About Wietse de Jong

Wietse de Jong focuses his practice on the structuring of financial products and capital market transactions, including setting up banks, investment funds, structured products, and the issue of listed and over-the-counter debt and equity securities. Wietse has worked on other financial industry transactions, including initial public offerings (IPO) and pre-offering equity financing, venture capital, joint ventures, and the sale and purchase of banks, asset managers and other regulated financial institutions such as pension funds and insurance companies.

Wietse has also defended many financial institutions in securities litigations, including class actions. He also held positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Office of International Corporation Finance) and the Dutch Financial Markets Authority.

Concentrations

•Banking
•Corporate and securities
•Mergers and acquisitions

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms Edition, 'Law Firm of the Year,' Banking & Finance - Litigation
•Listed, Euromoney, Capital Markets
•Listed, European Legal Experts and Chambers Global, Banking and Finance in the Netherlands
•Listed, Legal Experts Europe, Middle East and Africa, Banking and Finance
•Listed, Chambers and Partners Netherlands, Banking and Finance
•Listed, The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa,
•Capital Markets: Equity
•Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation

 

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Areas of Law

  • Finance
  • Other 8
    • Investment Management
    • Corporate
    • Banking & Financial Services
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Funds
    • Capital Markets Tax
    • Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
    • Latin America Practice

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Dutch
    English
    French
    German
  • Payment Information
    Accepted Credit Cards
    American Express
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Advised on structuring
    setting up Easdaq, a pan-European stock exchange.
    Advised on IPO's of corporations
    closed-end
    open-end investment funds at New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Euronext Amsterdam, including a SPAC in 2008.
    Advised on numerous Eurobond
    Commercial Paper issues for Dutch finance companies, including st
    alone issues
    Euro Medium Term Note's (EMTNs) totaling more than $100 billion.
    Advised on acquisition of Dutch bank on behalf of Luxembourg bank
    integration thereof, through merger.
    Advised a Dutch listed company in a takeover
    financing through a convertible debt issue.
    Advised on purchase of 60 percent holding in Dutch car lease
    car dealer finance group on behalf of a German bank.
    Advised on purchase of 60 percent holding in a Dutch consumer credit organization on behalf of a French financial institution.
    Advised on dissolution of 17 billion asset management contract for Dutch Institutional Investor.
    Advised on structuring of non-listed investment funds including hedge funds
    Islamic finance (Shari'a).
    Advised on structuring
    licensing of Internet investment fund supermarket.
    Advised on structuring of financial products (incl. 'banksparen'
    'levensloop').
    Securities
    banking litigation on behalf of financial institutions, including class actions.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1994, The Netherlands
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Lecturer of Securities Law, Law Faculty, University of Amsterdam, 2003 - 2008
    •Co-Founder and Board Member, The Dutch Securities Law Association (Vereniging voor effectenrecht), 1993 - 2013
    •Member, Dutch Bar Association

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
    Class of 1989
    LL.M.
    Dutch Civil Law
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1961
    1961

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Strawinskylaan 3127, The Atrium 8th FloorAmsterdam 10166Netherlands

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Fax: +31 20 301 7350

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  • Does this attorney speak any other languages?
    Wietse de Jong speaks Dutch, French and German.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Wietse de Jong attended University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.