Corporate/M&A
Our strong sector knowledge, expertise and comprehensive service, combined with our presence throughout the region, enable us to assist local and international corporations and financial institutions with a wide range of strategic combinations and corporate investments.
Our Corporate and M&A team advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial partnerships, privatizations, auctions, capital markets transactions, restructurings, buy-outs, divestments and other corporate matters. We help our clients navigate deal structuring, regulatory hurdles, negotiation and anything else that comes up in an M&A context. We are dedicated to create value for our clients, help them achieve their business objectives and ensure that even the most complex cross-border deals succeed.
In M&A projects and restructurings, collaboration with other disciplines is essential. Our Corporate and M&A lawyers interact closely with our firm’s other specialists, allowing us to cover the full spectrum of legal business needs and ensure the highest level of service and quality of advice.
Our people
Diek Fabius
Diek Fabius is an expert in the area of corporate law and is particularly engaged in transactions, on- and offshore commercial contracts and the DCSX listings. Diek has been a partner at VANEPS since January 2024.
Focco Lunsingh Scheurleer
Focco Lunsingh Scheurleer has over twenty-five years of experience as an attorney-at-law and advises both lenders and investors on a broad spectrum of matters in the area of banking, finance and business law.
Tjarda Tazelaar
Tjarda is an expert in corporate law and the head of our M&A team. He specializes in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings.
Danilo Narvaez
Danilo Narvaez is an associate and co-lead of the Insolvency & Restructuring department together with Michiel Gorsira. Danilo is active in both Commercial & Litigation and Corporate & Banking section of our firm.
Melitza Willems
Melitza Willems joined VANEPS as a junior associate in September 2018. She works at the Corporate & Banking section of our firm.
Ruthnialys Mogen
Ruthnialys Mogen is a critical thinker who approaches challenging legal issues diligently. She specializes in privacy and intellectual property and works at the Corporate & Banking section of our firm on Curacao.
Sebastiaan van Dam
Sebastiaan van Dam, attorney at law, is a member of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group in our Amsterdam office. He focuses on corporate and commercial dispute resolution, including ESG litigation.
Chantally Reina
Chantally is a lawyer at VANEPS practicing in both the Corporate & Banking and Commercial & Litigation section of our firm.
Jessottiz Baart
Jessottiz deals with various issues in the field of Corporate & Banking.
Morten Sagis
Morten Sagis joined VANEPS in 2022. After working at our Curaçao office for three years, he transferred to our Amsterdam office in 2025. He specializes in corporate and commercial dispute resolution.
