Alexander Fortuin | Amsterdam | Hogan Lovells

Alexander Fortuin

Partner Corporate & Finance

Languages

English, Dutch, German

Fortuin Alexander

Alexander Fortuin
Fortuin Alexander
  • Overview
  • Experience
  • Credentials
  • Insights and events
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Alexander is very approachable, knowledgeable and communicates clearly. His feedback is quick, personal and substantive

Chambers, Tax, The Netherlands, 2026

Alexander heads the Amsterdam Tax team. For more than 20 years, he has been assisting clients on how to best structure their investments and activities from a Dutch, EU and international tax perspective. Alexander has become a trusted advisor of a wide variety of clients. Clients favour his open and straightforward approach, always looking for the best solution.

His team provides all-round international tax advice, with a focus on M&A, finance, restructuring, funds, equity and debt capital markets, securitization, (re)insurance, trade, real estate, incentive plans, insolvency, exchange of information and litigation.  

The strength for clients lies in the combined legal and tax offering across the globe, translating complex technical issues into pragmatic advice.

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Alexander Fortuin provides clear, well-reasoned tax advice and communicates complex issues in a practical and accessible way

Chambers, Tax, The Netherlands, 2026

Representative experience

Advising McCormick on its landmark US$44.8 billion acquisition of Unilever's food division

Advising Achmea Pensioen- en Levensverzekeringen N.V. on €8 billion longevity reinsurance transactions

Advising the joint lead managers (BNP Paribas, Bank of America and Citibank) on on Beequip’s inaugural public securitisation backed by leases across diverse asset classes

Advising Mutares on its acquisition of the European business of Kawneer from Arconic

Advising Delen Private Bank on the acquisition of Servatus Vermogensmanagement

Advising Weezevent Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Eventix Holding B.V.

Advising Ares on the financing of Inflexion Private Equity’s strategic minority investment in Baker Tilly Netherlands

Advising Davidson Kempner Capital Management and Nature Infrastructure Capital on their joint acquisition of the solar project development business of Greencells Group

Advising CVC and Pantheon on the investment in the EUR 1.4bn Normec Continuation Fund in partnership with Astorg and other investors.

Advising Cardano Group and its shareholders in connection with the sale of the entire group to Mercer

Advising Enel Group on its US$2 billion sustainability-linked Yankee bond issuance

Advising De Goudse on the sale of their majority stake in VLC & Partners to Howden Insurance

Advising Bencis Capital Partners on the sale of Ceban Pharmaceuticals, the Dutch market leader in compounding, to Frankfurt stock exchange listed Medios in Germany

Advising Fluor Corporation on the sale of the European business of the Stork group and its turbo blading manufacturing operations in the United States to industrial services provider Bilfinger SE

Advising ib vogt on the divestment of its 50% shareholding in Novar to DIF Capital Partners

Advising ING on its innovative Green Lion 2023-1 Green RMBS (€850 million) funding transaction and subsequent Green Lion transactions

Advising Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset manager, on its acquisition of a majority stake in CReators of the Outside WorlD (CROWD)

Advising Stahl on its acquisition of ICP Industrial Solutions Group

Advising private equity firm Ufenau Capital Partners on a number of M&A transactions in the healthcare sector in the Netherlands

Assisting EFIC1, one of the largest SPACs listed on Euronext Amsterdam, on its business combination with Azerion

Credentials

Memberships
  • Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs)

Recognition

Ranked

Chambers, Tax, The Netherlands

2026
Ranked

Legal 500, The Netherlands

2026