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Biography

Arne Grimme is head of De Brauw’s Corporate M&A practice. He advises on public and private transactions, leveraged buy-outs and complex cross-border transactions and corporate restructurings.He has advised Philips, AkzoNobel, NXP, Rabobank, BAM, Corbion, Arcadis, Bain Capital, Gilde, CVC Capital, and Schiphol Airport. Work highlights include: AkzoNobel on the unsuccessful hostile public offer by PPG Industries and on successful defenses in court cases initiated by Elliott Advisors, Philips Lighting’s IPO, NXP’s $40 billion aborted merger with Qualcomm, NXP’s €2.75 billion sale of its Standard Products division to JAC Capital and Bain Capital’s acquisition of Bugaboo.