Following opening up in Milan, global law firm Greenberg Traurig has taken another step in their growth path with the addition of Dutch lawyers Bas Vletter and Herald Jongen as shareholders in its global corporate practice, based in Amsterdam and specializing in M&A and Private Equity.

Disruptive change

Mr Vletter joins from Loyens & Loeff, where he previously chaired its M&A practice and has spent 35 years, while Mr Jongen joins from Allen & Overy, of which he was one of the co-founders in 2000, at the time, joining from Loeff Claeys Verbeke. At that firm, Vletter and Jongen started their careers together and they remained friends after 2000 when Loeff Claeys Verbeke became Loyens & Loeff and Allen & Overy was established. “We are living through times of disruptive change in our industry, with many continually seeking overnight solutions that would strongly erode their cultures and financial discipline,” said Richard A Rosenbaum, executive chairman of Greenberg Traurig. “We have been independently executing our strategic plans across Europe and beyond, while strengthening our cultural values of empowerment, respect, trust, and financial discipline, and are therefore once again in position to nimbly grasp opportunities in change.” He added, “All one firm, one culture, no mergers - one family focused on delivering what our clients want - excellence, value and results.”

Amsterdam expansion

The arrival of Vletter and Jongen will also allow Greenberg Traurig Amsterdam to further enhance its local strengths in cross-border M&A, private equity, technology, and energy transactions. The hires mark the continued expansion of Greenberg Traurig’s key practices in Amsterdam, most recently adding Thomas Timmermans as a member of its Labor & Employment Practice. Thomas van der Vliet and Cees van Oevelen, co-managing shareholders of the Amsterdam office, said in a joint statement on the new hires, “Their business acumen and experience enhance our cross-border transactional capabilities. Their arrival ties in with the expansion of both our Berlin and London offices, as well as the recent establishment of our Milan office.”