Nina Dirkse
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Nina Dirkse

Associate

Email

nina.dirkse@aoshearman.com

Phone

+31 20 674 1113

Offices

Amsterdam

V-CARD
Nina specializes in growth capital and private M&A transactions. 
Her experience spans from early-stage investments to major financing rounds, secondaries and M&A exits, representing both companies and investors. She has also advised on public M&A transactions and has a background in environmental law, gained from nearly two years in the Projects & Real Estate practice.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Leyden Labs on its USD70m Series B2 funding round and acquisition of CoV Biotechnololgy Pte Ltd.
  • Protix on its EUR55m equity investment by Tyson Foods and Protix’s existing shareholders.
  • Dott on its merger with TIER Mobility, to jointly become the largest player in the European micro-mobility sector.
  • Docplanner on various funding rounds and secondary transactions.
  • Rabo Ventures on its equity investment in MiAlgae
  • Strikwerda on its sale of S-P-S International to CVC DIF.
  • The restructuring of Fortenova Group to remove equity holders affected by sanctions and to facilitate a refinancing of EUR1.2 billion in notes.
  • StoraEnso, a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper, on its EUR1bn acquisition of de Jong Packaging Group.
  • EdgeConneX on the development, project financing and the environment, zoning and permitting issues of several data centers in Europe.
  • ING Real Estate Finance and a multinational financial institution as financiers to Greystar on its financing of The Ensemble.

 

Published Work

  • N.E. Dirkse en J.C. de Groodt, ‘Van start-up tot Exit: de rol van liquidatiepreferentie bij growth companies’, TOP 2024/345

Qualifications

Academic

LLM in Corporate Law at University of Amsterdam (cum laude) 2021
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.