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. Ernest is a specialist in both domestic and cross-border M&A’s at the crossroads between M&A and acquisition financing. In this capacity, heworks closely  with the Finance Group. Ernest has a pragmatic and can-do approach to his work.

Recent work includes:

• divestment of a global tank terminal business
• acquisition of a distressed securitisation portfolio
• structuring various energy projects in the area of windfarms and liquid gas storage
• acquisition of an international transport company through a public offer
• 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.

Publications/lectures: 

• Editor of Bedrijfsjuridische Berichten
• Publication in Getting the Deal Through – Venture Capital 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
• PLC Cross-border Private Equity Handbook