David van Kessel

• Advising Indutrade (STO:INDT) on the acquisition of flow technology company Valveco (with office in Europe, America and Asia) from Pindustry and founders
• Advise Ennatuurlijk on the acquisition of ECW Geoholding (all the geothermal business activities of ECW Netwerk)
• Advise Lyreco on, among other matters, the acquisition of Groenendijk Tussenholding B.V. as well as Intersafe en Elacin
• Advising Meijer Beheer on the sale of its 50% interest in Lamb-Weston/Meijer to Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) for EUR 700 million (in cash and stock of Lamb Weston)
• Advise management of Sensorfact B.V., a Dutch company providing technology, data, insights and advice to reduce energy consumption in the industrial sector, on the sale of Sensorfact B.V. to ABB (SWX: ABBN) and advise Sensorfact on various investment rounds
• Advising shareholders of SpeakUp (People Intouch, a Dutch ethics & compliance software provider focused on providing whistleblowing solutions) on the sale of SpeakUp to Fortino Capital and continued role by management shareholders
• Advising Datamars on various acquisitions in the Netherlands

• "David van Kessel delivers a very high level of service and, in addition to that, he is very nice to work with!" – Chambers, 2025
• "David van Kessel is excellent. He is highly responsive and we work well together" – Chambers, 2025

• Advocaat admitted to the Dutch Bar
• Listed in the Register of Legal Practice Areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Ondernemingsrecht (Corporate Law)

• Dutch
• English

David studied law at the University of Maastricht. Upon completion of his studies in 2007, David gained work experience with another international law firm and also worked as a lawyer from Shanghai and Hong Kong.

2007, advocaat, Simmons & Simmons