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Banking & Finance

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Provided by NautaDutilh

NautaDutilh is recognised as a leading banking and finance law firm.

Its team is known for its advice in PPP and project finance, asset-based lending, corporate lending and acquisition finance, structured finance and securitisation deals, the full range of financial regulatory matters, governance issues faced by financial institutions, compliance matters, regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions and litigation before the Belgian and EU courts and the Belgian regulators.

More information can be found at https://www.nautadutilh.com/en/our-expertise/services/banking-finance

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Belgium

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

NautaDutilh houses a solid team offering a particularly strong banking regulatory practice, which represents domestic and European financial institutions in approval proceedings and licensing applications. Lawyers at the team also offer substantial experience in transactional work, including acquisition and project financing. The firm has considerable experience advising borrowers from the energy, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Work Highlights

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  • NautaDutilh advised Société Générale and its subsidiary ALD on its EUR4.9 billion acquisition of LeasePlan.

Strengths

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The team is proactive, efficient and commercially-sound. It is also very efficient on sophisticated transactions.

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

They are very responsive and also give good management of client expectations.

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

It is always open to reviewing different options and it tries to accommodate the discussions as much as possible. NautaDutilh is very hands-on and pragmatic.

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

They have real expertise and a clear communication style.

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

The team is excellent. They are easily accessible and available; they are quick and the quality is really high.

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Anne Fontaine
1
Anne Fontaine
1
Band 1
Anne Fontaine has a strong practice acting for clients in the financial services including banks, payment services institutions and reinsurance companies, assisting with the regulatory aspects of clients' transactions and operations.

Anne is available, very responsive and really excellent.

Her knowledge regarding regulatory matters makes her stand out. She perfectly understands the issues, the stakes involved and she is also used to working with regulated entities.

Anne is excellent. She is very responsive and really on top of the work.

She is highly organised and an accomplished communicator.

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Ivan Peeters
2
Ivan Peeters
2
Band 2
Ivan Peeters has a prominent reputation for advising clients on securitisation and ring-fencing exercises, while also assisting clients with refinancing mandates. He frequently acts for multinational financial institutions and public bodies.

He is very proactive with his communication.

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Thibaut Willems
4
Thibaut Willems
4
Band 4

Thibaut Willems retains his ranking for his expert representation of both borrowers and creditors in refinancings and on project and acquisition finance.

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Ranked Lawyers at
NautaDutilh

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Belgium

Banking & Finance
Ivan Peeters
2
Ivan Peeters
2
Band 2
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Thibaut Willems
4
Thibaut Willems
4
Band 4
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Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Anne Fontaine
1
Anne Fontaine
1
Band 1
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Members

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Anne Fontaine

Anne Fontaine

Head of Department

Nathalie Van Landuyt

Pierre De Pauw

Ruben Kenis

Thibaut Willems

Head of Department

Ysaline Mouthuy