LAWYER PROFILE

Hadrien Servais

Global 2026

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket

1 year ranked

Banking & Finance

Belgium

1 year ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Hadrien Servais is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Alternative Capital and Private Credit group and leads the European Private Credit team. He has extensive experience advising direct lenders, major investment banks, private capital providers and private equity sponsors on cross-border acquisitions, complex banking and credit transactions, leveraged finance, opportunistic credit financings, direct loans, syndicated credit facilities and debt financing solutions spanning all market cycles.

Career

Partner, joined the Firm in 2024

Personal

New York University, LLM (2013); Université Catholique de Louvain, J.D (2010); Université de Namur, B.A. (2008).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket - UK

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Hadrien Servais leads the European private credit team at Simpson Thacher. He works with a range of lender clients including including alternative credit providers and banks, on cross-border deals.

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Banking & Finance - Belgium

Belgium, expertise based abroad in UK

Individual Editorial

Hadrien Servais of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett splits his time between the firm's London and Brussels offices. He is particularly active in debt finance issues, acting for international banks and private equity houses. He assists clients with syndicated lending and acquisition financing mandates.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Hadrien has built a formidable practice through a combination of commercial pragmatism and being solution-driven. He is also a thoroughly nice guy which is not to be taken lightly.
Leveraged Finance: Big TicketChambers Global Guide
He's excellent. He's very pragmatic, very thoughtful and can take a reasoned and nuanced approach. He understands the big picture around the deal and doesn't get hung up on silly points.
Leveraged Finance: Big TicketChambers Global Guide
Hadrien is a force of nature and a fantastic operator. He's super smart, super helpful and super hard-working.
Leveraged Finance: Big TicketChambers Global Guide
Hadrien has strong knowledge of market terms and can efficiently run multi-lender and accelerated processes.
Leveraged Finance: Big TicketChambers Global Guide

Ranked Individuals at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (111)

Belgium

Hadrien Servais
Banking & Finance
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Brazil

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S Todd Crider
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Grenfel S Calheiros
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Paulo Fernando de Menezes Cardoso
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China

Makiko Harunari
Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms)
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Anuj Shah
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Jin-Hyuk Park
Capital Markets (International Firms)
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Christopher Wong
Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
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Yi Gao
Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
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Jin-Hyuk Park
Corporate/M&A (International Firms)
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Ian Ho
Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
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Yang Wang
Corporate/M&A: Mainland China-based (International Firms)
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Adam Furber
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Michael Ceulen
Investment Funds (International Firms)
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Jingyi Wang
Investment Funds (International Firms)
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Ian Ho
Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
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Yang Wang
Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)
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