Jaap Koster > Clifford Chance > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Known for new developments, complex financing structures and innovation, Clifford Chance is ‘clearly experienced and capable of providing not just the work but also the insights with an aim to create value for the project’. The firm specialises in new and innovative financing structures, acting for borrowers as well as lenders, a particular forte being portfolio financings in the wind and solar sectors. Key areas of work for the practice include advising on data centres and fibre networks, and matters in the energy and renewables, telecoms, oil and gas, and petrochemicals arenas. Team head Hein Tonnaer focuses on projects and project finance issues. Other key names in the practice are consultant Jaap Koster, who has expertise in real estate developments, transactions and projects; renewables and infrastructure projects specialist Liesbeth Buiter; and counsel Mike Niekoop, who handles projects and project financing, real estate finance, leveraged finance and asset-based finance transactions.