Legal-, tax structuring
Van Campen / Liem
J.J. Viottastraat 52
1071 JT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.vancampenliem.com
Van Campen Liem is a spin out of the International Private Equity team and an M&A team of Baker & McKenzie with 35 professionals covering legal, tax and notarial services with offices in Amsterdam and Luxembourg. Van Campen Liems team consists of tax lawyers, corporate lawyers, notaries and funds lawyers to ensure complete integrated support in all aspects of fund structuring and fund establishment, transactional work and international tax structuring. The firm has a unique domestic and cross-border track record in the emerging markets arena such as CEE, Turkey, Russia/CIS and Romania and the fund formation experts of Van Campen Liem have broad experience in the tax and corporate law aspects of international fund structuring and fund establishment.
The practice of VCL has a strong emphasis on the structuring of private equity transactions and the legal implementation thereof, with Central Europe and South East Europe and Turkey as the focus geographies. Since 1997, the team has been establishing private equity and funds and structuring deals in this region. In Romania, Van Campen Liem has been involved in various real estate projects for a Warburg Pincus backed fund, Romanian Real Estate Partners, as well as the Bucharest based funds Balkan Accession Fund, the Emerging Europe Accession Fund, Romanian Equity Partners Coop and structuring deals in Romania for Advent International, Turkven, DBG II and Arx Equity III.
Established in 2011, this boutique has already won much acclaim from clients and peers alike. It has a focus on venture capital, fund formation and private equity, and the team has particular expertise in Italy, Turkey and CEE. Key clients include AVG Technologies, ADM Capital and Studio Moderna. “Efficient, pragmatic and personal, the team has a wealth of experience.
Chambers Europe 2013
This team of experienced tax, funds and corporate specialists recently left Baker & McKenzie to set up a new boutique focusing on private equity, tax and M&A. The lawyers have well-developed skills in fund formation, and a wealth of international experience to boot.
Chambers Europe 2012
Marc van Campen impresses clients with his creative, solution-oriented approach and “innovative ideas.” He recently advised AVG Technologies on tax strategy for its IPO on the NYSE, and on its subsequent IP restructuring.
Chambers Global 2014