Banking & Finance
Europe Guide 2024 : Netherlands
Band 4
About
Provided by Linklaters
Linklaters’ banking practice in Amsterdam advises on a variety of banking and finance-related transactions including Project Finance, advising the banks as well as the corporates involved. Our local banking team has vast experience in advising financial institutions, equity sponsors and companies on a wide range of banking & finance transactions, from plain vanilla investment grade transactions through to highly complex leveraged deals.
The team has particular expertise in general corporate financings and acquisition financings, loan workouts, leveraged buyouts and restructuring and insolvency. Advising on both Dutch and English law from Amsterdam, our experience acting for arranging banks and lenders as well as for credit enhancers and borrowers in relation to a wide range of sectors enables us to anticipate and address the requirements of all parties to a transaction.
Project Finance
Linklaters has a fully-fledged practice in the Netherlands. The practice, which is mainly focused on energy and infrastructure, also makes use of specialist knowledge of banking, structured finance, energy and tax within the Amsterdam office and works in an integrated manner with the Benelux and London Project Finance and Corporate groups.
Please visit www.linklaters.com/en/locations/netherlands for more information.
Chambers Review
Linklaters is a new addition to the rankings this year thanks to extensive client feedback. The team advises lenders on banking, finance and regulatory mandates, including acquisition financing, facilities agreements and mezzanine financing. The lawyers are also well versed with regulatory issues and assist clients with MiFID II compliance and licensing applications.
Work Highlights
- Linklaters assisted ABN AMRO with an English-law governed facility agreement for KPN.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Linklaters has a strong team. Its technical and legal capabilities are without question."
"The team provides excellent response times and outstanding quality of advice."
"The team at Linklaters has hands-on and skilled lawyers."
"Linklaters has a strong team. Its technical and legal capabilities are without question."
"The team provides excellent response times and outstanding quality of advice."
"The team at Linklaters has hands-on and skilled lawyers."
Notable Practitioners
Bas Jennen advises a range of clients on compliance with MiFID regulations, licensing applications and the regulatory implications of transactions.
"Bas fully understands our post-Brexit European business structure and provides thorough and sensible advice on applicable regulations and related compliance matters."
"Sharp, good know-how, a pleasure to work with, keeps objectives of the project in mind and tries to reach them in the most effective and efficient way for the client."
Mees Roelofs advises lenders on term loans and credit facility agreements. He also has recent experience in bridge financing and sustainability-linked agreements.
"Mees Roelofs is knowledgeable and a pleasant person to work with."
"He has been very commercial and is really able to give a market-wide view on dynamics he's seen. He is very pragmatic and very good at negotiating on behalf of lenders in a way that comes across and represents lenders very well."