About
Michiel is a corporate partner in the New York office of Broadfield, where he serves as Head of Private Equity and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, the governing body of Broadfield US LLP. His practice focuses on mergers, divestitures, acquisitions, joint ventures, equity co-investments, restructurings, business combinations, corporate governance, and related strategic matters. Dual-qualified in New York and England, he has more than 20 years of Private Equity and M&A experience advising clients on complex corporate transactions, including many cross-border deals.
Michiel has been consistently recognized by Chambers Global, including rankings for Corporate and M&A in the United States as a foreign expert and for Corporate and Commercial in Qatar as an expert based abroad. He is also ranked by other leading legal directories for his M&A work and is known for a commercially focused, detail-oriented approach to complex transactions. Michiel has worked on numerous award-winning and precedent-setting deals.
He has advised across a range of industries, including numerous deals in sports, media and entertainment, aerospace, shipping, healthcare, retail, hospitality, infrastructure, industrials, energy, and telecommunications.
Passionate about technology and convinced by the need for lawyers to rapidly and radically innovate, integrating cutting-edge technologies as a daily part of his team’s work is at the forefront of his practice. Prior to joining Broadfield, Michiel was a partner at White & Case LLP and Sidley Austin LLP. He has worked in New York, Doha, Paris, and Dubai.
Michiel serves on the Board of Directors of the not-for-profit Netherlands-America Foundation, supporting high-impact exchange between the Netherlands and the United States.
- Certares, a New York based private equity fund, on its acquisition of Nirvana Travel & Tourism
- FORTA Advisors, a private investment company, on transactions in the technology, media and entertainment, sports sectors
- Dominus Capital, L.P., a private equity fund, on its investment in Consolidated Equipment Group, LLC
- Heritage Advisors, a privately held venture capital and investment management firm based in London, on numerous transactions including its investments into Fort Partners, who develop luxury properties for the Four Seasons Hotels and the Rajasthan Royals, one of the world’s most famous cricket teams
- Antin Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm, on its $1.25 billion acquisition of the US district energy business from Veolia
- A financial investor in the acquisition of a majority interest in Medline Industries, Inc., valued at $34 billion, by a consortium including Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman
- UASC on its sale to United Overseas Group
- Ooredoo Group on the US$6 billion merger of Indosat Ooredoo with the Indonesian subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.
- Novasep on the sale of its chromatography process equipment division to the Sartorius Group
- A consortium member in the Tencent-led acquisition of 20% in Universal Music Group from Vivendi for EUR 6 billion
- Qatar Holding on its acquisition of a significant equity stake in Oryx Midstream Services from Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
- Qatar Holding LLC on a co-investment with Aquiline in the reinsurance space
- UASC on its $12 billion merger with container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd
- International Finance Corporation, private sector arm of the World Bank, on its equity investment in Unit N.V.
- A sovereign wealth fund on an equity investment into Cranemere
- Eurazeo on a contemplated acquisition of a portfolio company with operations in Europe, Asia and the United States
- Legris Industries on the acquisition of Retrotech, Inc., an engineering services firm based in New York State
- The First Investor, Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and Inovalis S.A. on the formation of a European real estate investment fund
- Qatar Holding on its €7 billion simultaneous investment in Volkswagen AG and in Porsche Automobil Holding SE
- WellPoint, Inc. in the US$4.7 billion sale of its pharmacy benefit management business to Express Scripts, Inc.
- Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners in connection with their US$4.1 billion acquisition of the ConvaTec business unit from Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Royal Ahold N.V. in connection with the sale of Tops Supermarkets to affiliates of Morgan Stanley Private Equity
- Royal Ahold N.V. on its US$7.1 billion sale of U.S. Foodservice to KKR and CD&R
- Quad-C, a private equity firm, on the sale of MW Industries to Brockway-Moran Partners
*Includes representations prior to Michiel’s association with Broadfield.
- New York
- England and Wales, Solicitor
Areas of Focus
Education
Magdalen College, Oxford, M.Phil.
Leiden University, LL.B.
Languages
- Dutch
- French
- German
Location
New York, U.S.
London, UK
Areas of Focus
Education
Magdalen College, Oxford, M.Phil.
Leiden University, LL.B.
Languages
- Dutch
- French
- German
