Shai Kuttner

At our recent Annual Conference in London (Oct 2021), we had the pleasure of awarding Shai gold member status as recognition for their ongoing commitment and hard work within the IR Global network. This is a prestigious honour bestowed by IR Global upon members who we consider have made a substantial contribution to the development of…

Foreword by Andrew Chilvers For ambitious companies eager to expand into overseas markets, often theconventional route of organic business development is simply not fast enough. The other option to invest in or buy a business outright is far quicker but often fraught with unforeseen dangers. And even the biggest, most experienced players can get it…

Foreward by Andrew Chilvers As companies continue to look for opportunities in global markets, directors from diverse jurisdictions are hired to serve on the boards of foreign businesses as well as domestic ones that have operations and assets in other countries. Enterprises across the world look for directors from other jurisdictions for any number of…

Shai Kuttner, IR Globals Exclusive Member for Mergers & Acquisitions in The Netherlands sat with IR Global in Amsterdam to discuss his firms area of practice, having clients all over the world, his IR Global membership and then goes on to tell us more about any inbound and outbound referrals he has experienced within the…

During the last few years, the Netherlands has developed into a seller’s market. A variety of factors underpin this trend, including exceptionally low-interest rates and abundant liquidity available to prospective buyers to fund acquisitions. Prospective buyers have easy access to capital to finance acquisitions, while competition among buyers to acquire private companies has increased. Due…

The rules for a reversed listing in the Netherlands will become more stringent. On 4 December 2017, Euronext Amsterdam released a notice to this effect. In the event of a reversed listing, an Information Memorandum will need to be published that should largely include the same information as a Prospectus. The new rules will come…

On 10 October 2017, the newly formed government of the Netherlands presented the so-called Coalition Agreement 2017. Following the Dutch elections, the Coalition Agreement is an arrangement between the coalition parties on new plans, reforms and budgets. A Coalition Agreement only entails proposals on headlines that bind the new government. The actual legislative proposals will…

On 15 June 2017, the financial closing took place for the development and construction of a new biogas plant in Oude-Tonge in the Netherlands. The project investment is approximately EUR 8.5 million. The project is located in Oude-Tonge in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The project is being realized by Groen Gas…

In March 2017, 216 Accountants closed its first acquisition by acquiring Ceifer Accountants and Tax Advisors. Ceifer is specialized in business services and accountancy for the medical practice. 216 Accountants comprises the former SME business of KPMG in the Netherlands.   A leading Dutch ICT company acquired KPMG SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) in 2015 and rebranded it to 216…

In a ruling of 30 January 2017, the Rotterdam District Court confirms the liability of a private equity firm for anticompetitive conduct by one of its portfolio companies.   On 30 January 2017, the administrative division of the Rotterdam district court upheld a decision by the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) to impose fines…

Amsterdam, 13 February 2017. Kingfish Zeeland B.V. has successfully closed a financing round, raising private equity with a capital commitment for additional equity to secure future growth. Kingfish Zeeland is setting up a new land-based Yellowtail Kingfish farm in Zeeland, the Netherlands. The unique 5,000 sqm fish farm uses a top of the line Re-circulation Aquaculture System (RAS) to…