Floris Pierik acts for a range of financial sponsors and corporate clients. Complex M&A and private equity transactions including buyouts and corporate carve-outs are central to his work.
Floris regularly advises on technology M&A transactions and transactions in the manufacturing, chemicals, and life sciences.
Key note transactions at Jones Day include advising: Arsenal Capital Partners on the auction sale of IGM Resins group to Astorg; The Timken Company on the acquisitions of Groeneveld Group and Lagersmit; Eurobio Scientific on the successful auction bid for GenDX; Corpay on the acquisitions of Plugsurfing from Fortum and PayByPhone from Volkswagen; Gimv on the investments in UDB, Coolworld, Joolz, and Snack Connection and the auction sales of UDB to Brouwerij Martens and Coolworld to Arcus Infrastructure Fund III; Smile Invest on the acquisitions of SmartSD and Rovers Medical Devices and the auction sales of SmartSD to Copeba and Rovers Medical Devices to Halma Plc; Aurelius Equity Opportunities on the €220 million auction sales of Getronics Group, of Solidus Group to funds managed by Centrebridge Partners, and of Office Depot Europe to RAJA SA; CDPQ, Fonds FTQ, and Solmax on the successful auction bid for Ten Cate Geosynthetics; Fortino Capital, Ventech, and other sellers on the sale of customer community platform InSided to Vista Equity Partners portfolio company Gainsight; IBS Capital Allies and its shareholders on the sale of IBS to BlackFin Capital Partners; Fortino Capital on the auction sale of asset integrity management platform Cenosco to Summit Partners; and Partech on the successful auction bid for AR SaaS platform Payt.
Experiência
"Has a strong commitment to the transaction and good communication skills."Chambers Global
- King's College London (LL.M. in European Law 2000); University of Groningen (Law Degree in Business Law 1999)
- Netherlands
Ranked in Chambers Global and Chamber Europe for Corporate/M&A: Mid Market (multiple years, including 2025), where clients says that he "is a strong and agile professional" and "is focused on issue-solving by making clear distinctions between real and only perceived risks"
Recommended multiple years in The Legal 500 EMEA for M&A and as a leading individual in Private Equity
- Dutch and English