Mr Niels Hagelstein > AKD > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.