Mr Eduard Scheenstra > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

CMS
ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Eduard Scheenstra is a partner in our Banking & Finance Practice Area Group. He specialises in syndicated secured corporate lending, real estate finance, asset finance and leveraged finance transactions. 

Eduard advises and represented banks and borrowers on both domestic and cross-border deals. His clients include national and international financial institutions, financial sponsors and corporates.

Languages

Dutch, English

Education

  • IMD Business School, IMD Business School, Switzerland
  • Financing and Security, Grotius Academy for Post-Graduate Law Studies, Nijmegen
  • Dutch Law (Private and International Law), VU Amsterdam

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Banking and finance: Borrower side

CMS‘ finance practice places special emphasis on real estate financing, but is also capable of handling arrangements for acquisition and asset finance. Practice head Eduard Scheenstra advises on all the aforementioned credit structures, and is instructed by both borrowers and lenders on cross-border finance matters. Etiënne Courbois, partner as of January 2024, handles multi-jurisdictional debt finance transactions and the restructuring of debt, while Jenny Noordermeer advises hotel, commercial real estate and energy sector borrowers on their credit arrangements.

Netherlands > Banking and finance: lender or arranger side

While it focuses primarily on real estate finance, CMS is also well placed to advise banks on the structuring of corporate term loans and RCFs and their restructuring if the need arises as the facilities approach maturity. Eduard Scheenstra steers the practice, advising bank syndicates on corporate, real estate and asset financing. Made partner in January 2024, Etiënne Courbois provides further expertise in cross-border syndicated loans.