Legal due diligence
Structure in title documents, leases and property files. Insight into missing information, obligations and acquisition issues.
LAWENCE B.V. / FINANCIAL & LEGAL ADVISORY
Legal clarity.
For every next step.
Lawence provides financial and legal advice to businesses in the Netherlands and abroad. From M&A and due diligence to contracts and governance: clear agreements aligned with each business and its plans.
Explore our servicesBusinesses & transactionsThe Netherlands · International
Insight. Assessment. Agreements.
THE ROLE OF LAWENCE
A dedicated advisory partner.
Across entities and borders.
Every business has its own activities, agreements and responsibilities. Lawence brings legal coherence to each entity and to the arrangements between different parties.
Lawence will provide financial and legal advice to Property Connect, Finnec, NexSight, DocSight and REOS, alongside other entities in the Netherlands and abroad. Each engagement is tailored to the business, the parties involved and the applicable law.
Operating from Hoofddorp, Brussels and Dublin.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Multiple businesses.
One financial and legal point of contact.
Lawence supports these entities with financial and legal matters. A clearly defined engagement for each entity forms the basis of every assignment.
Property ConnectFinnecNexSightDocSightREOS
Also serving other entities in the Netherlands and abroad. For cross-border matters, we coordinate with local legal advisers and civil-law notaries where needed.
EXPERTISE
From day-to-day legal work
to complex transactions.
Support for daily operations and significant changes: agreements, decision-making, financing, acquisitions and international cooperation.
M&A — mergers & acquisitions
Legal support for mergers, share and asset acquisitions, fund acquisitions and equity investments. From letters of intent and due diligence to negotiations, transaction documents and completion. With attention to control, warranties, indemnities and closing conditions.
Contracts & cooperation
Review and preparation of commercial agreements, cooperation arrangements and financing terms. With attention to responsibilities, liability, deadlines and conditions for performance.
Cross-border matters
Legal dossier coordination for entities and transactions in the Netherlands and abroad. Local issues are addressed with the legal advisers and civil-law notaries involved.
DUE DILIGENCE
Know what you are buying.
Understand what you are committing to.
Legal document review for real estate, portfolios and fund or business acquisitions. The questions and scope are agreed in advance to fit the transaction.
Assessing the legal foundations
Ownership and rights, leases and other agreements, corporate structure, authority, financing terms and security. For each assignment, we identify the relevant topics and required local expertise.
From data room to evidence
Organising documents, examining links and inconsistencies, and requesting missing information. Findings refer to the available documents; uncertainties remain visible.
An overview for informed decisions
An overview of key risks, a findings register with source references and a list of outstanding questions. With priorities and proposed actions for the next phase.
Turning findings into agreements
Translating issues into proposed conditions, warranties, indemnities and actions before completion. Where needed, we coordinate with civil-law notaries, local legal advisers and financial or technical experts.
M&A / MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
From the first agreement
to transaction completion.
Lawence supports the legal aspects of purchases, sales, mergers and equity investments in the Netherlands and abroad. The structure, interests and agreements between parties are the starting point.
Defining structure and conditions
Confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, the proposed transaction structure and legal due diligence. Insight into the rights, obligations and decision-making relevant to the transaction.
Documenting and implementing agreements
Purchase agreements, shareholder arrangements, warranties and indemnities. Support with completion conditions, signing and closing, in coordination with civil-law notaries and the advisers involved.
FINANCIAL & LEGAL ADVISORY
Understand the numbers.
Align the agreements.
Financial decisions and legal agreements influence one another. Lawence brings both together for business matters, real estate and M&A transactions.
Insight into feasibility and financing
Analysis of business cases, cash flows, financing needs and transaction scenarios. We make assumptions and uncertainties visible so that options and financial implications can be assessed.
Turning choices into agreements
Advice on contracts, corporate structures, governance and transaction terms. With attention to rights, obligations, liability and implementation of the chosen solution.
OUR APPROACH
A clear process.
A practical result.
A coherent dossier that helps you move forward, rather than a collection of disconnected findings.
- 01
Defining the question
The objective, parties involved and decision points determine the scope of the engagement.
- 02
Connecting the documents
Organising documents, checking connections and identifying missing information.
- 03
Turning risks into choices
Linking issues to next steps, conditions and concrete agreements.
- 04
Supporting implementation
Tracking action points and coordinating with the parties and advisers completing the transaction.
IN PRACTICE
Complex dossiers.
Concrete work.
Examples of the type of work on which Lawence's services are built. Anonymised, respecting the confidentiality of every dossier.
PROPERTY PORTFOLIO / GERMANYFrom data room to decision file
A substantial property portfolio requires connections between property information, leases and transaction documents. The work includes organising files, identifying inconsistencies and recording outstanding questions.
Deliverables: dossier register, document checklist and overview of issues.
FUND ACQUISITION / TRANSACTION PREPARATIONThe structure behind the acquisition
For a proposed fund acquisition, the interest being acquired, control and financing conditions must be clear. Document review and targeted questions clarify the legal structure and conditions for the next step.
Deliverables: data room structure, due diligence questions and overview of transaction conditions.
BELGIUM / CROSS-BORDER REAL ESTATECoherence across borders
A real estate project involving Belgium requires an overview of parties, documents and local issues. Lawence focuses on dossier coordination and preparing questions for the local experts involved.
Deliverables: document overview, questionnaire and coordination of next steps.
LAWENCE B.V.
A transaction starts
with a clear conversation.
A financial or legal question, M&A transaction or due diligence assignment? An initial conversation clarifies the legal question, the business involved and the next steps.
Operating from Hoofddorp, Brussels and Dublin.
Hoofddorp
Lawence B.V.Antareslaan 65
2132 JE Hoofddorp
The Netherlands
Brussels (Zaventem)
Lawence B.V.Lozenberg 21
1932 Zaventem
Belgium