NautaDutilh is regularly entrusted to handle complex domestic and cross-border transactional mandates. The finance team, led by Thibaut Willems, regularly handles project finance, structured finance, acquisition finance and asset-based lending matters. The capital markets team is headed by Philippe Remels and assists on a range of debt and equity transactions. Remels and Ivan Peeters advise a host of public listed companies, financial institutions and real estate companies on bond issuances, securitisations, IPOs and accelerated bookbuilds.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The lawyers of NautaDutilh have very good knowledge and can explain very well from the first call.’
  • ‘The lawyers of NautaDutilh always react quickly and are always available for questions.’
  • ‘Availability, understanding, expertise.’
  • ‘NautaDutilh is able to support on complex subjects.’
  • 'Ivan Peeters offers practical solutions to problems and all this within the legal framework. An outstanding negotiator, it is always a real pleasure to work together.'
  • ‘Ivan Peeters is a very good lawyer: he knows his clients, has a very in-depth knowledge of the law/regulations and the business of the client.'

Key clients

  • ABN AMRO
  • Aedifica
  • AG Real Estate
  • Bayerische Landesbank
  • CWT
  • Deutsche Bank
  • ENGIE
  • INEOS
  • Invesis
  • Macquarie
  • Nyxoah

Work highlights

Assisted the lenders with the Belgian law aspects of Powerdot's €165m green financing
Assisted a syndicate of initial purchasers in Embracer Group's €900m financing
Assisted managers ABN AMRO, Belfius, LBBW, and Natixis with issuance of €1.5bn Belgian mortgage bonds

Lawyers

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Practice head

Thibaut Willems; Philippe Remels

Other key lawyers

Ivan Peeters