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Thirza Bakker joined VBK on 1 September 2026 as part of the Real Estate Civil-Law Notaries Department. Thirza has been working as a deputy civil-law notary since 2025. Before joining VBK, she worked...

Last Friday, 28 August 2026, our colleagues Carmen Meek, Sanne Adriaans, Karsten Calis, Feije Bosman and Joris Leferink were sworn in by the Midden-Nederland District Court. Feije and Karsten will be...

VBK is the new name of law firm Van Benthem & Keulen. By choosing this new name and brand positioning 'VBK partner in progress', the firm marks the next step in the development of its legal services...

Van Benthem & Keulen provided legal advice to Emil Frey on the acquisition of the Van Nieuwkerk automotive centre. The acquisition includes the branches in Amsterdam, Alphen aan den Rijn and Hilversum...

The rankings in the Legal500 EMEA 2026 edition were announced today. We are proud of the rankings achieved by our Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A and Tech & Data teams. The Banking & Finance team...

Today, the Chambers Europe 2026 rankings were announced. We are proud that our colleagues Robert Boekhorst (Band 2), Alice van der Schee (Band 3) and Wouter Koelewijn (Band 2) have once again been...

As of 1 January 2026, Van Benthem & Keulen is appointing Merel Holtkamp as equity partner and Caroline Escher as associate partner. Anne Kusters, Pauline van Hecke-Margry, Lisanne Veerbeek and Michael...

Today, 19 December 2025, our colleagues Anouk Mentink, Laura van Lienden, Wietske Scholten and Stijn van Lummel were sworn in by the Midden-Nederland District Court. Anouk will be strengthening the...

We are proud to announce that our colleague Steven Storm, partner and Corporate/M&A lawyer, has been named Merger Lawyer of the Year 2025 at the Merger & Acquisition Awards. This award, an initiative...

On Friday, 28 November 2025, our colleague Matthijs van Achterberg was sworn in by the Midden-Nederland District Court. Matthijs will be joining our Banking & Finance team as a lawyer.

On 1 November 2025, Merle de Vries joined Van Benthem & Keulen as a lawyer within the Banking & Finance team. Merle has been working as a lawyer since 2018. Before joining Van Benthem & Keulen, she...

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting a fantastic cross-border gathering with the employment law teams from Graf von Westphalen (Germany) and Mills & Reeve (UK). It was a great opportunity to share...