquisitions (Grotius Academy)
- LL.M. Financial Law (Leiden University)
- LL.B. Law and Business Studies (Leiden University)
- Secondment at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in London and New York
Dutch, English