Caspar Roijers
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Caspar Roijers

Associate

Caspar specialises in private m&a (private equity focused), equity capital market and growth capital transactions.

Caspar has gained broad experience in advising on PE private M&A exits, IPOs and equity financing rounds.

Furthermore, Caspar advises a wide variety of clients, including listed entities and growth companies, on various types of share and cash based incentive plans and arrangements.

Caspar joined the firm in October 2019. Before joining A&O Shearman, Caspar obtained an LLM in Corporate Law and an MSc in Financial Economics (cum laude) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

Private M&A
  • Prosus on the $610m sale of its Global Payment Organisation to Rapyd, a PE-backed leading Fintech-as-a-Service provider.
  • Waterland Private Equity on its sale of Keylane, a provider of SaaS platforms to customers in the pensions and insurance industry to Pollen Street Capital.
  • Waterland Private Equity on its sale of Valcon, a business transformation consultancy, to Rivean Capital.
  • A Dutch airline company on the sale of the holding company of its equipment services business to TCR International.
  • Mirage Retail Holding on the sale of Big Bazar.
ECM – IPO
  • JDE Peet’s (€16bn), ESG Core Investments (€250m) and NX Filtration (€550m) on their initial public offering and listing on Euronext Amsterdam.
Equity raises
  • Avantium on its €65m fully underwritten rights issue.
  • NEPI Rockcastle on its €300m equity raise through an accelerated bookbuild.
  • Avantium on raising €70m in equity through a rights offering and a concurrent private placement and accelerated bookbuild offering.
Growth capital
  • ASML on its EUR 1.3bn investment in Mistral AI’s Series C funding round as lead investor.
  • Protix on its €55m equity investment by Tyson Foods and its existing shareholders and the establishment of a joint venture in the US.
  • Wa’ed Ventures on its $5m equity investment in Excess Materials Exchange.

Qualifications

Admissions

Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Ondernemingsrecht (Company law)
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.