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Tim Stevens

Partner

Email

tim.stevens@aoshearman.com

Phone

+31 20 674 1408

Offices

Amsterdam

V-CARD
Tim specialises in corporate and securities law and is particularly experienced in equity offerings and public and private mergers and acquisitions.

His experience includes advising Prosus, JDE Peet's, NXfiltration, NIBC, Alfen, Marel and Refresco on their IPO on Amsterdam Euronext, DPA Group on the public offer by Gilde, NIBC on its public takeover by Blackstone, Ahold on its merger of equals with Delhaize and Exact on its public takeover by Apax. Tim also worked with EFIC1, ESG Core Investments, CTAC1, DSCI & II on their Special Purpose Acquisition Company (or SPAC) IPOs on Amsterdam Euronext.

Expertise

Industries

Published Work

  • Stevens, T.M. and Garcia Nelen, S.B. (2017) “Fusies en overnames in Nederland” (Mergers and acquisitions in the Netherlands), book (in Dutch), Nijmegen: Ars Aequi.
  • Financial Law in the Netherlands: "Listing and Delisting", Kluwer, 2010
  • Bookbuilding on the Dutch Market, Ondernemingsrecht, 1999
  • Delisting, Ondernemingsrecht, 2003
  • Nieuwe Wmz een kort leven beschoren, in: TOP nr. 1, 2006
  • Hedge funds en marktmanipulatie, in: Onderneming & Financiering nr. 73, 2006
  • Market Abuse: "Disclosure of price-sensitive information", Kluwer, 2008
  • Handboek Openbaar Bod: "Het Fusieprotocol", Kluwer, 2008
  • Public offers in the Netherlands: "The merger protocol”, Kluwer, 2009
  • Onderneming en Aandeelhouder: "De Overheid als Aandeelhouder", Kluwer, 2011
  • Handboek Beursgang: "Hoofdnorm: art. 5(1) Prospectusrichtlijn", Kluwer, 2011
  • Handboek Beursgang, Kluwer, 2011 (editor)
  • Various annotations on Dutch case law in the corporate law journal “JOR”
  • Aandeelhouders missen een vuist: Management Scope nr. 12, 2012

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • “Vereniging Handelsrecht”
  • “Vereniging voor Effectenrecht”

Recognition

“Extremely clever”
Chambers Europe 2021, M&A: High-end capability
“Very knowledgeable but practical… …a brilliant capital markets lawyer”
Chambers Europe 2021, Equity Capital Markets

Qualifications

Admissions

Registered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales, 2021

Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 1994

Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Ondernemingsrecht (Company law)

Academic

Franklin & Marshall College, 1988

Notarial Law, University of Amsterdam, 1992 Law Degree, Dutch

Law, University of Amsterdam, 1994

Languages

Dutch, English
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.