Jacques is a corporate lawyer specialising in corporate transactions, corporate governance and ESG regulation from a corporate perspective. He has extensive experience in M&A transactions (drafting and negotiating various corporate agreements, and managing due diligence procedures and auction processes). As Co-Head of Houthoff’s ESG team, Jacques sets up governance structures and advises on the implementation of the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) and other ESG-related matters. He works for large EU and international companies and investors, and Dutch government bodies.
Jacques Kröner
Attorney-at-law | Partner
- Advises Oceanco, universally recognised for designing and constructing bespoke super-yachts, on the intended acquisition of Alewijnse, a highly renowned provider of tailored electrical and automation solutions.
- Advised Ali M. Barwani Investment Co (BVI) on the sale and transfer of Oceanco, universally recognised for designing and constructing bespoke super-yachts that redefine the limits of naval architecture, to an American technology entrepreneur.
- Advised Shanks Group Plc, an independent UK waste management company, on the closing of the merger with Van Gansewinkel Groep B.V., a privately-owned waste collection and recycling business in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Continued Education (McGill University Montreal, Canada)
- LL.M. Civil and Business Law (Leiden University)
- Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 1999
- Head lecturer in corporate law of the Dutch Law Firm School (LFS)
- Regular guest lecturer in the mergers and acquisitions module at Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Gives courses on corporate governance to management board members and supervisory board members
- Contributed to the book on company takeovers, Bedrijfsovername (2023), edited by corporate law professors at Leiden University
Regularly publishes on ESG regulatory topics
Dutch, English
