He has experience in a variety of aspects of this field, including corporate governance advice, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, and corporate restructurings. He is also knowledgeable in the field of the law of agency.
Prior to joining A&O Shearman in 2024, Koen was a Ph.D candidate at Radboud University. He successfully defended his Ph.D thesis on ‘proxy voting by shareholders and members’ (‘Stemvolmachten van aandeelhouders en leden’) in October of 2025. While working on his thesis, he taught company law and the law of agency at the bachelor and master level. Koen still regularly lectures and published in academic journals.
