Jeroen Sombezki, who brings more than 20 years of corporate transactions experience, regularly leads complex domestic and multijurisdictional transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, private placements, and equity capital markets matters. His practice focuses on cross-border transactions, particularly in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT), including defense technology & security, and the energy & infrastructure sectors. Jeroen is also a trusted corporate governance adviser to corporations and their boards.
Prior to joining Jones Day in 2026, Jeroen advised: on the carve-out sale of a Netherlands headquartered semiconductor packaging business to a private equity-backed strategic buyer; on the sale of one of the leading Dutch staffing companies to a Dutch family office; the supervisory board of a listed Dutch industrials company on the public offer by its major shareholder; a listed Dutch holding company of financial assets on the public offer by a private equity buyer; a U.S. private equity investor on the addition of a Netherlands-based real time analytics platform; a UK private equity investor on the acquisition of a Dutch digital marking platform; the U.S. shareholder of a U.S.-listed Dutch public company on various securities laws and corporate governance aspects; on the sale of the European organic food business of a U.S.-listed seller to a Dutch listed buyer; on the sale by a state-owned Finnish energy company of its: Baltics district heating business, Nordic wind portfolio, and majority stake in its Indian solar portfolio; on the acquisition of a Netherlands-based specialist electric battery and off-road vehicle company; and on various fundraisings by a Netherlands-based operator of African data centers.
- INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration) (M.B.A. Highlights Program 2008); Dutch Bar Association (Legal Profession Vocational Program 2008); Leiden University (M.A. in Dutch Civil Law 2004); University of Bologna (Erasmus exchange program, 2003)
- Amsterdam
Recommended multiple years in The Legal 500 and IFLR1000, where clients say that he is "not only very capable but also accurate, fast, and, on a personal level, a pleasure to work with"; "is an excellent and highly skilled M&A lawyer in the Dutch market"; "an excellent professional, a fair lawyer and a highly capable negotiator"; and "he is very good, comes up with innovative solutions"
- Dutch, English, German, and Italian