Expertise

Pieter is a partner in our Corporate / M&A and private equity practice. He has over 25 years’ experience on corporate, private equity and infrastructure transactions. His clients include corporates, private equity houses, founders and management teams.

Experience
  • Advising Nimbus on a number of cross-border transactions, including the sale of MegaGroup to SunCapital and of BontexGeo to Waterland, as well as on a number of investments 
  • Advising Plukon Food Group on a number of cross-border transactions, including the acquisitions of Fresh Care, VMR, Optibrut, CFG and Ter Maten 
  • Advising Baker Tilly on its partnership with Inflexion
  • Advising Vendis Capital on its investments in Pink Gellac and Meubelzorg and on the exit of Alpine Hearing Protection
  • Advising Freshstream on its investment in Worldstream and on the exit of Nafinco
  • Advising Döhler on the acquisition of SVZ
Testimonials
  • "Pieter van Uchelen is creative in finding good and solid practical solutions" - Chambers, 2026
  • "Pieter van Uchelen is experienced, sharp, flexible, creative and also commercially focused" - Chambers, 2026
  • "Pieter van Uchelen is very effective in the negotiation room" - Chambers, 2026
  • "The team led by Pieter van Uchelen has provided excellent advice and process management skills and guided us through an ambitious M&A process with clear focus on delivering the target. Pieter and team mastered all aspects of the transaction, including managing outside counsel from various jurisdictions, and delivered solutions on time" - Legal 500, 2024
  • "Pieter van Uchelen and his team are very pleasant to work with, they always keep an eye on the bigger interest of the transaction and are keen to make a deal work" - Legal 500, 2024
  • "Pieter van Uchelen and his team are very hands on and take initiative in helping the process forward and solving discussions within the investment consortium without losing sight of clients’ interest" – Legal 500, 2023
  • "Very knowledgeable, uses this knowledge to get a deal forward. Pieter van Uchelen steps forward, takes initiative and proposes solutions rather than getting entrenched in positions" – Legal 500, 2023
  • "Pieter van Uchelen has come to develop a great understanding of our organisation at all levels and is able to deliver work fit for purpose for us, our portfolio companies and their senior management" – Legal 500, 2024
  • "Pieter van Uchelen is a nice person to work with. His skills are widely developed and he understands how to develop long-term relationships" – Legal 500, 2025
Qualifications
Recognition
  • Chambers Netherlands - Corporate, M&A 5 – 50 million: Band 1
  • Legal 500 Netherlands - Commercial, Corporate and M&A: Leading Partner
  • IFLR Netherlands - M&A, Private equity: highly regarded 
Training delivered
  • Guest lecturer at the University of Amsterdam
  • M&A for SBB, the Dutch professional institute for the education of in-house counsel
Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • German
Education
  • Leiden University, the Netherlands, 1991-1996
  • Heidelberg University, Germany, 1995-1996
Year qualified

1996, admitted to the Dutch Bar (Advocaat)