Key Takeaways
- • Taylor Wessing expands its Amsterdam office with two senior partners joining in June-July 2025: Rob Hendriks (effective 1 June 2025) and Michiel Boer (effective 1 July 2025), strengthening the firm's Corporate Real Estate, Private Equity, Energy & Infrastructure M&A capabilities.
- • Rob Hendriks brings over 30 years of sector-specific experience across Corporate M&A, Private Equity, Real Estate, and Energy & Infrastructure transactions, with recognition from Legal 500 and IFLR1000 as a leading lawyer in these practice areas; he previously led the Corporate Commercial practice group at Simmons & Simmons in the Netherlands.
- • Michiel Boer contributes over a decade of hands-on transactional experience advising private equity firms, institutional investors, developers, corporates, and family offices on share and asset deals, joint ventures, and complex development and investment structuring.
- • The hiring reinforces Taylor Wessing's strategy to deepen cross-border investment capabilities in key sectors—real estate, renewable energy, and infrastructure—with a particular focus on European transactions that serve institutional and alternative investment clients.
Summary
Taylor Wessing is expanding its Amsterdam office with the arrival of two senior corporate partners, addressing growing demand for specialized expertise in cross-border real estate, private equity, and energy infrastructure transactions. Rob Hendriks joins effective 1 June 2025, while Michiel Boer follows on 1 July 2025. Both bring substantial transactional experience and established relationships with institutional clients across Europe.
Hendriks represents a significant addition to the firm's M&A and real estate platforms. With over 30 years in practice, he combines deep sector knowledge with demonstrated deal-making expertise across Corporate M&A, Private Equity, Real Estate, and Energy & Infrastructure M&A. His background includes substantial cross-border investment work, with particular strength in renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. He is recognized by two leading legal directories—Legal 500 and IFLR1000—as a top-tier practitioner in Corporate/M&A, Private Equity, Energy Transactional, and Real Estate practice areas. At Simmons & Simmons, Hendriks led the firm's Corporate Commercial practice group in the Netherlands and the Corporate Real Estate & Projects M&A practice, while co-heading its cross-border real estate transactions group. His track record aligns directly with Taylor Wessing's stated international strategy and sector-driven approach.
Boer complements this offering with more than a decade of hands-on experience in corporate M&A, real estate, and energy & infrastructure transactions. His client base spans private equity firms, institutional investors, developers, corporates, and family offices—core constituencies for Taylor Wessing's transactional platform. Boer's expertise encompasses share and asset deals, joint ventures, and complex development and investment structuring, providing integrated advisory capabilities across multiple transaction types and sectors.
The hires reflect Taylor Wessing's investment in strengthening its capabilities in sectors of strategic importance to alternative investors and institutional capital. The firm's stated emphasis on longstanding relationships and cross-border relevance positions the new team to serve fund managers, asset managers, and family offices pursuing complex investments in European real estate, renewable energy, and infrastructure assets.
Hendriks represents a significant addition to the firm's M&A and real estate platforms. With over 30 years in practice, he combines deep sector knowledge with demonstrated deal-making expertise across Corporate M&A, Private Equity, Real Estate, and Energy & Infrastructure M&A. His background includes substantial cross-border investment work, with particular strength in renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. He is recognized by two leading legal directories—Legal 500 and IFLR1000—as a top-tier practitioner in Corporate/M&A, Private Equity, Energy Transactional, and Real Estate practice areas. At Simmons & Simmons, Hendriks led the firm's Corporate Commercial practice group in the Netherlands and the Corporate Real Estate & Projects M&A practice, while co-heading its cross-border real estate transactions group. His track record aligns directly with Taylor Wessing's stated international strategy and sector-driven approach.
Boer complements this offering with more than a decade of hands-on experience in corporate M&A, real estate, and energy & infrastructure transactions. His client base spans private equity firms, institutional investors, developers, corporates, and family offices—core constituencies for Taylor Wessing's transactional platform. Boer's expertise encompasses share and asset deals, joint ventures, and complex development and investment structuring, providing integrated advisory capabilities across multiple transaction types and sectors.
The hires reflect Taylor Wessing's investment in strengthening its capabilities in sectors of strategic importance to alternative investors and institutional capital. The firm's stated emphasis on longstanding relationships and cross-border relevance positions the new team to serve fund managers, asset managers, and family offices pursuing complex investments in European real estate, renewable energy, and infrastructure assets.
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