Stefan Spaans

Partner

About

Stefan Spaans is a Partner in DLA Piper's Corporate/M&A practice. He has almost 15 years’ experience advising international and local private equity firms and (multi)national corporations on M&A transactions, joint ventures, investments and fundraising, including distressed and real estate focused transactions. Stefan is known for his business-oriented approach, prioritizing pragmatic solutions that align with his clients' commercial objectives.

Stefan is a core member of DLA Piper’s dedicated Private Equity team.

Areas of FocusCorporate Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity

Professional QualificationsAdvocaat admitted with the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten

EXPERIENCE

Advising Apheon on various transactions, including the acquisitions of TMC, Hittech, CompaNanny and Lyceo.
Advising Waterland on various transactions, including the exit of Global Transport Solutions and the acquisitions of QKS Group and Celestia.
Advising NewPort Capital on various transactions, including the exits of Cow Hills, Clifford International and The Data Agency and the acquisition of PPC.
Advising Egeria on the sale of Flexoplast to Trioworld and LPF to Südpack.
Advising Oaktree Capital on the acquisition of The Specialist Group from Parcom.
Advising Sun Capital on the acquisition of CNC from Cooperatieve Nederlandse Champignonkwekersvereniging UA.
Advising Nordian Capital on the auction sale of De Jong to Rheem Manufacturing.
Advising Bencis Capital Partners on the acquisition of Nooteboom Textiles from Egeria.
Advising EMK Capital on the acquisition of EyeCare Group.
Advising Blackstone on the formation of a joint venture with Digital Realty in relation to European data centres.
Advising Redevco on the formation of a joint venture with Swiss Finance & Property Group in relation to hotel development in Iberia.
Advising Redevco on the formation of a joint venture with RED Company in relation to the development of highrise property.
Advising KBC on the sale of Distribution Center Seinehaven to Boreal IM and Cadilax Fairview.
Advising Naspers/Prosus on various transactions, including the USD3.25bn sale of Allegro to a consortium comprising Cinven, Permira and MidEuropa.
Advising OSI Food Group on various transactions, including the acquisition of IQI.
Advising CRH on the over EUR300m sale of its shutters and awnings platform to PAI Partners/Stella.Group.
Advising De Persgroep on its approx. EUR150m acquisition of Independer.nl from Achmea.
Advising Wolters Kluwer on various transactions, including the sale of its global transport services business to Castik Capital and the acquisition of Basecone.
Advising KPMG on the divestment of Crimsonwing.

Languages

Education

Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Corporate law, LLM, cum laude, 2011

Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Dutch law, LLB, 2010

Prior Experience

Stefan joined DLA Piper in 2019, having previously worked as a senior associate for a magic circle law firm in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and London, UK.