Utrecht

Erik Jan

Bijleveld

Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law

About Erik Jan Bijleveld

Erik Jan Bijleveld is a partner who works in the Utrecht office. Alongside Andre Lieshout, he heads up the Corporate Law practice group there. Erik Jan focuses in particular on commercial contracts and collaboration agreements, including trade agreements, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder and management agreements, participations, and general and conventional partnership agreements. Erik Jan advises, negotiates and litigates on these issues.

Erik Jan is the regular lawyer for several medium-sized companies, family businesses, companies where shares are in a limited number of hands and not-for-profit foundations. He is often counsel to the boards.

Furthermore, Erik Jan Bijleveld is a mediator and arbitrator in shareholder disputes and disputes within collaborative ventures.

Erik Jan Bijleveld lives in Utrecht.

Assisted mergers / acquisition

Braspenning
Braspenning Group takes over De Back Metaalconservering

VDVDK assisted Braspenning Group in the acquisition of De Back Metaalconservering, with which Braspenning strengthens its position in the Dutch market in the field of blasting, coating and painting.

Femke
Jansen
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law
Michael
of the
Hooves
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Insolvency & Restructuring
Eric Jan
Bijleveld
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law
ParcelParcel deal
ParcelParcel finds international growth partner LetMeShip

VDVDK assisted and represented the founders of ParcelParcel in its acquisition process by the international company LetMeShip.

Michael
of the
Hooves
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Insolvency & Restructuring
Eric Jan
Bijleveld
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law
Size deal
Vermaat Group takes majority stake in Join Program

VDVDK assisted Enbiun in the Vermaat Group's acquisition of Join Program.

Femke
Jansen
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law
Michael
of the
Hooves
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Insolvency & Restructuring
Eric Jan
Bijleveld
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law
Freezing house Lagemaat deal
Sale of Vrieshuis Lagemaat to Constellation Cold Logistics

VDVDK advised and assisted the seller of the shares in Vrieshuis Lagemaat to Constellation Cold Logistics throughout the sale process.

Femke
Jansen
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law
Eric Jan
Bijleveld
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law

Areas of law / specialisms

Mergers & Acquisitions
Litigation
Corporate Law
Function
attorney, partner
Lawyer since
1988
Locations
Utrecht
Languages
Dutch, English
Areas of law
Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Corporate Law

Education

  • Various study programmes and training courses focusing on his field of expertise
  • Mediation training

Examples of work

  • Acting as regular lawyer for several companies, including several IT companies.
  • Assisting in and advising on commercial disputes, commercial contracts, enforcing these and defending against claims.
  • Advising and litigating for companies having problems with their banks associated with lending and swap agreements.
  • Disputes with auditors.
  • Assisting in purchase and sale transactions for various companies.
  • Teaming up to act against the State and Fortis. A case that ran for more than five years and eventually led to the highest settlement in Europe (EUR 1.2 billion) as compensation for investors who had been defrauded.

Memberships and ancillary activities

  • Corporate Litigation Association
  • Arbitrator in commercial disputes and disputes arising from collaboration agreements
  • Mediator
  • Participant in Skill City

Client experiences

VDVDK assisted us in the sales process of our company. Both during exploratory discussions in the years before and until completion. The knowledge, skills and experience provide comfort and have been of great added value in reaching good agreements with the buyer. Communication with Michiel and Erik Jan is always very personal and our personal wishes and all the emotional aspects involved in such a process are carefully taken into account. We regularly call on VDVDK and will certainly continue to do so in the future.

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