Nieuwdorp Roel

Roel Nieuwdorp

Partner - Brussels office
Tel: +32 (0) 2 290 04 68
roel.nieuwdorp@amboslaw.be

Roel Nieuwdorp (°1943), partner, assists domestic and foreign companies setting-up and implementing corporate governance structures. He assists in negotiations and setting-up acquisition structures and participations of private equity funds and investors. He also advises listed companies on their particular issues. He is an expert in company law and shares his knowledge and expertise at the Universiteit Antwerpen as a part-time lecturer in their Master after Master Program in Business law.

He started off as a teaching assistant at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and has then pursued a career with several law firms. He holds a PhD. in law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1966) and a LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1969).

Practice Areas

  • Company law
  • Corporate governance
  • Private auctions
  • Mergers and acquisitions, buy-outs (MBO, LBO)
  • Restructurings (both a Belgian and European level)
  • Listed companies
  • Delisting of listed companies
  • Privatizations
  • Partnerships en joint ventures
  • Commercial and business litigation
  • Private equity, venture capital
  • Arbitration

Experience

  • Partner, Ambos NBGO (2010)
  • Partner, NBGO-Lex Advocaten, Brussels (2009-2010)
  • Partner, Loyens & Loeff (Brussels) (2001-2008)
  • Partner, De Bandt, Van Hecke, Lagae (currently Linklaters) (→ 2001)

Education

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Dr. Iuris (1966)
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, LL.M. (1969)

Publications

  • "China: investeringen door China buiten China," VRG Alumnidag, 06-03-2009. Published in Recht in beweging, p. 111 e.v.
  • "Cartesio Judgement, enhancing the mobility of companies in the EU", ERA (The Academy of European Law), February 9, 2009
  • "Actualiteit in het Wetboek van Vennootschappen (inbreng, inkoop eigen aandelen financiële assistentie) en Behandeling van conflictsituaties in vennootschappen", ACVA (Algemeen Christelijk Verbond van Accountants), 16-02-2009
  • "De secretaris van de raad van bestuur", Liber Amicorum Hans Berquin, 2009, p. 285 e.v.
  • "De Squeeze-out", 2008 (verwijzing)
  • "Rechten en plichten van bestuurders", Guberna, Vademecum voor bestuurders, 2007
  • "International liability of corporate directors 2006", Belgium chapter, 2006
  • "Director's liability: a worldwide review Belgium" (coauthor), 2006, nieuwe editie 2010
  • "Legal aspects of doing business in Belgium", 2006
  • "Corporate governance in de energiesector" (coauthor), 2006
  • "De algemene vergadering" (coauthor, 2003)
  • "Standpunt: onafhankelijkheid (van de commissaris) en samenwerking: water en vuur", 2002 (verwijzing)
  • "Mergers and acquisitions in 34 jurisdictions worldwide", 2001 (verwijzing)

Professional Affiliations

  • Professor Universiteit Antwerpen (Master after Master Business law)
  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Guest lecturer on seminars (both domestic and foreign) in relation to mergers and acquisitions
  • Former President of the Dutch-Belgian Chamber of Commerce
  • Independent director at Ageas (formerly Fortis Holding)
  • Member of Warande

Languages

  • Dutch
  • French
  • English
  • German