Background

Funkiye van Arkel is a member of the Corporate/M&A practice group in Eindhoven. There, she is involved, among other things, in advising companies on:

• national and international mergers and acquisitions;
• restructurings;
• corporate governance;
• commercial agreements;
• company law; and
• general law of obligations.

Additional information

Funkiye graduated from Tilburg University with a bachelor’s degree in Corporate Law (2015), the subject curriculum of the master’s degree in Corporate Law (2016), and a master’s degree in International Business Tax Law (2017). During her studies, Funkiye followed business courses and traineeships and worked as a student trainee in Corporate Law as well as Tax Law.

During her studies, Funkiye also worked as a volunteer legal adviser at the Legal Advice Centre in Best; she was chair of the STEP committee of Tilburg University; and she was responsible for the musical accompaniment during graduation ceremonies at Maastricht University, playing the violin.