Stibbe regularly handles debt financing mandates and project refinancing matters as part of its broad lender-focused finance transactions practice. Maarten de Bruin, who is regularly entrusted to support bookrunners on floating rate bond issuances, leads the team alongside Rein van Helden and Marieke Driessen. Driessen is highly sought-after on transportation, financial services and logistics matters. Van Helden stands out for his public sector banking expertise, which is a core pillar of the practice. Niek Groenendijk is a key contact for his experience in renewable energy matters.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Nippon LifeThe Standard Bank
- Absa Bank
- Aggreko
- Kartesia
- Great Grey Investments
- Morgan Stanley
- JPMorgan
- Citibank and Goldman Sachs
- Consolis
- 3G Capital
- BNP Paribas
- Adevinta
Work highlights
Advised Kartesia on its investment in Lumiforte, a global leader in innovative smart coatings for greenhouse horticulture, sports line marking and other functional coatings for agriculture and industry.
Advised Apax partners LLP as to matters of Dutch law in respect of a refinancing of the Tosca Group.
Advised the European Investment Bank (EIB) in respect of financing for Schiphol provided by EIB as lender.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Maarten de Bruin; Marieke Driessen; Rein van Helden
Other key lawyers
Niek Groenendijk; Barbra Bulsing