Matthijs is founder of INGEN HOUSZ. Prior to founding INGEN HOUSZ, he was a Partner at various Dutch law firms and Counsel at Clifford Chance.  In 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Matthijs won the award for ‘Best M&A Lawyer Midmarket’ by the M&A Community (Alex van Groningen). He was awarded the ‘Gouden Zandloper’ for ‘best presterende M&A advocaat’ (‘best performing M&A lawyer’) by Advocatie (Sdu). He topped the 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Mergermarket individual rankings Benelux for number of deals. 

Having spearheaded the market-leading practice in this field over the past 10 year, Matthijs is widely considered a guru in the field of venture capital and growth equity transactions. 

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