Key Takeaways
- • Jones Day has hired Jeroen Sombezki as a partner in its Corporate Practice in Amsterdam, adding cross-border M&A and private equity capacity to its Dutch and pan-European bench.
- • Sombezki brings more than 20 years of corporate transactions and governance experience, with a focus on TMT, defense technology and security, and energy, renewables, and infrastructure deals.
- • Jones Day's global Corporate team comprises approximately 400 M&A attorneys in 16 countries, which according to the firm advised on more than 5,200 transactions worth over $2.1 trillion in the past five years.
- • Amsterdam Partner-in-Charge Yvan Desmedt said the hire strengthens the firm's ability to serve clients investing into and out of the Netherlands.
Summary
Jones Day has added Jeroen Sombezki as a partner in its Corporate Practice at the firm's Amsterdam office, according to the firm's announcement. Sombezki brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate transactions and corporate governance, and regularly leads complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional deals, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, growth equity financings, and capital markets matters.
His practice centres on cross-border transactions, particularly in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT), including defense technology and security, and in energy, renewables, and infrastructure. Yvan Desmedt, Partner-in-Charge of the Amsterdam office, said Sombezki's arrival "meaningfully strengthens our ability to serve clients investing into, and out of, the Netherlands," noting that Amsterdam remains one of Europe's most important gateways for cross-border investment. Vica Irani, co-leader of the firm's Corporate Practice, described Sombezki as a dealmaker whose work spans private equity, technology, and the energy transition, and who has advised sponsors, founders, and strategic buyers from growth financings through exits and public listings.
Sombezki joins a global Corporate team of approximately 400 M&A attorneys across 16 countries. The firm states that this group has advised on more than 5,200 transactions with a combined deal volume exceeding $2.1 trillion over the past five years. Jones Day, which has 2,500 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents, presents the hire as reinforcing its integrated, multi-practice approach.
Sombezki holds a degree in Dutch law and a master's in Dutch civil law from Leiden University, completed the MBA Highlights Programme in corporate finance at INSEAD, and studied law at the Università degli Studi di Bologna. He said the firm's one-firm culture drew him to Jones Day and that he looks forward to working across private equity, capital markets, antitrust, tax, energy, and technology teams.
His practice centres on cross-border transactions, particularly in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT), including defense technology and security, and in energy, renewables, and infrastructure. Yvan Desmedt, Partner-in-Charge of the Amsterdam office, said Sombezki's arrival "meaningfully strengthens our ability to serve clients investing into, and out of, the Netherlands," noting that Amsterdam remains one of Europe's most important gateways for cross-border investment. Vica Irani, co-leader of the firm's Corporate Practice, described Sombezki as a dealmaker whose work spans private equity, technology, and the energy transition, and who has advised sponsors, founders, and strategic buyers from growth financings through exits and public listings.
Sombezki joins a global Corporate team of approximately 400 M&A attorneys across 16 countries. The firm states that this group has advised on more than 5,200 transactions with a combined deal volume exceeding $2.1 trillion over the past five years. Jones Day, which has 2,500 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents, presents the hire as reinforcing its integrated, multi-practice approach.
Sombezki holds a degree in Dutch law and a master's in Dutch civil law from Leiden University, completed the MBA Highlights Programme in corporate finance at INSEAD, and studied law at the Università degli Studi di Bologna. He said the firm's one-firm culture drew him to Jones Day and that he looks forward to working across private equity, capital markets, antitrust, tax, energy, and technology teams.
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