Banking, Finance & Debt Capital Markets

Lisa de Boer + 13 other experts

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

27 May 2026

Tennet Netherlands obtains 0% risk weight status for prudential capital treatment

De Brauw advised TenneT Netherlands B.V. on a decision by the Dutch central bank allowing credit institutions to treat exposures to TenneT as exposures to the Dutch central government. TenneT is the first Dutch company to obtain this status and to be included on the European Banking Authority's list.
27 February 2026

De Brauw advises Committed Capital on the sale of FYEO to EuroEyes

FYEO is the largest refractive surgery provider, including laser eye surgery and lens implantation, in the Netherlands. EuroEyes is a leading international specialist in refractive surgery, with more than 30 years experience in laser eye and lens implantation treatments for sharp vision without glasses or contact lenses. By joining the EuroEyes global platform, FYEO will integrate its deep local Dutch market presence with EuroEyes internationally renowned ophthalmology offering. De Brauw acted for Committed Capital on the sale of FYEO to EuroEyes.
11 February 2026

De Brauw advises Comvest Credit Partners on AC Milan refinancing

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has acted as Dutch counsel to Comvest Credit Partners in the refinancing of Italian football club AC Milan. The transaction involved the refinancing of the acquisition-related vendor financing originally provided by entities advised by Elliott Advisors UK Limited in connection with RedBird's acquisition of AC Milan in 2022. The existing financing was replaced by new institutional debt facilities arranged by Comvest Credit Partners. The refinancing strengthens AC Milan's capital structure and supports AC Milan's continued growth trajectory as one of Europe's most prestigious football clubs.

“De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek brings in-depth market knowledge and experience, offering pragmatic solutions through a dedicated team that is always ready to assist.”

Chambers, 2026

Insights

17 September 2026

EU companies listed or traded outside EU to be aware of upcoming expiry of key trade-facilitating clause

A key trade-facilitating grandfathering clause under EU rules will expire on 17 January 2027. Third-country CSDs such as DTC may then suspend core services to affected EU issuers, potentially disrupting trading in their equity or debt instruments abroad.
20 July 2026

Power and Place: A Guide to Data Centre Developments

Data centres have become foundational infrastructure for the global economy. The sector is attracting investment at a scale and pace without modern precedent. Accelerating digitalisation, the computational demands of AI, and the strategic priority that governments now attach to sovereign compute capacity have together transformed data centres into pillars of national industrial strategy. Yet the regulatory and infrastructure frameworks that govern their development have not kept pace with that demand. A defining feature of the sector is a collision between the political and economic imperative to build at speed on the one hand, and the physical and regulatory constraints on the other. Congested electricity grids, lengthening grid connection queues, inflexible planning regimes, tightening environmental obligations, and an increasingly assertive foreign investment-screening apparatus are factors that ultimately determine whether, where, when, and on what terms a project can in fact proceed.
2 February 2026

De Brauw appoints Jeroen Kolthof as counsel

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has appointed Jeroen Kolthof as counsel in its Finance & Restructuring practice, effective 1 February 2026.