Wijnand works in the Corporate/M&A practice group and is based at our New York office. He engages in national and international mergers and acquisitions, including company acquisitions, joint ventures and other collaborations, and acts for both private equity and strategic parties. Wijnand previously worked in the Finance & Investment Management group.
Wijnand Peelen
Attorney-at-law | Senior Associate
- 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 CVC DIF in connection with its investment in Low Carbon, a renewable energy company. Low Carbon drives renewable energy growth by developing, building, and operating utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and battery storage projects across the UK and Europe, with an operational capacity of approximately 1 GW of which more than 135 MW in the Netherlands.
- Advised Authentic Brands Group LLC, together with Latham & Watkins, with the acquisition of a controlling ownership interest in substantially all of the intellectual property of Guess?,Inc..
- LL.M. Law and Finance (cum laude) (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
- LL.B. Law (Universiteit van Amsterdam) BA Philosophy (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
- Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2020
Dutch, English
