Expertise

Pieter is a partner in the Corporate / M&A practice. He specialises in corporate law, with a particular focus on M&A, private equity, joint ventures, corporate governance and corporate and commercial advisory work.

He has a strong track record in retail & consumer, construction and IT transactions, corporate governance structures and advising purpose- and impact-driven investors and companies, including Tony’s Chocolonely.

Experience
  • Advising Tony’s Chocolonely on the implementation of its ‘Mission Lock’
  • Advising the shareholders of Tony’s Chocolonely on the investments made by Verlinvest and JamJar
  • Advising Oerlemans Foods (part of the Virto Group) on the divestment of its freezing works facility to Maasoever
  • Advising the shareholders of Dyzle on the divestment of Dyzle Services B.V. to Sensire (a portfolio company of Main Capital) 
  • Advising the on the sale of New York Pizza to Orkla
Testimonials
  • "Pieter van den Brink is experienced, delivers high quality advice, is pragmatic and also understands the role of making the deal happen" – Legal 500, 2023
  • "Pieter van den Brink is experienced, delivers high quality advice, is pragmatic and also understands the role of making the deal happen" – Legal 500, 2023
  • “He always discusses the topics and is very good in highlighting elements you have to know.” – Chambers, 2024
  • “We work with Pieter van den Brink and Lidewei Lankreijer. Pieter is very involved with the client and has a lot of specialist knowledge as well as knowledge of the client and their file. Lidewei is Pieter’s right hand – she also has the file knowledge and they both always prepare all meetings very well, so that they run very effectively.” – Legal 500, 2024
  • “Pieter van den Brink is very experienced, has an eye for detail and understands the really essential elements in a deal. A proactive negotiator who makes the deal happen.” – Legal 500, 2024
  • Pieter van den Brink is a great lawyer. He is smart, quick, flexible, has a great understanding of our business and his responsiveness is amazing" – Chambers, 2025
  • "Pieter van den Brink is extremely thorough and has a great understanding of what we stand for. Not many legal advisers know how to deal with mission driven entrepreneurs – they do! Nothing we do consists of standard work, we rethink every business deal, agreement or contract" – Legal 500, 2025
  • "Pieter is very responsive and pragmatic in his advice. His knowledge is very valuable, as is his expertise. He really places himself in my shoes and thinks like a business partner" – Chambers, 2026
Qualifications
Recognition
  • Chambers Netherlands - Corporate M&A €5-50 million: Band 2
  • Legal 500 Netherlands - Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Training delivered

Lectured on Corporate law (M&A) in the faculty of post-doctoral studies at the University of Nijmegen 

Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
Education
  • University of Amsterdam, LL.M., 1999 
  • University of Nijmegen, post-graduate degree (Grotius) in corporate and business law (cum laude), 2007
Year qualified

1999, admitted to the Dutch Bar (Advocaat)