Philip de Roos
Corporate Law
Partner | Attorney-at-law
Philip de Roos is a corporate law attorney and a founder of De Roos. He began his legal career at Stibbe, thereafter at Google and specialised in corporate law. Philip acts as trusted advisor to growth companies, both for founders and investors. His clients turn to him for his strategic advice on funding, exits, and governance. With his extensive knowledge of technology, Philip knows how to add value to the client's business.
Examples of Philip’s recent work:
- Signrequest: acquisition by Box
- LeydenJar: Series A funding by investor consortium Yard Energy, ING, InvestNL
- Naduvi: Series A funding by investor consortium FJLabs, All Iron, Begin Capital
- Verdane: Series B investment in Studytube
- Smiler: Seed Investment of Mosaic Ventures and Speedinvest
- WorldACD: sale of all shares to Nasdaq listed AirT
- Oedipus: collaboration with and sale to Heineken
- STACH: sale to Vermaat catering
- De Buurtboer: sale to Albron catering
- Kingfish: IPO on Merkur Stock Exchange
- Dasym: Joint Venture UNsense (with architecture agency UNStudio)
- TicketSwap: advising on establishment and international growth;
- Ricardo Semler: establishing the Semco Style Institute – knowledge center of the management style of the Brazilian entrepreneur
- Seepje: advice on establishment, financing and growth of social venture with sustainable retail product
Philip has registered corporate law as his legal practice area in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister), which requires one to obtain ten training credits annually in the registered legal practice area, in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.
