Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Jaap Geleijns
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, Dutch
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Jaap Geleijns is a Private Equity/M&A partner in our Corporate & Finance practice. Jaap specialises in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate restructurings. Known for his ability to navigate complex and high-stakes transactions, Jaap has built a strong reputation as a trusted advisor to clients operating in dynamic and competitive markets.
Jaap has an impressive track record of advising on both national and cross-border private equity transactions, as well as public and private M&A deals. His approach combines deep transactional expertise with sharp commercial acumen and a pragmatic, solutions-driven mindset. Clients value his ability to distill complexity into actionable strategies, ensuring their business objectives are met efficiently and effectively.
Jaap’s practice spans a wide range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, and investments, auction processes, co-investment transactions, public takeovers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, shareholder activism, market abuse, and corporate governance. His diverse client base includes Dutch and international private equity funds, publicly listed companies, family offices, corporate clients, and investment banks.
Before joining Hogan Lovells as a partner in August 2025, Jaap spent 14 years at a magic circle firm, including a year on secondment at Allens in Sydney.
Jaap’s commitment to delivering excellence, coupled with his collaborative and forward-thinking approach, makes him a key partner for clients seeking innovative and effective solutions in today’s fast-evolving corporate landscape.
Representative experience
Advising AnaCap on the acquisition of a majority stake in DK Accountants, a Dutch accountancy services provider.*
Advising Reggeborgh Invest on the sale of its 9.75% stake in Alpha Bank, one of Greece's major financial institutions listed on the Athens Stock Exchange.*
Advising the Dutch State on the €3.4bn support package for the Dutch national airline KLM, and the acquisition of a strategic 14% shareholding interest in Air France-KLM.*
Advising Unilever on the historic simplification of its dual-listed structure, and a number of confidential transactions and matters relating to corporate governance*
Advising ING, KBC Bank, Rabobank and Belfius on the sale of payments technology provider Payconiq International to the European Payments Initiative, a transaction that was awarded Best M&A Deal 2023 (mid market).
Advising ENGIE on the restructuring and solvent wind-down of EVBox, an electric vehicle charging infrastructure provider, and related transactions.*
Advising Cerberus on the acquisition of a controlling interest in Staples’ European operations and subsequent sale of parts thererof.*
Advising Aurelius on the European-wide carve-out and sale of Nedis Group.*
Advising Triton on the acquisition of American Dental Trading, Hofmeester and TS Dental, dental distribution companies.*
Advising Steinhoff on its international corporate restructuring, delisting and EUR 10bn debt and equity restructuring.
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Advising DELA on the acquisition of competitor Yarden, creating the largest funeral insurance and services provider in the Netherlands.*
Advising TDR Capital on various matters including the establishment of a consortium investing in the carve-out of CarNext from leasing company LeasePlan.*
Advising Curetis, a Euronext listed medical technology manufacturer, on its merger with OpGen Inc., a NASDAQ listed biotech company.*
Advising CJ Corporation on the acquisition of Batavia Biosciences, a company engaged in the development and production of viral vectors, vaccines, proteins and antibodies.*
Advising Twitter (now know as X) on the acquisition of Revue, a Dutch editorial newsletter platform.*
Various P2Ps, including public offers for Renewi, RoodMicrotec, DPA Group, Royal VolkerWessels, Just Eat, Telegraaf Media Group, and USG People.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- LLM in International Business and Economic Law, Tilburg University, Cum laude, 2012
- BA (Law) LLB, Tilburg University, 2011
- Exchange Program, University of Minnesota Law School, 2009
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Amsterdam
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01 September 2025