Steven R. Schuit

Steven R. Schuit (born Haarlem, The Netherlands, 9 October 1942) is a Dutch lawyer (advocaat) and also serves currently as a board member of several companies and institutions.

Biography

Professor Steven R. Schuit retired as partner of Allen & Overy, a global law firm, in 2005. This allowed him to serve on the board of directors of several companies and institutions. As a lawyer he represented from 1975 onwards corporate clients in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions and public offerings. He has assisted in transactions in a variety of countries in Europe and Asia, in the United States, Australia and in several African countries. From 1980 through 1990 he was the resident partner of his law firm in New York. As from 1998 he is a parttime professor at the post-graduate program of the Law Faculty of Utrecht University, teaching International Commercial and Financial Law. From 2007 onwards he is also professor at the Strategic Center of Nyenrode Business Universiteit, teaching Corporate Governance and Responsibility in executive programs.

Mr. Schuit published various professional books and articles. Currently he serves as a non-executive director of New World Resources NV (coal mining), as a supervisory director of Numico NV, Breevast BV, Amodo NV, ZBG Finance NV and of Scarlet Telecom BV (prospective). He chairs the board of De Baak Management Center VNO-NCW (Dutch training center for senior executives) and of Stichting Giving Back (a charity for talented disadvantaged children at senior high schools in The Netherlands and a governor of Stichting Grotius Academie (an institution for post graduate legal education). He also chairs The Law Firm School (an institution formed by the international law firms in The Netherlands for legal education to their trainees).

Bibliography

* "Dutch Business Law", editor in chief, loose leaf publication (1989) (ISBN-10: 9065449744) (ISBN-13: 978-9065449740) (Kluwer Academic Publishers Group)
* "M&A in The Netherlands, co-author (1996) (ISBN / EAN: 9041103198) (Kluwer Academic Publishers Group)
* "Corporate Law and Practice of The Netherlands" (2002) (ISBN-10: 904111906X) (ISBN-13: 978-9041119063) (Kluwer Academic Publishers Group)

External links

* [http://www.stevenschuit.com Personal website of Steven R. Schuit]
* [http://www.allenovery.com Allen & Overy]
* [http://www.newworldresources.eu New World Resources NV]
* [http://www.numico.com Numico NV]
* [http://www.breevast.com Breevast BV]
* [http://www.scarlet.nl Scarlet Telecom BV]
* [http://www.debaak.com De Baak Management Center VNO-NCW]
* [http://www.givingback.nl Stichting Giving Back]
* [http://www.grotiusacademie.nl Stichting Grotius Academie]