Ms Renate Punt-Huizer > AKD > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
AKD Offices
PO BOX 59280
1040 KG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Ms Renate Punt-Huizer
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Career
Renate is a partner and candidate civil law-notary in AKD’s Banking & Finance practice group. Renate holds a market-leading position for ship finance deals, specialising in international ship financing and the sale and leasing of newly built vessels. She has vast experience handling international ship financing deals, the sale, purchase and leasing of vessels, the registration and mortgaging of vessels, including yachts, under Dutch flag and more in general all notarial services, including corporate services, in relation to the maritime sector.
She advises corporate clients, investment funds and financial institutions on a wide range of finance transactions, with a particular focus on ship financing transactions. She is also responsible for all notarial aspects within the (general) financing practise. Recent work includes major cross-border acquisition and ship financing transactions and complex restructuring projects. She also advises clients in relation to corporate matters, including notarial services.
Clients appreciate Renate for being proactive, practical and solution-oriented, and essentially being an extension of their organisation.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Banking and finance: Borrower side
With over twenty years of experience in the banking and finance sector, Vincent Bettonville leads the team at AKD. The firm handles a wide range of matters for borrowers, including refinancing mandates, amendments to facility agreements, multi-currency revolving credit facilities, and acquisition finance. Niels Hagelstein has extensive experience advising corporations within the real estate, manufacturing, and logistics industries. Renate Punt-Huizer brings expertise in the shipping sector to the team and regularly handles complex financing transactions for clients within this sphere.
Netherlands > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
AKD has experience of advising large international banks, real estate investors, and marine support providers on their lending and acquisition initiatives, especially within the Benelux region. The firm is particularly knowledgeable in financing and refinancing matters concerning the shipping, logistics, and real estate sectors. Leading the team, with ‘extensive experience’ in the financial and banking markets, Vincent Bettonville is recommended for cross-border mandates involving the US and Europe. Other prominent members of the team are Renate Punt-Huizer, who brings expertise of the shipping industry to the firm and regularly handles vessel financing arrangements, including leasing, mortgaging, and acquisitions, and Niels Hagelstein.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: Borrower side Netherlands
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side Netherlands
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Private equity
- Project finance and PFI
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Employment
- Energy
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Tax