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Laila Kouchi

Laila Kouchi

Associate
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V.

Biography

Laila Kouchi is a senior associate in the M&A Practice Group in Amsterdam and focuses on private equity and strategic mergers and acquisitions. She also has a background in (acquisition) financing transactions. In 2019, she spent a secondment in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she worked in the Corporate M&A Practice Group.

Practice Focus

Laila primarily works in the healthcare and energy, mining and infrastructure sectors and has a particular focus on renewable energy and clean technology. She advises (publicly and privately held) corporates, investors, developers on M&A transactions and restructurings and commercial contracting.

Laila has registered the following principal (and secondary) legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister): Corporate law (Ondernemingsrecht).

Based on this registration, she is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised EPH on the acquisition of MaasStroom Power Plant and 50% stake in Enecogen.

  • Advised Sunoco LP on its acquisition of several liquid fuels terminals in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Bantry Bay, Ireland from Zenith Energy Netherlands B.V.

  • Advised EPH Group on the acquisition of the wholesale activities of PZEM and the Sloe power plant.

Admissions

  • Amsterdam~Netherlands (2015)

Education

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Master Corporate Law (cum laude)) (2014)
  • Stellenbosch University (International Trade Law) (2012)
  • Utrecht University (Bachelor of Laws) (2012)
  • Lund University (European Law) (2011)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • Russian
Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam N.V. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.