Jeroen van Mourik

Tax Adviser | Partner

Jeroen heads Houthoff’s Tax practice. He specialises in tax law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and insolvency, financing and refinancing, and cross-border tax structuring. He advises numerous private equity clients on public and private transactions, as well as financial institutions and clients in the automotive, TMT and consumer products industries.

Furthermore, Jeroen has more than 20 years of experience advising multinational clients (mainly Asian and US) on the Dutch corporate and international tax aspects of cross-border investments, reorganisations and mergers and acquisitions.

Recent Work

Advised European Healthcare Acquisition Growth Company B.V., a Euronext Amsterdam-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), on the intended business combination with Croma-Pharma GmbH.

Advised Castik Capital S.a.r.l. on the acquisition of paraDIGMA Group.

Advised 3i on the sale of the Weener Plastics group, producer of high-quality plastic packaging products, to US manufacturing company Silgan Holdings.

Advised IK Partners on the acquisition of an economical majority stake in QConcepts Beheer B.V., a fast growing Dutch audit-focused specialist.

Advised Platinum Equity on the sale of Landal GreenParks, operator of holiday parks in Europe, to Roompot.

Advised Carlyle and Ares Management Credit funds on their EUR 800 million strategic investment in the form of preferred equity in Your.World.

Assisted e& in forming a strategic joint venture with PPF Telecom Group. e& acquired a controlling stake (50% plus one economic share) in PPF Telecom Group. The transaction value is EUR 2.15 billion, with a potential earn-out of up to EUR 350 million.

Advised and represented the shareholders of Fe Corporation B.V. on the sale of the IKEA retail operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Inter IKEA.

Advised ORTEC, a Dutch provider of decision support software and data science capabilities to key customers in core markets globally since the early 1980s, on sale of a majority stake to Battery Ventures, a US-based investment firm.

Advised SPS Commerce, Inc. on the acquisition of all business and operations of TIE Kinetix, listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

Advised the shareholders of the Royal Steensma group, manufacturer of bakery ingredients, on the sale of the group to US multinational Dawn Foods.

Advised Acture Group and IK Investment Partners on the sale of Acture Group, a leading provider of holistic employee welfare solutions, to Rivean Capital.

Advised Titan, a leading independent liquified biomethane (LBM/bio-LNG) and LNG supplier to the maritime and industrial sectors, on a successful funding round leading to InfraVia obtaining (through one of its investment vehicles) a 45% equity stake in Titan.

Advised an ad hoc group of secured lenders to Tupperware Brands Corporation who successfully completed the acquisition of certain key assets of the Tupperware Group, including global rights to the Tupperware brand name and related intellectual property as well as operations in core geographic markets.

Advised Seek Limited on the sale of Brasil Online Holdings Coöperatief U.A. and Online Career Center Mexico, S.A.P.I. de C.V. to Red Arbor Holding, S.L. for a cash consideration of USD 85 million.

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 Bridgepoint Advisers II Limited on its acquisition of the DataExpert group, a leading provider of products and services to combat cybercrime and fraud and deliver forensic and incident response solutions.

Advised the shareholders of Trymax Holding B.V., a specialist in plasma-based and UV-based process equipment and solutions for semiconductor manufacturers, on the sale and transfer of all shares in the capital of Trymax to Accuron Technologies.

Advised Bridgepoint a leading private asset growth investor, on the acquisition of the entire share capital of NMi Topco B.V. (NMi) from the American private equity fund Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.

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.

Advised Tepsa, backed by I Squared Capital, on the acquisition of GES Netherlands and its subsidiary GES Rotterdam. Tepsa is an independent operator of bulk liquid storage terminals. GES Rotterdam operates a 24-hectare terminal located in the Europoort area of the Port of Rotterdam. With a current tank storage capacity of 212.000 m3 and 18 hectares of unused land available for development, the terminal offers a strategic position for Tepsa’s intended growth in de ARA (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp) region.

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Languages

Dutch, English

Expertises

Tax

Complex, constantly changing tax systems requiring comprehensive legal, fiscal and practical expertise.

ESG & Sustainability

Behind the daily headlines on sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues hide complex challenges such as permitting, subsidies, funding and reporting obligations. These matters affect the expectations and demands of all corporate stakeholders.

Tax Litigation

Sometimes, disputes about taxes arise. These disputes are usually with the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, but they can also be between companies and institutions.

Climate Tax

Tax often plays an important role when it comes to climate change and climate-related projects and activities.

Tax & M&A

Due diligence execution and documentation, transaction structuring, and advice on payroll and income tax aspects.

Tax Insolvency & Restructuring

Complex reorganizations and crisis situations, restructuring of (inter)national activities and tax positions in case of (impending) bankruptcy.

International & EU Tax

The continuously changing international tax landscape, including cross-border matters and European taxation.

Corporate Income Tax

Dutch corporate income tax law is constantly developing. With the introduction of international guidelines and EU directives, the Netherlands has a great challenge in implementing these measures into national law.

Tax & Technology

Technology is not only disrupting the business world but also the tax space.

Tax Compliance

Compliance guidance with filing tax returns.

Tax

Complex, constantly changing tax systems requiring comprehensive legal, fiscal and practical expertise.

ESG & Sustainability

Tax Litigation

Sometimes, disputes about taxes arise. These disputes are usually with the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, but they can also be between companies and institutions.

Climate Tax

Tax often plays an important role when it comes to climate change and climate-related projects and activities.

Tax & M&A

Due diligence execution and documentation, transaction structuring, and advice on payroll and income tax aspects.

Tax Insolvency & Restructuring

Complex reorganizations and crisis situations, restructuring of (inter)national activities and tax positions in case of (impending) bankruptcy.

International & EU Tax

The continuously changing international tax landscape, including cross-border matters and European taxation.

Corporate Income Tax

Tax & Technology

Technology is not only disrupting the business world but also the tax space.

Tax Compliance

Compliance guidance with filing tax returns.

"Jeroen van Mourik is excellent, very responsive and to the point."

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Corporate Income Tax

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Tax Compliance

Tax

ESG & Sustainability

Tax Litigation

Climate Tax

Tax & M&A

Tax Insolvency & Restructuring

International & EU Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Tax & Technology

Tax Compliance

"Jeroen van Mourik is excellent, very responsive and to the point."

Chambers Europe

Ranked

Chambers Europe

Recommended

Legal 500

Publications

Private Equity in The Netherlands: Market and Regulatory Overview. Practical Law.

Jeroen van Mourik

Expertises

Contact

On this page

Recent Work

Languages

Expertises

Tax

ESG & Sustainability

Tax Litigation

Climate Tax

Tax & M&A

Tax Insolvency & Restructuring

International & EU Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Tax & Technology

Tax Compliance

Tax

ESG & Sustainability

Tax Litigation

Climate Tax

Tax & M&A

Tax Insolvency & Restructuring

International & EU Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Tax & Technology

Tax Compliance

"Jeroen van Mourik is excellent, very responsive and to the point."

Chambers Europe

Ranked

Chambers Europe

Recommended

Legal 500

Publications

Private Equity in The Netherlands: Market and Regulatory Overview. Practical Law.

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