Mathias Wielinga Carvajal

• Lawyer at Stek (2024 – today)
• Lawyer at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (2021-2024), with a short secondment to a listed proprietary trading firm (2021-2022)

Track record:

• Represented Ebusco in urgent summary proceedings relating to a significant contract
• Represented France Retail Holdings and Casino Guichard-Perrachon, both part of the structure heading a listed French supermarket group, in acquiring an exemption from the mandatory tender offer obligation on its Dutch listed subsidiary, Cnova
• Represented a Shell company in various proceedings related to its joint venture in Ukraine, including inquiry and buy-out proceedings
• Represented supervisory directors in the Estro appeal in cassation proceedings
• Represented COFCO in the setting-aside proceedings of an arbitral award, which successfully resulted in the award being upheld
• Represented Stichting Administratiekantoor GPB Global Resources as head of a complex corporate structure against a hostile takeover attempt by an investor based on emergency funding in summary proceedings
• Represented a Dutch joint venture company in an inquiry proceeding and subsequent settlement and in the appeal of an annulment of a binding advice (bindend advies)
• Represented multiple foundations (stichtingen) in pro bono cases related to the appointment of directors by the court
• Advised Flow Traders and Aegon, both Dutch listed companies, on their redomiciliation to a non-EER jurisdiction
• Advised a Dutch multinational on directors’ liability exposure related to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) issues
• Advised a large Dutch bank on specific governance aspects within their complex governance structure
• Advised in various private equity transactions, mostly on the company side
• Advised on multiple IPOs (all aborted) for both companies and underwriters
• Advised Stichting Ronald McDonald Kinderfonds on the merger of multiple foundations (stichtingen) on a pro bono basis

Publications:

• The investigation as a central and mandatory part of the inquiry procedure (VCL bundle 2024)
• Hink-stap-sprong: how a publicly traded company can exit Europe (Journal of Corporate Law Practice 2023/1)
• The investigation in the inquiry procedure: principles of proper investigation and methods for the investigator in the inquiry procedure (Celsus Juridische Uitgeverij 2020)