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Michiel Visser is an associate in the M&A Practice Group. He began his legal career at White & Case and is resident in the New York office. Mr. Visser focuses upon the representation of domestic and international corporate clients, private equity funds, and commercial banks (and their private equity affiliates) in complex domestic and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions (including "going-private" transactions), divestitures and private equity investments in a broad range of industries. In addition, Mr. Visser regularly counsels clients on general corporate matters and corporate governance.

Recent matters include the representation of:

Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners in connection with their acquisition of the ConvaTec business unit from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a purchase price of US$4.1 billion;
COSAN S/A Industria E Comercio in connection with its execution of an agreement with ExxonMobil International to acquire Esso Brasileria de Petroleo Limitada (Essobras), a wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil, for US$826 million. Upon closing this acquisition, COSAN will become the first ethanol producer in the world to establish a fully-integrated platform from sugarcane plantation through production to retail fuels distribution;
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (Excel) in connection with its US$2.45 billion acquisition of Quintana Maritime Limited (Quintana), an international provider of dry bulk cargo marine transportation services; and
Royal Ahold in connection with its $7.1 billion sale of U.S. Foodservice to an affiliate of private equity firms Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Ahold’s $310 million sale of Tops Markets to Morgan Stanley Private Equity.
He holds degrees in law and history from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, advanced degrees in law from Magdalen College, Oxford University, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Mr. Visser previously worked for Oxford Analytica, the global strategic analysis firm, where he focused on international financial standards and codes.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar

Education
LLM, Harvard Law School, 2004
M.Phil., Oxford University, 2002
MA, Leiden University, 2000
M. Jur., Oxford University, 2000
LLB, Leiden University, 1999

Languages
Dutch
English
German

Citizenship
Switzerland
Netherlands