Background

Funkiye van Arkel is a member of the expertise group Corporate M&A.

Expertise

There, she is involved, among other things, in advising companies on:

• national and international mergers and acquisitions
• restructurings
• corporate governance
• commercial agreements
• company law
• 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 (Rechtswinkel) in Best; she was Chairman of the STEP committee of Tilburg University; and she was responsible for the musical accompaniment during graduation ceremonies at Maastricht University, playing the violin.