Bio

Kyoko Tollenaar is part of the Corporate/M&A practice group and an assigned civil-law notary. She specialises in corporate law, national and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings. She is also an expert on corporate governance. She advises both national and international listed and non-listed companies on finding creative and practical legal solutions. As a member of Houthoff’s Equity Capital Markets Team, she has worked on the IPOs of DP Eurasia, Koninklijke VolkerWessels and Digi Communications and preparing the IPOs of TMF Group and WeTransfer. She also regularly assists public companies, including Sligro Food Group, with their annual general meetings and corporate governance. Kyoko is head of Houthoff’s Japan Team, which advises Japanese companies on investments and collaborations in the Netherlands. She is also a board member of the Dutch & Japanese Trade Federation in the Netherlands and an advisory board member of the Japan Studies at Leiden University. In addition, Kyoko teaches legal courses and is a lecturer in Corporate and M&A at the Law Firm School.