Baker McKenzie
Client SatisfactionBaker McKenzie has experience advising domestic and international banks, corporations, asset managers, and institutional investors. The firm is particularly strong in matters concerning mortgage securitisation, multi-jurisdictional trade receivables financing, and auto lease securitisation. Located in Amsterdam, Philippe Steffens heads the firm’s global securitisation practice as well as the banking & finance practice; he specialises in collateralised loan obligations, loan portfolio transactions, and structured credit products. Other key members of the team include Moussa Louizi, who has been navigating the banking and finance landscape for over 15 years.
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Key clients
- Arrow Global
- Bank of America
- BNP Paribas
- Commerzbank
- Credit Suisse
- HSBC
- ING Bank
- Kantar
- Lloyds Banking group
- MUFG
- N26 Bank
- Natixis
- NIBC Bank
- NN Investment Partners / Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Orange Credit Hypotheken B.V.
- Rabobank
- Santander
- SolidBriQ
- Venn Hypotheken
Work highlights
- Advised Orange Credit on establishing a Dutch residential mortgage lending platform for houseboats and water properties in the Netherlands funded by a leading Dutch bank.
- Advised ING Bank N.V. as arranger and investor and BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Lloyds as other investors on the 2022 renewal of the VCL Master Netherlands asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction in the Netherlands.
- Advising one of the largest European Fintechs, neobank N26 Bank, on setting up a Dutch mortgage lender (N26 Hypotheken B.V.) and related financing arrangements.
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Philippe Steffens