A ‘very knowledgeable team with a lot of transactional experience’, Ashurst LLP focuses on distressed refinancings and debt restructurings as well as on bond issuances, with a particular focus on sustainable and cross-border finance. The practice acts for a large number of domestic and international clients on the borrower and lender side and is led by Arnaud Wtterwulghe, an experienced financing and restructuring expert who is also very qualified in advising on securities matters. Bram Delmotte is a further key name in the practice.
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‘Very knowledgeable team with a lot of transactional experience, being able to tap in the firm's wealth of experience.’
Key clients
- KB Securities Co., Ltd.
- Goldman Sachs
- Citibank
- Barclays
- Dexia
- Dexia Crédit Local
Work highlights
- Advised a group of finance parties on the refinancing of certain debt and on the provision of €400m in new capital for Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, as well as on the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and restructuring of the Diebold group.
- Advised a number of large banks on ensuring the consistency of the terms of their issuance programmes with the Belgian Code of Economic Law and, in particular, the provisions in respect of unfair terms and greenwashing.
- Advised Dexia Crédit Local on its multiple issuance programmes.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Arnaud Wtterwulghe