Ernest Meyer Swantee is the managing partner of De Brauw’s London office. He has a broad London based practice focusing on Finance, M&A, Energy Projects and Private Equity. His particular expertise includes structuring various Energy projects in the area of wind farms and liquid gas storage, private equity and venture capital transactions including de-listings, all types of buy-outs and joint ventures. His clients include private equity houses, in addition to a number of Dutch and international corporates. He is a specialist in both domestic and cross-border M&As at the crossroads between M&A and acquisition financing. In this capacity, he works closely with the Finance Group. He has a pragmatic and can-do approach to his work.

Chambers Global UK describes him as 'a great choice for cross-border transactions; he has a certain level of expertise that means he understands the various jurisdictions.'

Recent work includes:

• advising Brit Insurance on the 1,015 billlion recommended offer by private equity houses Apollo and CVC
• advising Fortress Investment Group on the purchase of several large portfolios of European residential mortgage assets, as well as GMAC’s mortgage platforms in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany  
• advising Riverstone Holdings LLC on its strategic investment in Intrinergy, a leading biomass renewable energy company
• divestment of a global tank terminal business
• acquisition of a distressed securitisation portfolio
• structuring various energy projects in the area of wind farms and liquid gas storage
• divestment of an international transport company by various private equity funds
• refinancing of various international groups of companies, including a foodstuffs group and a chemical distribution company
• structuring joint ventures, on behalf of various private equity funds, as well as strategic buyers
• acquisition of an internationally operational payment service provider
• strategic investment in a leading biomass renewable energy company.