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Kirsten Backhausen

Kirsten Backhausen

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Kirsten is a counsel (candidate civil-law notary) in our Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets team.

She advises national and international clients on all aspects of corporate law. In particular, she has considerable experience with mergers, demergers, joint ventures, establishing new corporate structures, reorganisations, management/employee participations, cooperative associations, corporate housekeeping and acquisitions.

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Multi-service
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CV

2020 Candidate civil-law notary, Taylor Wessing
2019-2020 Senior Legal Consultant, Deloitte
2015-2019 Candidate civil-law notary, Osborne Clarke
2014-2015 Candidate civil-law notary, Dentons
2013 Master notarial law, University of Utrecht

Career

2020 Candidate civil-law notary, Taylor Wessing
2019-2020 Senior Legal Consultant, Deloitte
2015-2019 Candidate civil-law notary, Osborne Clarke
2014-2015 Candidate civil-law notary, Dentons

Education

2013 Master notarial law, University of Utrecht

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