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A unique selling point in multinational finance and restructuring mandates

Few firms in the Netherlands can match the quality of our people and our leading position across the full range of corporate, asset and project financing, debt restructuring, and debt capital markets. We are universally regarded as a leading finance and restructuring law firm in the Netherlands.

De Brauw London is an integrated, multidisciplinary team dedicated to the design, negotiation and documentation of both general corporate finance transactions and complex high-impact finance transactions. We offer our clients a single point of contact for both the typical finance aspects of those transactions, and on corporate reorganisations, intra-group transfers, the board’s fiduciary duties, insolvency-related advice, and stakeholder management. This integrated approach has proven a unique selling point in recent multinational finance, acquisition finance, and restructuring mandates.

By teaming up with the leading corporate and finance firms in Europe, the United States, and Asia, we offer seamless cross-border services to our clients. The breadth and depth of our legal capabilities in all relevant areas, including corporate, contract, security and insolvency law, and in regulatory matters, ensures that our finance and restructuring team is at the forefront of legal developments in the Netherlands.

Recent Matters

16 April 2025

B&S and Sarabel agree on recommended all-cash offer of EUR 6.15 per share in B&S

B&S Group S.A., active in the consumer goods industry, and Sarabel have reached conditional agreement on an envisaged recommended public offer by Sarabel, trough its affiliate ELFB Investments Netherlands B.V., for all issued and outstanding shares in the capital of B&S of EUR 6.15 (cum dividend) in cash per share. The offer values a 100% of the shares at approximately EUR 518 million and is unanimously recommended by the executive board and supervisory board of B&S.
28 December 2024

De Brauw advises FrieslandCampina on its intended cross-border merger with Belgian cooperative dairy company Milcobel

On 18 December 2024, FrieslandCampina and Milcobel announced their intention to merge. De Brauw assists FrieslandCampina on this important step in the joint future of FrieslandCampina and Milcobel. By combining their forces, a leading dairy cooperative and dairy company will be created. The merger is intended to provide a strong foundation for a future-oriented organisation that has dairy front and centre for member dairy farmers, employees, consumers, and customers.
23 December 2024

De Brauw advises BAM on divestment of its 50% share in Invesis to joint venture partner PGGM

De Brauw advised Royal BAM Group N.V. on the divestment of its 50% share in Invesis to joint venture partner PGGM Infrastructure Fund. The parties have reached conditional agreement on this divestment. The closing of the transaction, which is subject to obtaining relevant authority clearance and completion of the works council consultation process, is expected to take place early 2025.

The team's pragmatism is underlined by clients, with one referencing its 'evidence- and experience-based input on deal tactics and strategies to achieve our tailored needs'. Another emphasises the practice's foresight, asserting that it has 'a good understanding of the risks involved'.

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Insights

28 January 2025

Liability management in finance: key considerations for Dutch borrowers

Developed in the US since 2016 and now a relatively common phenomenon in the US, liability management exercises (LMEs) are making their way into European debt structures. LMEs allow borrowers to access liquidity and reduce their debt burden through contractual permissions rather than in-court or extrajudicial restructuring processes. While these exercises can help companies attract new financing, they also may have implications for creditors and lead to "creditor-on-creditor violence", where different creditor groups act strategically to protect their interests, often at the expense of others.
24 October 2024

Raising the bar: impact of Green Bonds Regulation on issuers

Green bonds are financial instruments where the net proceeds are specifically used to finance green, social and other sustainable activities. Green bonds are already prominent in the EU bond market (with some of the largest issuers located in the Netherlands), but the "green" stamp is so far mainly based on voluntary market standards. This will change when the Green Bonds Regulation comes into effect. The Green Bonds Regulation sets uniform requirements for issuers of EU Green Bonds (EuGBs).
13 September 2023

US and Dutch courts allow combined US-Netherlands restructuring for Diebold Nixdorf

On 11 August 2023, Diebold Nixdorf, the cash machine manufacturer operating worldwide, successfully completed an extensive debt restructuring by combining and carrying out Chapter 11 proceedings in the US, and WHOA proceedings in the Netherlands. De Brauw partner Ferdinand Hengst took a key role as court-appointed observer in the WHOA portion, which was recognised under Chapter 15 in the US for the first time ever.