Mr Jelmer Baukema > Van Doorne > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

With Angelique Thiele having cultivated a strong reputation for real estate and development financing in the Netherlands, Van Doorne is a go-to firm for both Dutch and international commercial real estate investors. The firm also advises corporate borrowers across a wide range of industries, including automotive, retail, energy, and shipping. Stefan van Rossum leads the firm’s restructuring and insolvency team; he advises borrowers on leveraged finance, asset-based lending, and property financings. The ‘very experienced‘ team also includes Jelmer Baukema and Roel Botter; Baukema specialises in alternative financing, while Botter is recommended for finance matters related to the public sector.

Van Doorne possesses broad capabilities within the banking and finance sector, catering to various clients that include banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and investment management companies, among other financial institutions. Jelmer Baukema has extensive experience in advising on the regulatory framework in the alternative financing space, covering crowdfunding, debt-based securities, bond issuances, and peer-to-peer loans. Other key members of the team include Daan Horsthuis and Neyah van der Aa. Horsthuis is noted for his skill in investment management matters, while van der Aa is recommended for his regulatory investigations and enforcement expertise.

With a large and multidisciplinary team, Van Doorne offers its clients a range of expertise across the banking and finance landscape. The firm actively advises lenders on matters such as property finance, financial restructuring, loan portfolio sales, and leveraged finance. Angelique Thiele is an ‘extremely thorough’ lawyer with in-depth capabilities regarding real estate financing. She co-leads the team alongside Stefan van Rossum and Jelmer Baukema. Estelle van Heerden and Anneloes van Uhm are also noted for their experience of handling cross-border financing transactions.

Van Doorne‘s restructuring and insolvency group is led by Stefan van Rossum who has impressive experience advising on the gamut of complex cases on the side of both lender and borrower clients. The team handles the array of acquisition and restructuring work, and its matters are frequently of high-value and involve multiple jurisdictions. Jelmer Baukema, who has a focus on advising namely financial institutions on financing and restructuring transactions, was notably promoted to partnership in January 2023, as was ‘very good practitioner’ Joost Volkers, who has developing expertise in litigious contexts.