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Laura Smit

She/herSenior Associate
Laura Smit was instrumental to our ability to close our deal. She demonstrated great attention to detail, high-quality work product, an ability to quarterback the transaction, and overall poise under pressure.
— Client
Amsterdam
About

Laura Smit is a Corporate M&A lawyer with over 10 years experience advising national and international clients on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. She is involved in strategic mergers and acquisitions, private equity, management buy-outs, joint ventures, reorganisations and general corporate law. Laura has a specific focus on transactions within the technology and media/advertising spaces.

In 2016 Laura was seconded at DLA Piper London for six months, where she worked extensively on UK law governed M&A transactions and private equity. In 2022 Laura was seconded to the legal team of FedEx Express' headquarters in the Netherlands for five months where she advised on and negotiated a variety of commercial contracts for the business.

She has a leading role in DLA Piper's Netherlands Tech Sector Group and is part of the Retail Sector and Private Equity Groups.

Areas of FocusConsumer Goods, Food and RetailTechnologyCorporateIntellectual PropertyMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityRestructuring
Professional QualificationsAdvocaat admitted with the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Box Inc., a cloud content management services company, on its acquisition of SignRequest, a cloud-based electronic signature company.
  • Advising Ocean Outdoor on the acquisitions of leading DOOH-companies in the Netherlands (including Interbest, Ngage Media and Beyond Outdoor).
  • Advising The Carlyle Group on various acquisitions, including Dept Agency and several hotel portfolio’s.
  • Advising Chinese Eastern Airlines on its investment in Air France-KLM.
  • Advising ForFarmers on various transactions.
  • Advising UGI Corporation on the acquisition of De Vrije Energie Producent.
  • Advising NPM Capital on its investment in Suitsupply.
  • Advising Perusa Partners on the acquisition of Xindao Group.
  • Advising Synergia Capital on various investments and exits, including the sale of The Artisan Food Company (Boboli) to Gilde Equity Management.
  • Advising a major international bank and Rabo Investments on the sale of INVE Aquaculture to Benchmark.
Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Czech
Education
  • Women Leadership Programme 2019
  • Grotius Academy, Corporate Law, 2017
  • Law Firm School, 2013


    Leiden University, LL.M. Corporate law and Intellectual Property, 2011

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