Menno Geusens is an experienced corporate lawyer with a strong focus on multijurisdictional transactions, including M&A (private and public), joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and investment fund structuring. He also advises clients on general corporate matters, including corporate governance, management participations, and employee stock option plans. Menno represents private and public companies, including private equity firms.
Key representations at Jones Day include: Greystar Real Estate Partners on various entity/fund formations, including the establishment of its Dutch Essential Housing Venture in partnership with Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP; Egeria on the establishment of Egeria Private Equity Fund VI; Avient on the $1.485 billion acquisition of the DSM Protective Materials business; Solmax on the acquisition of TenCate Geosynthetics; Aurelius Equity Opportunities in various controlled auctions (including sale of Getronics Group, Solidus Solutions, and Office Depot Europe); Catawiki on its €150 million investment round; Garmin on its acquisition of Tacx; Gimv in various investments (including investments in Coolword, Joolz, United Dutch Breweries, and Alpine); and Gilde Healthcare on various fund formations.
Menno is a member of the Firm's LGBTQ+ Affinity Group and was one of the founders, and still serves as an advisory board member, of FORWARD, the first Legal LGBT Network in the Netherlands. He is also regularly involved in various pro bono activities and projects of the Firm.
Experiência
- Radboud University Nijmegen (Dutch and Notarial Law: LL.M. 2010; LL.B. 2009)
- Royal Notarial Professional Organisation (Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie), the Netherlands
- Dutch and English